Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province, lies in the lower reaches of the Hanjiang River and the Fuhe River, and faces the Boyang Lake. There are lots of of mountains, hills and plains within its border. Nanchang is a time-honored city with revolutionary traditions in southern China.

With a history of more than 2,200 years, Nanchang has always been the capital city of the ancient provinces. The Nanchang Uprising on October 1, 1927 won itself the fame of the Heroes City. A combination of the historical sites and beautiful scenic spots highlights the citys unique characteristics.

Some 16.8% of the city is covered with forest of 413 tree species, mainly including pine, fir, laurel, gingko, and 480 species of wild animals, among which 20 bird species are under the state protection and 12 are ranked as rare kinds. It also has a number of lakes. Centered on the Boyang Lake, there are hundreds of lakes around, such as the Junshan Lake, the Jinxi Lake, the Qinggang Lake and the Yaohu Lake. In the northeast are the Aixi Lake, the Qingshan Lake and the Xianshi Lake, and four other scenic ones in the north, south, east and west.

With a subtropical monsoon climate, Nanchang has plenty of rain and sunshine. In terms of four seasons, summer and winter is long while spring and autumn is short. It is dry in autumn and winter and rainy in spring and summer; the average temperature is 17.5 oC in the spring, 28.2 oC in summer, 20.9 oC in autumn and 6.3 oC in winter. Obviously, the best time to visit Nanchang is spring or summer.

In 1986, it was proclaimed by the State Council as a national historical and cultural city.

Nanchang Travel can enjoy the scenery of Jing De Zhen and Jing Gang Mountain.

Tengwang Pavilion

The Tengwang Pavilion, located on the bank of the Ganjiang River, west of Nanchang City, is one of the three famous pavilions south of the Yangtze River (the other two are Yueyang Tower in Yueyang and Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan).The pavilion was built in AD 653, when Tengwang Li Yuanying (King Teng), a younger brother of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was the governor of Nanchang. It was destroyed and rebuilt as many as 28 times until it was burned to ashes in 1926. In 1989, the pavilion was rebuilt again according to the style of architecture in the Song Dynasty. This nine-storied structure stands at 57.5 meters in height and occupies a construction area of 13,000 square meters with a 12-meter-long base symbolic of ancient city walls. Made of reinforced cement, the pavilion, featuring flying eaves and engraved beams, looks quite splendid.The reputation of Tengwang Pavilion, to a great extent, is due to a well-known prose - "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion" by Wangbo. It was said that when the author, a reputable poet of the Tang, passed Nanchang on his way to Guangdong, he wrote this prose on the subject of the banquet which was being held to celebrate the reconstruction