Jiangsu

Location of Jiangsu.

Main courtyard of the Temple of Tianfei in Nanjing

Jiangsu (江苏) is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu borders Shandong in the north, Anhui to the west, and Zhejiang and Shanghai to the south. Jiangsu has a coastline of over 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) along the Yellow Sea, and the Yangtze flows through the southern part of the province.

Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, Jiangsu has been a national economic and commercial center, partly due to the construction of the Grand Canal.

Many Buddhist masters lived in this area, including Tiantai Zhiyi (538–597).

Further reading

• Jiangsu, Wikipedia