In real life, we like to nickname our close playmates. For the city where we live, we use our nicknames to express our love for it.
In fact, some cities not only have nicknames, but also many. For example, Nanjing in Jiangsu has many names, such as Stone Town, Jinling, Health, Jianye and so on. Guangzhou in Guangdong also has many nicknames such as Guangzhou, Yangcheng and Wuyangcheng.
Another name of a city is related to its history, unique natural environment or specialties and legends.
Nanjing's nickname is a name that has been used in history; The nickname of Guangzhou comes from the beautiful legend that a fairy rode a sheep to Guangzhou.
It also reflects the local environment and specialties such as Spring City (Kunming), Sunshine City (Lhasa), Wudu (Chongqing) and Quancheng (Jinan).
Cities with local characteristics are nicknamed: Coal Capital (Fushun), Nickel Capital (Jinchang), Porcelain Capital (Jingdezhen), Petroleum City (Daqing) and Tin Capital (Gejiu).