※Ancient and modern Nanchang
Nanchang, referred to as "Hong" or "Chang", ancient yuzhang, Hongdu, the capital of Jiangxi Province, is the birthplace of the new Chinese aviation industry, An important comprehensive transportation hub and optoelectronic industry base in China, and a world-class photovoltaic industry base.
Nanchang has jurisdiction over 6 districts and 3 counties, with a state-level new area (Ganjiang New Area), with a total area of 0.74 million square kilometers (including waters), the plain accounts for 35.8%, and the water surface accounts for 29.8%, known as "Wuhua Tianbao" reputation. In 2017, Nanchang's per capita GDP was 93,000 yuan (US$14,700) and its permanent population was 5.464 million. The rapid development of Nanchang is attracting more and more young people, according to the "2017 National Urban Youth Index Report", Nanchang was selected as one of the top ten youngest cities in China.
Nanchang City was founded in 202 BC, meaning "Changda Southern Xinjiang, Southern Prosperity", is a national historical and cultural city. In the Early Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo called it the land of "Wuhua Tianbao and Renjie Diling" in the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", and Nanchang Province in the Southern Tang Dynasty was called "Nandu". On August 1, 1927, the "Nanchang Uprising" announced the birth of the Chinese People's Liberation Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. More than 2,000 years of city history have left behind the tomb of Marquis Haidian (the tomb of the Han Dynasty Emperor), the Tengwang Pavilion, the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall, the Hundred Flowers Island, the August 1st Uprising Site Group and other places of interest and historical sites.
Nanchang manufactured the first aircraft of New China, the first batch of coastal defense missiles, the first motorcycles, tractors, and was an important manufacturing center. Nanchang has a unique location advantage, and in the new era, it has become one of the national comprehensive transportation hubs where the Beijing-Hong Kong-Taiwan high-speed railway, The Shanghai-Shenzhen high-speed railway, the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, the Shanghai-Guangzhou high-speed railway, the Fuyin high-speed railway and other lines intersect.
※Tour in Nanchang
◆ Tengwang Pavilion
Tengwang Pavilion, one of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan, located in the northwest of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, along the east bank of the Ganjiang River, was built in the fourth year of the Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty, named after the founding of Li Yuanbao, the brother of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and was passed down to future generations by the poetry of the early Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo, "The sunset and the lone bird fly together, and the autumn water is long and the sky is the same".
During the Zhenguan period, Li Yuanbao, the son of Tang Gaozu Li Yuan and the younger brother of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, was once enfeoffed in Tengzhou, Shandong, and built an attic in Tengzhou with the name of "Tengwang Pavilion" (which has been destroyed), and later Li Yuanniang, the King of Teng, was transferred to Hongzhou, Jiangnan (present-day Nanchang, Jiangxi), and because of his longing for his hometown, Tengzhou built the famous "Tengwang Pavilion", which became a classic of eternity because of Wang Bo's "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion". Tengwang Pavilion, together with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei and yueyang Tower in Hunan, is known as the "Three Famous Buildings in Jiangnan". The tengwang pavilion in history has been rebuilt as many as 29 times, and has been repeatedly destroyed and built.
Opening hours: 7:30-17:30
Tickets: 50 yuan
Transportation: Bus No. 214, No. 26, No. 52, No. 38, No. 170, No. 39, No. 228 get off at Tengwangge Station; get off at Nanchang Metro Line 1 at Tengwangge Station.
◆ Bayi Square
Bayi Square, located in Donghu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, is located at the intersection of Bayi Avenue, Beijing West Road, Zhongshan Road, Zizi Road and other urban trunk streets, formerly known as People's Square, which was founded in 1952.
Bayi Square covers an area of 78,000 square meters, mainly including four major functional areas, including the memorial area marked by the memorial tower, the remembrance area at the southern end, the nostalgia area with 8 reliefs as the carrier, and the citizens' leisure area at the northern end. Bayi Square is the heart of Nanchang City, the largest city center square in Jiangxi Province, an important place for political, economic, cultural, entertainment and leisure activities in Nanchang City and Jiangxi Province, standing on the "August 1st Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower" inscribed by Marshal Ye Jianying.
In 2010, Nanchang Bayi Square Nanchang Uprising, Autumn Harvest Uprising, Jinggangshan Struggle, Hongdu Ruijin, Long March, Anti-Japanese War Behind Enemy Lines, Liberation War, Great Wall of Steel and other 8 pieces of "military history relief" won the "New China Urban Sculpture Construction Achievement Award" issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Culture.
