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Jiangxi Province lies in the southeastern part of China, on the southern bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is bordered by hills and mountains, with the land generally sloping towards the Poyang Lake in the north. Hills and mountains exceed 60% of the province's total area, mainly lying in the west, east and south. It is also called Gan for short. It covers an area of 1,669,000 square kilometers with a population of 41,40 million. Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi.
Jiangxi has a sub-tropical climate, warm and humid. It has a mean annual temperature of 16℃-20℃-- the hottest month, July, averaging 28-30℃ and the coldest month, January, 4-9℃ -- and a mean annual precipitation of 1,300-1,800 mm.
Jiangxi Province is rich in mineral deposits. Tungsten ore, copper ore, lead ore, zinc ore, and rock salt are the main minerals in the province. It is a major producer of rice, mandarin orange, tea and freshwater fish. The province is also famous for its local traditional products: china made in Jingdezhen, porcelain pictures made in Nanchang, Qianshan bamboo handcraft, tealeaves from Lushan Mountain, and bamboo shoots in Jinggang Mountain, etc.
Jiangxi Province has many beautiful mountains, rivers and historical relics. Lushan Mountain, Sanqing Mountain, and Longhu Mountain are among the most famous mountains in China. It is a province with glorious revolutionary history; its places of historic interest include Jinggang Mountain, Ruijin, Nanchang and Anyuan. Lushan Mountain, famous for its elegance, steepness and oddness, with its main peak at 1,474 meters above sea level on the lakeshore, is a famous tourist spot. The Bailu Academy was one of the Four Great Academies of Classical Learning in the past.
The highlight of Jiangxi travel should be Jingdezhen, which is known as the "Capital of Porcelain" in China. Porcelains were produced here as early as 1,800 years ago in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). Today, Jingdezhen remains a national center of porcelain production.
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