Gaochun County is a county-level city

County-level city

A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....

 administered by Nanjing

Nanjing

' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

 in Jiangsu Province. Located south of Nanjing's downtown

Downtown

Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....

, it spans an area of 802 km², with a total population of 430,000.

Culture

Gaochun is known for its traditional style shopping area known as Gaochun Old Street (Chinese: 高淳老街; pinyin: Gāochún Lǎojiē). The local language is a dialect of Wu Chinese, unlike much of Nanjing that speaks a Southern Mandarin dialect.
There are many delicious food in Gaochun. The crabs of Gucheng lake are big and in good quality. There is a crab festival in every autumn, usually at the end of September to celebrate the harvest of crabs by which many tourists are attracted. Tofu in Gaochun is very famous for its delicious taste. Gaochun is full of ponds which usually have lotus in. So it has a very beautiful view of colors lotus in summers. Meanwhile, it produces lots of fresh and delicious lotus seed,lotus root,lotus stem etc.

Administrative divisions

There are 9 towns that fall under the jurisdiction of Gaochun County. They are:

• Chunxi (Chinese: 淳溪镇)
• Qiqiao (Chinese: 漆桥镇)
• Yaxi (Chinese: 桠溪镇)
• Yangjiang (Chinese: 阳江镇)
• Gucheng (Chinese: 固城镇)
• Dongba (Chinese: 东坝镇)
• Dingbu (Chinese: 定埠镇)
• Gubai (Chinese: 古柏镇)
• Zhuanqiang (Chinese: 砖墙镇)

External links

• Gaochun County Official Government Website
• Gaochun County Board of Science and Technology
• http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/32js/0125gc.htm