Admission: Bayi Square tickets are free.
Bus lines: Nanchang Bayi Square North bus stop on the north side, passing through Nanchang Bus BRT1 Road, BRT2 Road, 6 Road, 7 Road, 10 Road, 11 Road, 22 Road, 26 Road, 202 Road, 205 Road, 210 Road, 212 Night Line, 232 Road; There is a "Bayi Square East" bus stop on the east side, and the routes are Nanchang Bus No. 3, No. 4, No. 7, No. 13, No. 215, No. 220, No. 233; There is a "Bayi Square South" bus stop on the south side, and the lines are Nanchang Bus No. 9, 22, 210, BRT1, BRT2, 220, 212, 212 Night Line, 6 Road, 52 Road, 10 Road, 11 Road, 21 Road, 585 Road, 233 Road, 32 Road, K233 Road, 248 Express Line, Airport Bus Line 1.
Rail transit: Nanchang Metro Line 1, Nanchang Metro Line 2: Bayi Square Station: 2 entrances (southwest of Bayi Square), 3 entrances (Bayi Square West, Jinshui Bridge), 4 entrances (northwest of Bayi Square, access to Wanda, Fortune Square), 5 entrances (access to department stores).
◆Bada Shanren Memorial Hall
Founded in 1959, the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall is the first ancient painters' memorial hall in China, located in the Southern Suburbs of Nanchang fifteen miles away from the Meihu Dingshan Bridge qingyun spectrum. National key cultural relics protection unit, covers an area of about 39 acres, surrounded by water on all sides, shaped like the "eight big" pen downstream fish, and the southwest of Meihu Lake is integrated, water and land, like "Tai Chi" Tiancheng, the layout of the museum is a courtyard, a floor and a center, the shape is standing, the style is very different. To the south is the "Qingyun Spectrum" Taoist Temple, the architectural style is simple and elegant, natural and unconventional, and the internal display is mainly based on the life and art introduction of Bada Mountain. To the north is the Authentic Artifacts Exhibition Hall, the architectural style is now abstract, implicit and simple, mainly displaying the authentic calligraphy and paintings of the Bada Shanren, also known as the "True Appreciation Building". To the west, the Bada Shanren Research Center is an antique building, also known as "In Fushan House". The architectural style is magnificent, mainly used for artistic research, communication and providing audiences with thoughtful, modern museum leisure and cultural services.
Recommended play time: 1-2 hours
Admission: Free (exchange for tickets with a valid ID)
Opening hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed on Mondays
Travel guide: visit the museum, with very convenient and affordable transportation conditions, the city bus company tourism line 2, 20, 203 (outside line), 224 and other buses directly to the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall.
◆ August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Hall
Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall was established in 1956, officially opened to the public on October 1, 1959, and was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1961 (the five revolutionary sites under its jurisdiction - the former site of the Nanchang Uprising General Headquarters, the former site of the He Long Headquarters, the former site of the Ye Ting Headquarters, the former site of the Zhu De Officer Education Regiment and the former residence of Zhu De), a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.
Opening hours: 9:00--17:00
Recommended play time: 1-2 hours
Suitable season: suitable for all seasons
Traffic information: Take No. 2 Outer Ring Road, No. 5, No. 25, No. 33, No. 229, No. 232, No. 305 to Wazijiao Station, or take Nanchang Metro Line 1 to the exit of Bayiguan Station to enter the scenic spot.
◆ Qiushui Square
Qiushui Square, located in the Honggutan New Area of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, on the banks of the Ganjiang River, close to the administrative center square, was inaugurated on January 28, 2004, is the use of desert beach construction, both flood control, but also viewing, and Tengwang Pavilion across the river, reproducing the ancient famous "Tengwang Pavilion Preface" in the "Sunset and Lone Bird Flying Together, Autumn Water And The Sky is Colorful" - Qiushui Square is named after this; It is a large leisure square with the theme of fountain, integrating tourism, shopping and sightseeing. The musical light fountain on The Autumn Water Square of Honggutan is eye-catching, and it is the largest musical fountain group in Asia, with a fountain area of 12,000 square meters and a height of 128 meters, which is a beautiful landscape in Nanchang City. People can enjoy the music while watching the scenery of the Tengwang Pavilion.
