National Parks of ChinaOverview
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Location | Jiangxi |
| Latitude, longitude | 28.7, 115.9 Google Maps |
| Nearby sites | Mount Lu (Lushan), Mount Wuyi, Mount Longhu (Dragon and Tiger Mountain), Guifeng (Turtle Peak), Meiling and the Pavilion of Prince Teng |
| Nearby cities | Wuhan, Nanjing, Hangzhou |
| Top sights | Meiling and the Tengwang Pavilion |
| Themes | Cities, Culture & history |
About
Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi, lies in the north-centre of the province south of the Yangtze on the lower Gan and Fu rivers, with the Jiuling Mountains to the west and Poyang Lake to the north-east, neighbouring the Yangtze, Pearl River and southern Fujian deltas.
City sights
Tengwang Pavilion: one of the four great towers of China
August 1 Uprising Museum
Jiangxi Provincial Museum
Bada Shanren Memorial
Suburban sights
Meiling: National Park of China
Poyang Lake migratory bird reserve
Further afield
Transport
Rail: the Beijing–Kowloon and Zhejiang–Jiangxi lines meet at Xiangtang south of the city; Nanchang is the only provincial capital on the Beijing–Kowloon line.
Road: national highways 105 and 320 and the Jiangxi–Guangdong, Beijing–Fuzhou and Shanghai–Kunming expressways meet here.
Water: the Gan River runs through the city; the port is south of the Bayi Bridge.
Air: Changbei International Airport
Food
Nanchang food is mainly spicy; famous snacks include fried rice noodles, Shengjin pagoda clay-pot soup, artemisia fried with cured pork and lion’s head meatballs.
History
The Nanchang Uprising of 1 August 1927, led by Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, He Long, Ye Ting and Liu Bocheng under the Communist Party, marks the founding of the Party’s army.