Brief Introduction to Jiangxi Tourism
3 min readJiangxi abounds in tourism resources. It is a marvelous place with rich resources and outstanding people. It possesses lots of charming landscape and tourist attractions. Green mountains and clean rivers and lakes, sacred places of Buddhism and Taoism, winter sanctuary for migratory birds and tamous historic cities are the wonderful sights for travelers.
With a history of more than 2,200 years, Nanchang has always been the capital ity of Jiangxi Province. It is the birthplace of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Nanchang earned the fame of the Heroes’ City because of the Nanchang Uprising on August 1,1927.A combination of the historic sites and beautiful sceni: spots forms the city’s unique characteristics. Here you may visit Tengwang Pavilion.
the famous No.I building in the south of the Yangtze River, Shengjin Pagoda, Xishan longevity Palace and Badashanren Memorial Hall.
Poyang lake, the kingdom of rareshirds in Jiangxi, is the biggest winter paradisefor white cranes in the world. Visitors may see over 2,800 white cranes and over 40,000 other migratory birds here in winter.
Mount Lu is not only a famous summer resort but also a famous historic and cultural site. Many scholars in the past left their inscriptions here. Its “three-dimensional snow views”in winter are very heautiful. Mount Lu has been listed as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Together with Mount Jinggang and Mout Sanqing, it offers charming peaks and quiet valleys to peuple.
Jingdezhen has been known as”Capital of Porcelain”of the world since ancient times. The porcelain wares made in Jingdezhen are”as white as jade, as bright asmirror, as thin as paper, as sound as chime”and sell well at home and abroad. The sites of ancient kilns are well preserved. The official kilns of the Ming and QingDynasties are still working in the exhibition area of ancient porcelain, which can produce over 600,000 pieces of traditional porcelain wares every year. lThey are popular with the businessmen and visitors.
Mount longhu, the hirthplace of China’s Taoisnm, boasts exotic peaks, continuous red cliffs, clear water, drifting boats and picturesque landscapes. Mount Sanqing has three features:a famous Taoist mountain, beautiful scenery, exotic peaks and monstrous stones. Mount Jinggang is a Xanadu, which is still a newly-developed scenic spot with the quietness and freshness of nature.
Ganzhou，the southern center of Jiangxi Province，has a history of 2，000 years and still has its ancient style.
Besides，Jiangxi is a province with rich revolutionary traditions.Especially in the modern national liberation and revolutionary war，Jiangxi made great contribution and sacrifice to the revolution.Many of the veteran revolutionaries and leaders of the CPC once worked and fought in Jiangxi.They organized and led the famous Anyuan Worker’s Movement，the August 1 Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi.Moreover，they established the Jinggangshan revolutionary base and the central revolutionary base in Ruijin，smashedthe military encirclements and suppressions of the KMD reactionaries and started the earthshaking 25，000-li Long March.
Jiangxi is very rich in historical and cultural resources and it is the best place for tourism，patriotism education and revolutionary tradition education.
In recent years Jiangxi is developing tourism as a key industry and has gradually driven tourism into fast track.In 2005 Jiangxi received 373，000 overseas tourists and 50.579 million visitors across China，which are respectively up 29.5%and 23.7%over the previous year.The total income of tourism amounted to RMB 32 billion，which is up 32.9%in comparison with that of 2004.
There are three main tourist routes in Jiangxi Province.They are：North tour:Nanchang-Mount Lu-Jiujiang-Jingdezhen-Wuyuan South tour:Nanchang-Mount Jinggang-Ganzhou-Ruijin·East tour:Nanchang-Mount Longhu-Guifeng-Mount Sanqing .