"Nanchang Qiushui Square" was opened to the public on January 1, 2004, and the overall plan of the square is crescent-shaped, standing by the river. The river shoreline is 1100 meters long and 110 meters wide at its widest point. The world's second super musical fountain Nanchang Qiushui Square has the largest group of musical fountains in the country. The Musical Fountain is located in the center of Qiushui Square, and there is a large riverside cantilevered platform with a length of 280 meters and a width of 25 meters. A total of 22 water features including the central main spray, circular high spray, circular swing fountain and CNC running spring are equipped with a total of 800 meters long, equipped with 636 pumps and 1591 sprinklers, which is the largest musical fountain group in Asia and a large leisure square for international sightseeing and tourism.
Best season: All seasons
Opening hours: Open all day
Ticket Price: Free
Buses along the line: No. 50, No. 51, No. 17, High-speed Rail Bus No. 2
Metro along the line: Metro Line 1 (Qiushui Square Station)
Fountain opening hours:
1. Daylight saving time: 20:00-20:25 20:50-21:15
2. Winter time: 19:30-19:55 20:20-20:45
3. Holidays (excluding weekends and holidays) increase twice, 10:00--10:30, 15:30--16:00; (not open on rainy days)
Except for the free opening at the specified time, it can be paid on demand at any time between 9:00 and 22:00 every day, and the cost is 100 yuan per minute.
◆ Poyang Lake
Poyang Lake, ancient name Peng Li, Peng Lize, Peng Ze. Poyang Lake is an important shallow lake in the Yangtze River Basin that is transposed, swallow-type and seasonal. Poyang Lake is located in the north of Jiangxi Province, on the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The area of the lake is 3,150 square kilometers at the flat water level (14 to 15 meters) and 4,125 square meters at high water level (20 meters). However, the low water level (12m) is only 500 k㎡, according to 2008 hydrological data, when the lake water level is 22.59m, the lake area is 4070 k㎡. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and the second largest lake in China, located in the north of Jiangxi Province, the second largest lake in China after Qinghai Lake.
◆ Hundred Flowers Island
Baihuazhou, a famous place in Nanchang. Located in Donghu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, it is composed of three small islands in the East Lake. Later, people also called the scenic area around the East Lake Baihuazhou. Famous attractions include Chiang Kai-shek's Nanchang Camp and Bayi Park.
Opening hours: All day
Suitable season: March-May, September-November
Transportation Information:
1. Take Bus 830 or 52 and get off at Baihuazhou Station
2. Take Bus No. 21 or 205 and get off at Bayi Park Station.
3. Take Nanchang Metro Line 1 to Bayiguan Station Exit A or Bayi Square Station Exit D and get off.
◆Yumin-ji Temple
Youmin Temple, a famous temple in ancient China and the birthplace of the Buddhist Zen buddhism "Hongzhou Zen", is located at No. 181 Minde Road, Donghu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. The temple was built during the Liang Tianjian period (502-519) of the Southern Dynasty, and was originally the private residence of Ge Sturgeon, the master of King Weizong of Yuzhang, and was donated as a temple because of the "Zhenjiaolong". During the Tang Dynasty, the Zen monk MaZu Dao came to the temple and said that believers gathered in Hongzhou to form "Hongzhou Zen", and Youmin Temple (then known as "Kaiyuan Temple") became the center of Buddhism in Jiangnan at that time. Later, Silla monks continued to come to the temple to practice, and the Zongfeng Xin Method of Yoomin-ji Temple was spread to the Korean Peninsula, Japan and other places. Since then, when the Temple of Youmin was destroyed, it was successively renamed Chengtian Temple, Nohin Temple, Yongning Temple and other names.
In 1957, Youmin Temple was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Since September 1986, it has been gradually rebuilt, and by the beginning of 1991, the Mountain Gate, the Hall of the Heavenly King, the Hall of the Great Treasure, the Hall of medicine masters, and the Bell Tower have been completed successively, and the monks have been opened, and the incense is quite popular. The only remaining bronze bell (Southern Tang cast, weighing 10,064 pounds) in Nanchang's "Three Treasures" (youmin Temple bronze Buddha, bell and drum tower bronze bell, Puxian Temple iron elephant) is now placed in the bell tower, and the modern Nanchang folk song has a cloud: "Jiangxi is poor and poor, and there are 36,000 copper", that is, this refers to this.
Youmin Temple has been famous in East and Southeast Asia for its incense for generations. The "Hongzhou Zen" that originated from Youmin Temple was one of the two major sects of Zen Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty alongside the Stone Sect, and opened up the Later Buddhist sects of Linji, Yangyang, Yangqi, and Huanglong.
