Top 10 Reasons Why You’ll Fall in Love with Jiangxi on This Trip
Envisioning mist wafting over mountain tops, golden battlements crashing down emerald valleys, and kilns burning for a thousand years. This is Jiangxi — China’s best kept secret where drama in nature is equaled only by living culture. With 15 AAAAA-rated sights and hidden secrets in literature, your ultimate adventure begins. Are you ready?
Witness Nature’s Drama at Sanqing Mountain
When you yearn to see a landscape that appears pulled out of a fantasy landscape, head to Sanqing Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage Location. You’ll be greeted with granite summits standing above churning clouds, and stereotypical plankways ascending cliffs with glass-bottoms for adventurous hikers. Make east and west circular tours to get to see special rock arrangements, seldom seen twisted pines and isolated places where you can have a corner to yourself. Sunrise and sunset over the higher mountains are utterly memorable with regard to photography.
Step into a Living History in Jingdezhen, World Porcelain Capital
The ceramic production center for over 1,700 years, you can explore Jingdezhen through an ancient kiln campus, a walkthrough through the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum, plus registration in a ceramic course where you can get a first-hand experience in glazing and hand-painting an original creation. Porcelain artworks are seen adorning the city streets, giving you a first-hand experience in the cultural artistry in Jiangxi.
Visit The Most Beautiful Villages Wuyuan in China
Known as the most beautiful countryside in China, Wuyuan is a quilt of pretty preserved ancient villages, such as Huangling. Spring unfurls golden seas of rapeseed flowers in bloom illuminating the hillsides. Autumn is when you can see peasants traditionally “Shaiqiu” drying crops onto bamboo trays in white walled Huizhou-style house courtyards, an ancient familiar scene today replayed in the guise of rural art tourism.
Experience Cliffside Thrills — Wangxian Valley and Dajue Mountain
Seeking an experience like no other? Head for Jiangxi’s ‘cliff tourism’. Wangxian Valley is known as the place of picturesque trains that went across the edge of the cliffs and they provided a spectacular aerial shot of canyons, forests, and clouds of the sea. In the springtime, the hills are covered with flowering rhododendrons. It’s a mountain experience — though kinder on the legs with the exhilarating cliff shuttle trains.
Hike the Legendary Lushan National Park
Lushan is a mass of Chinas most popular mountains covered in mist, crystal lakes, waterfalls and the traditional hiking paths. It includes the world both in the nature and the cultural treasures: you may see the ancient temples, the historic villas, the famous Lushan Three Stones (unique local delicacies of the waterfalls and springs). This place will suit a paradise to the walkers, photographers, and historical enthusiasts.
Savor Authentic Jiangxi Cuisine
Jiangxi’s flavors lean bold and savory! Top local dishes include:
- Ningdu Sanbei chicken, a three-cup chicken specialty.
- Lotus blood duck
- Fried bacon with artemisia
- Jinggang smoked bamboo
- Nanchang stir-fried rice noodles, a local street food staple
- Wuyuan steamed tofu, known for its delicate flavors
Make room for snacks too, such as soup cooked in tiny pottery jars, and rice cakes in different towns. It is necessary for every foody traveler to try these in street stalls.
Enter the Heart of China’s “Red” Revolution: Jinggang Mountain
A historic legend among historians, Jinggang Mountain is hallowed ground: a “cradle of China’s revolution,” it served as the strategic headquarters for the Red Army. Hike through historic sites and museums through primeval pine forests, and follow the revolution behind contemporary China.
Wander the Ancient Streets and Villages
Jiangxi has carefully preserved historic towns and villages. Visit such sites as Jieqiao Ancient Village, where intricate architectural details and cobblestone roads reveal centuries of stories. Musical dramas and folk dramas are held in many towns nowadays and you can get as close to local traditions as possible.
Discover Sacred Taoist Sites at Longhu Mountain
Longhu Mountain, also known as Dragon Tiger Mountain, is a Taoist holy retreat where you could see temples within vertical rock faces near riverbanks. It is where you could also see unusual Taoist rituals being practiced, hike through beautiful cliffs — a rare spiritual and scenic experience.
Relax on Poyang Lake Shores, China’s Largest Freshwater Lake
Bird enthusiasts and nature enthusiasts travel to Poyang Lake, China’s largest fresh lake and East Asia’s major wetland. There are endangered birds and migratory birds, particularly in autumn and spring, and peaceful cruise tours are waiting for you to experience the beauty.
