Jiangxi ( 江西)

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Jiāngxī (江西)
Tourist Attractions
Below is a list of tourist attractions in Jiangxi:

Lushan Mountain Scenic Area near Jiujiang (九江市庐山风景旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jinggang Mountain Scenic Area of Ji’an City (吉安市井冈山风景旅游区). This site is rated AAAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingdezhen Ceramic History Expo Area (景德镇陶瓷历史博览区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Sanzhaolun National Forest Park (三爪仑国家森林公园; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Tian Mu Shan Mingyue Hot Spring Resort (明月山天沐温泉度假村; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Xinyu City Xiannu Lake Scenic Area (新余市仙女湖风景旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuyuan Bay Area (婺源江湾景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Zhang Shan Wuyuan major tourist areas in Wolong Valley (婺源县大鄣山卧龙谷旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Lushan Hot Spring Resort Longwan (庐山龙湾温泉度假村; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichun Mingyue Hot Springs Mountain Scenic Tourist Attractions (宜春明月山温泉风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Longhu Mountain Scenic Area (龙虎山风景旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jinggang Mountain Scenic Area (井岗山风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Ganzhou scenic rock Tongtian (赣州通天岩景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingdezhen City Gaoling and Yaoli Scenic Tourist Attractions (景德镇市高岭·瑶里风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shangrao Yiyang Gui Scenic Area (上饶弋阳龟峰景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Nanchang tianxiang landscaped area (南昌市天香园景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Teng Wangge (滕王阁; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Lushan Scenic Tourist Attractions (庐山风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingdezhen City Fuliang Ancient Scenic Area (景德镇市浮梁古县衙景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.

Sanqingshan Mountain Scenic Area (三清山风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale. The UNESCO World Heritage Site lists this as a site of oustanding natural heritage.
Tian Mu Lushan Hot Spring Resort (庐山天沐温泉度假村; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yushan - Shang Lake Scenic Area (虞山-尚湖风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an City tourist areas of heritage and monuments Gaogouli (集安市高句丽文物古迹旅游景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an Yunfeng Lake Scenic Spot (集安市云峰湖景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichun San Zhaolun eco-tourism area (宜春三爪仑生态旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Cave Scenic Area of Jiujiang ruonggung (九江龙宫洞风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shak Chung Shan Jiujiang (九江石钟山; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Ganzhou-Yang Ling Forest Park (赣州阳岭森林公园; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum (景德镇陶瓷博物馆; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuyuan County Cultural and Ecological Tourism Zone (婺源文化与生态旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an five women peaks National Forest Park (集安市五女峰国家级森林公园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an Yunfeng Lake Tourist Resort (集安市云峰湖旅游度假区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Fuzhou Nan Fung Zi Xiao scenic view of drift (抚州南丰紫霄观漂流风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Fuzhou Tang Xian-zu Memorial (抚州汤显祖纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Shangrao Kanayama Gexian Mountain Scenic Area (上饶铅山葛仙山风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an anfu Wugongshan Spa Villa (吉安安福武功山温泉山庄; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an Wen Tianxiang Memorial Hall (吉安文天祥纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Feng Ze Tai Au Shangrao Lake Scenic Area (上饶大坳枫泽湖风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Fuzhou Tang Xian-zu Memorial (抚州汤显祖纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Fuzhou Nan Fung Zi Xiao scenic view of drift (抚州南丰紫霄观漂流风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an Wen Tianxiang Memorial Hall (吉安文天祥纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Nanfeng County Lake Lake Tourist Scenic Spot (南丰县潭湖旅游风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji'an anfu Wugongshan Spa Villa (吉安安福武功山温泉山庄; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Yuan Ji Mao's ancestral home tour (吉安毛泽东祖籍游览苑; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Shangrao Qianshan Gexian Mountain Scenic Area (上饶铅山葛仙山风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Feng Ze Tai Au Shangrao Lake Scenic Area (上饶大坳枫泽湖风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Gian qingyuanshan Scenic Area (吉安青原山风景旅游区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Yi Dragon Cave Scenic Area Pingxiang (萍乡义龙洞风景旅游区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
International Sports Fitness Sports Center in Jiangxi Province (江西省国际体育健身运动中心; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Lotus County, a gun museum (莲花县一枝枪纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
History
Jiangxi is centered on the Gan River valley, which historically provided the main north-south transport route of south China. The corridor along the Gan River is one of the few easily traveled routes through the otherwise mountainous and rugged terrain of the south-eastern mountains. This open corridor was the primary route for trade and communication between the North China Plain and the Yangtze River valley in the north and the territory of modern Guangdong province in the south. As a result Jiangxi has been strategically important throughout much of China's history.
Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization during the Shang Dynasty (16th to 11th centuries BC). It is likely that peoples collectively known as the Yue inhabited the region. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the northern part of modern Jiangxi formed the western frontier of the state of Wu. After Wu was conquered by the state of Yue (a power based in modern northern Zhejiang) in 473 BC, the state of Chu (based in modern Hubei) took over northern Jiangxi and there may have been some Yue influence in the south. Chu subjugated Yue in 333 BC, and was in turn subjugated by the state of Qin in 221 BC. Qin established the Qin Dynasty in that same year, the first unified Chinese state.
The unification of China by the Qin Dynasty saw the incorporation of Jiangxi into the Qin empire. The Qin Dynasty established a two-tier administration system in China, with commanderies on top and counties below. Seven counties were established in what is now Jiangxi, all of them administered from Jiujiang commandery, located north of the Yangzi in modern Anhui, not the modern city of Jiujiang in Jiangxi. Qin colonisation formed the earliest settlement structure in Jiangxi and which for the most part, has survived to the present day.
Yuzhang commandery (豫章) was established in northern Jiangxi at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, possibly before the death of Xiang Yu in 202 BC. It was named after the Yuzhang River (豫章江), the original name of Gan River (贛江). "Gan" has become the abbreviation of the province. In 201, eight counties were added to the original seven of Qin, and three more were established in later years. Throughout most of the Han Dynasty the commandery's eighteen counties covered most of the modern province of Jiangxi. The county seats of Nanchang, Gan, Yudu, Luling among others were located at the sites of modern major cities. Other counties, however, have been moved or abolished in later centuries.
Under the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Yuzhang Commandery was assigned to Yangzhou Province, as part of a trend to establish provinces (zhou) all across China. In 291 AD, during the Western Jin Dynasty, Jiangxi became its own Zhou called Jiangzhou (江州). During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Jiangxi was under the control of the southern dynasties, and the number of zhou slowly grew.
During the Sui Dynasty, there were seven commanderies and twenty-four counties in Jiangxi. During the Tang Dynasty, another commandery and fourteen counties were added. Commanderies were then abolished, becoming zhou (henceforth translated as "prefectures" rather than "provinces").
Circuits were established during the Tang Dynasty as a new top-level administrative division. At first Jiangxi was part of the Jiangnan Circuit (lit. "Circuit south of the Yangtze"). In 733, this circuit was divided into western and eastern halves. Jiangxi was found in the western half, which was called Jiangnanxi Circuit (lit. "Western circuits south of the Yangtze"). This is the source of the modern name "Jiangxi".
The Tang Dynasty collapsed in 907, heralding the division of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Jiangxi first belonged to Wu (吳), then to Southern Tang (南唐). Both states were based in modern-day Nanjing, further down the Yangtze River.
During the Song Dynasty, Jiangnanxi Circuit was reestablished with nine prefectures and four army districts (with sixty-eight districts).
During the Yuan Dynasty, the circuit was divided into thirteen different circuits, and Jiangxi Province was established for the first time. This province also included the majority of modern Guangdong. Jiangxi acquired (more or less) its modern borders during the Ming Dynasty after Guangdong was separated out. There has been little change to the borders of Jiangxi since.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Jiangxi became one of the earliest bases for the Communists and many peasants were recruited to join the growing people's revolution. The Nanchang Uprising took place in Jiangxi on August 1, 1927, during the Chinese Civil War. Later the Communist leadership hid in the mountains of southern and western Jiangxi, hiding from the Kuomindang's attempts to eradicate them. In 1931, the Chinese Soviet Republic's government was established in Ruijin (瑞金), which is sometimes called the "Former Red Capital" (红色故都), or just the "Red Capital". In 1935, after complete encirclement by the Nationalist forces, the Communists broke through and began the Long March to Yan'an.
People and Culture
The population of Jiangxi is approximately 39.66 million. 99% of that is Han Chinese. Minorities include Hui and Zhuang. The Hakka, a Han Chinese people with their own distinctive identity, inhabit the southern parts of the province.