※ Eat and drink Nanchang
The famous Gancai cuisine is mainly spicy, which is a strange flower in Chinese food culture and has thousands of years of accumulation of food culture. The Book of Yuzhang in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty states that Jiangxi was "a master of fine rice with vegetables and good tastes" in the Eight Directions. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo went to the feast held by tengwang pavilion, and praised Jiangxi's "wuhua tianbao, brilliant spirit". In the Qing Dynasty Yuan Ming's "Suiyuan Food List", it was recorded that the famous dish of Jiangxi was "tamales". Today's Gan cuisine is a "hometown dish" with a strong local flavor that has developed on the basis of inheriting the "literati cuisine" of previous generations.
The staple food of Gan cuisine is rice, and the meat food includes pigs, cattle, fish, chicken, duck, goose and so on. There are many kinds of vegetables, and the cooking oil includes vegetable oil, tea oil and other vegetable oils, and also eats pork plate oil. Seasoning is mainly salt and soy sauce, and chili peppers, vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, etc. Rural areas have the habit of brewing rice wine, drying winter flour, killing pigs and curing meat on the winter solstice, drying fish, pickled chicken, and making plate duck after the winter solstice.
Nanchang special snacks accompany and influence the growth of generations and continue to pass on. The snacks popular in Nanchang and surrounding areas mainly include: fried skits, white sugar cakes, sugar paintings, Yuzhang crispy duck, Li Du wine, Poyang Lake silver fish, stone street twist flowers, crock pot soup and mixed powder, beef tongue, gold thread hanging gourd, mustard dumplings, stuffed winter melon rings, hometown pot, big back cake, papaya cold powder, Yifu noodles, hanging house baked cakes, Zhuangyuan cakes, Ruyi cakes, spicy hot, Nanchang rice noodles, Junshan Lake hairy crabs, kudzu powder, spicy lotus slices, Wanshougong horse rolling, Wanshougong paste soup, flavored roasted brine, Poyang Lake lion head, three cups of foot fish, Bamboo tube steamed sausage, fried bacon with quinoa, Huang Shanghuang.
Rice noodles with steamed meat
Nanchang rice noodles
Crock pot soup
※ The best time to travel
The best time to visit Nanchang is in spring and autumn.
Nanchang spring (March-May) rain concentration, at this time everything recovers, beautiful mountains and rivers, colorful, a beautiful scenery, unforgettable, if you want to see the charm of Nanchang "Garden City", spring is the best time to travel.
Summer temperature (June-August) temperature is high, at this time you can choose to go to Elephant Lake, Meiling to escape the heat,
Autumn (September-November) days are high, Nanchang is on the verge of Poyang Lake, and here every year there will be a large number of migratory birds to winter here, the scene is very spectacular, the famous poet Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty once praised it as "the sunset and the lone bird fly together, the autumn water is a long day". Although the migratory bird migration season is from October to March of the year, the best time for bird watching in Poyang Lake is November; there are cruise ships from Nanchang to Wucheng, the bird watching place, which is very convenient; at this time, you need to pay attention to cold and rain protection when traveling to Nanchang.
In winter (December-February), there are occasional winds and snow, and the coldest is close to minus 10 °C.
※ Dressing guide
Nanchang is hot in summer and cold in winter, especially to prevent cold and heat. It's enough to wear a T and a coat in the spring and autumn. The maximum temperature can reach 40 °C, which is one of the four major "furnaces" in China, and the rainy season is mostly concentrated in May to July, and rain gear should be prepared when traveling.
※Language
Nanchang dialect is the representative language of Gan, Nanchang dialect is Ganyu Qamdo tablets, formerly known as Changjing tablets, one of the eleven dialect tablets of Ganyu. The true Nanchang dialect is limited to the areas under the jurisdiction of Nanchang City and Nanchang County, and does not include other counties under the jurisdiction of Nanchang City. The most significant feature of Nanchang dialect is reflected in the pronunciation, one is that the 10 ancient fully voiced vowels that vibrate when pronouncing the vocal cords are not turbid in Nanchang dialect, but become the clear sound of sending air. Such as "copper", "hole", "alone", "heavy", etc.; second, there are many soft words in Nanchang words, especially three-syllable and four-syllable words, and the next few syllables are pronounced softly. Such as "fine buds (children)", "wall snakes (geckos)", "anointed (called hanako)" and so on.