Brief Introduction to Yichun

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Located in the northwest of Jiangxi Province, Yichun covers an area of 18,700 square kilometers and has a total population of 5.3 million. It has direct jurisdiction over one district, three cities and six counties. The city has its origins in a legend from this time: in the fourth year of Liu Bang -the founder of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.),a general called Guang Ying who wanted to enlarge his territory led his amy here. He felt this place was quite suitable for living, so he began to build a town on this land. And since there was a spring near the town whose water was gentle like spring season and tasted good, he named the town “Yichun”.”Yi”means “taste good”.”Chun”means”gentle like spring season”.

Han Yu, one of the most famous poets in the Tang Dynasty, once said:”Far away as Yichun seems to be, it’s a place worth seeing.”

Yichun is one of China’s first ecological pilot cities. About 62 percent of the city is covered with trees. The water quality in seven major rivers meets the standards of drinking water. The air quality of the city is up to national standards. Besides, there are fifty-four famous tourist attractions, four national and three provincial forest parks, two provincial nature reserves, two provincial scenic areas. Of them the main scenic spots are Hongzhou Kiln under state protection -one of the six famous kilns of the Tang Dynasty (618B.C.-907 B.C.), Wucheng Site of the Shang Dynasty(1600A.D.—1046A.D.), Mount Gezao(one of the three famous Taoist Mountains in the south of the Yangtze River), Mount Mingyue entitled little Mount Huang. Hot springs in the outskirts of Yichun City have a variety of minerals such as selenium, and the temperature is about 72 ℃ all the year round. Therefore, Yichun is an ideal tourist resort.

Yichun has had a history of more than 2200 years since it was built as a town in the Western Han Dynasty. Quite a number of cultural and historical celebrities were horn here. Among them are Scholar Xu Ruzi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Writer Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty, Poet Liu Shenxu and Zheng Gu of the Tang Dynasty,Histnrian and Subeditor of Zi Zhi Tong Jian（Comprehensive Mirror For Ail in Government）Liu Shu and Liu Ban of the Song Dynasty，and the author of Tian Gong Kai Wu（Heavenly Creation）Song Yingxing of the Ming Dynasty，Oficial Kuang Zhong of the Qing Dynasty.Modern celebrities include Dramatist Xiong Foxi，Authority of Physics Wu Youxun and so on.

Yichun has a good revolutionary tradition.It was in Tonggu that the first shot ofChina’s revolution led by Mao Zedong was fired.There are some revolutionary sites such as Autunun Harvest Uprising Memorial Museum，Yuanzhou Conference Site and the former residence of Chairman Mao.A visit to these sites will take you back to the revolutionary age.

Yichun was called”large and strong agricultural prefecture”in ancient times.

With its temperate climate，fertile soil and sufficient rainfall，Yichun now is China’s important production bases of commodity grain，oil tea and grade A ramie.It is also an excellent location for the growth of bamboo within Jiangxi.Yichun plays a decisive role in the development of Jiangxi Province，as it constitutes 11%of the province’s farming land and 12%of the province’s population，and it also produces about one sixth of the whole province’s grain，cottons，oil and aquatic products.

Since the beginning of the period of the tenth Five-year Plan，Yichun has made quite great progress in the industrial and economic development，and established the industrial system with medicine，food，building materials，machinery，energy as its backbone.