Jiangxi 江西Jiāngxī

About Jiangxi

Jingdezhen has been making porcelain for more than a thousand years, and its workshops still throw, paint and fire pieces in the city whose kilns once supplied the imperial court. In the north, Lushan rises cool and cloud-wrapped above the Yangtze and Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, where great flocks of migratory birds spend the winter. In early spring, the Huizhou-style villages of Wuyuan sit in seas of yellow rapeseed.

Jiangxi at a glance

Area

166,900 km²

Population

45.2 million 2020

Highest point

Mount Huanggang 黄岗山2,158 m

Borders

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang

Area, population and highest point from Wikidata; the population is the latest census or official estimate there.

What to eat in Jiangxi

• Nanchang mixed rice noodles (南昌拌粉)
• Clay-jar simmered soup (瓦罐汤)
• Three-cup chicken (三杯鸡)

Places to visit in Jiangxi

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  Mount Lushan 庐山

  Misty peaks, waterfalls and a hill station of stone villas above the Yangtze

  Best time: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct · Time needed: 1–2 days · 5A scenic area · National heritage site · UNESCO World Heritage

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  Mount Sanqing 三清山

  Granite pillars in cloud and pine, and cliffside plank walks to a Taoist palace

  Best time: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · Time needed: 1–2 days · 5A scenic area · National heritage site · UNESCO World Heritage

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  Jingdezhen, Porcelain Capital 景德镇

  The city that fired porcelain for China's emperors, and still has clay on its hands

  Best time: Mar–May, Sep–Nov · Time needed: 1–2 days · 4A scenic area · National heritage site

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  Wuyuan Villages 婺源

  White-walled villages among yellow rapeseed in spring and red chillies in autumn

  Best time: Mid-Mar–early Apr, Nov · Time needed: 1–2 days

Listed sites in Jiangxi

327 sites in Jiangxi are on the official lists, 13 of them rated 5A and 130 protected as national heritage. They are listed by city, with what each is and how to get there.

Cities and prefectures of Jiangxi

• Fuzhou 抚州 City
  Hometown of Wang Anshi and Tang Xianzu, with clan villages and a 23-arch bridge
• Ganzhou 赣州 City
  Hakka fortress houses, Song-dynasty drains and Buddhist cliff carvings
• Ji'an 吉安 City
  Song loyalists and poets, leaf-patterned tea bowls and the Jinggang Mountains
• Jingdezhen 景德镇 City
  Hand-thrown porcelain, wood-fired kilns and a World Heritage listing from 2026
• Jiujiang 九江 City
  Misty Lushan, Bai Juyi's exile and the lake mouth where Poyang meets the Yangtze
• Nanchang 南昌 City
  A river tower of Tang fame, a Han emperor's tomb and a Ming royal turned painter
• Pingxiang 萍乡 City
  Coal seams in the valley, alpine meadows on the mountain above
• Shangrao 上饶 City
  Huizhou-style villages, granite pinnacles and a cave of 20,000-year-old pottery
• Xinyu 新余 City
  A steel town with a fairy-tale lake and summer cloth woven by hand from ramie
• Yichun 宜春 City
  Hot springs under Bright Moon Mountain and the ancestral temples of Zen
• Yingtan 鹰潭 City
  Red sandstone peaks, ancient cliff coffins and the home of the Celestial Masters

Before you go

• Visas and visa-free entry Can I visit China without a visa?
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Learn more

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