Jiangxi is the main area of concentration of the Gan varieties of Chinese, spoken over most of the northern two-thirds of the province. Examples include the Nanchang dialect, Yichun dialect and Ji'an dialect. The southern one-third of the province speaks Hakka. There are also Mandarin, Huizhou, and Wu dialects spoken along the northern border.
Ganju (Jiangxi opera) is the type of Chinese opera performed in Jiangxi.
Although little known outside of the province, Jiangxi cuisine is rich and distinctive. Flavors are some of the strongest in China, with heavy use of chile peppers and especially pickled and fermented products.
Jingdezhen is widely regarded as the producer of the best porcelain in China.
Jiangxi also was a historical center of Chan Buddhism.
Prominent examples of Hakka architecture can be found in Jiangxi.
Industry
Rice is the dominant crop in Jiangxi. Cash crops commonly grown include cotton and rapeseed.
Jiangxi is rich in mineral resources, leading the provinces of China in deposits of copper, tungsten, gold, silver, uranium, thorium, tantalum, niobium, among others. Noted centers of mining include Dexing (copper) and Dayu County (tungsten).
Jiangxi is a rather poor province when compared to its neighboring provinces. It is located in extreme proximity to some of the richest provinces of China (Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian), which are sometimes blamed for taking away talent and capital from Jiangxi.
Jiangxi's nominal GDP for 2008 was 648 billion yuan (93.3 billion USD) and a per capita of 15,033 RMB (2,164 USD).
Geography
Mountains surround Jiangxi on three sides, with the Mufu Mountains, Jiuling Mountains, and Luoxiao Mountains on the west; Huaiyu Mountains and Wuyi Mountains on the east; and the Jiulian Mountains and Dayu Mountains in the south. The southern half of the province is hilly with ranges and valleys interspersed; while the northern half is flatter and lower in altitude. The highest point in Jiangxi is Mount Huanggang in the Wuyi Mountains, on the border with Fujian. It has an altitude of 2157 m.
The Gan River dominates the province, flowing through the entire length of the province from south to north. It enters Lake Poyang in the north, the largest freshwater lake of China; that lake in turn empties into the Yangtze River, which forms part of the northern border of Jiangxi. Important reservoirs include the Xiushui Tuolin Reservoir in the northwest of the province on the Xiushui River, and the Wan'an Reservoir in the upper section of the Gan.
Jiangxi's climate is subtropical. Average temperatures are about 3 to 9°C in January and 27 to 31°C in July. Annual precipitation is 1200 to 1900 mm.
Jiangxi is divided into eleven prefecture-level divisions, all prefecture-level cities:
| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | Nanchang | 南昌 | Nánchāng | Prefecture-level city | |
| 2 | Fuzhou | 抚州 | Fǔzhōu | Prefecture-level city | |
| 3 | Ganzhou | 赣州 | Gànzhōu | Prefecture-level city | |
| 4 | Ji'an | 吉安 | Jí'ān | Prefecture-level city | |
| 5 | Jingdezhen | 景德镇 | Jǐngdézhèn | Prefecture-level city | |
| 6 | Jiujiang | 九江 | Jiǔjiāng | Prefecture-level city | |
| 7 | Pingxiang | 萍乡 | Píngxiāng | Prefecture-level city | |
| 8 | Shangrao | 上饶 | Shàngráo | Prefecture-level city | |
| 9 | Xinyu | 新余 | Xīnyú | Prefecture-level city | |
| 10 | Yichun | 宜春 | Yíchūn | Prefecture-level city | |
| 11 | Yingtan | 鹰潭 | Yīngtán | Prefecture-level city |
The mountainous terrain and large forest coverage of Jiangxi has made it historically one of the more wild places of central China. South China Tigers have been seen as recently as fifteen or twenty years ago and projects are underway to document evidence of existing tigers, if there are any. Several mountain areas along the northern border with Hunan and Hubei are potential sites for "wilderness" preserves specifically for protecting or even reintroducing tigers.
Other wildlife, though not plentiful, are more numerous in Jiangxi than in many other developed areas of China. Numerous species of birds are common, especially around the marshes of Lake Poyang in the north. Though protected, mammals such as muntjak, wild boar, civet cats, and pangolins, are still common enough that they'll even occasionally be seen in markets for sale as game meat, or possibly even in a forest.
The late Paleocene mesonychid, Jiangxia chaotoensis was found in the province, and named after it.
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