Jiangxi Province
Throughout China’s history, Jiangxi has played a pivotal role in national affairs because of its position astride the main route of armies, commerce and trade, and large population migrations. Topographically, Jiangxi corresponds to the drainage basin of the Gan River, which runs northeastward in descending elevation from the southern tip of the province to Lake Poyang and the Yangtze in the north. This basin is surrounded by hills and mountains that rim the province from all sides. The principal river of Jiangxi is the Gan, which traverses the entire province from south to north. The mountainous areas are heavily forested. The Wuyi Mountains have tracts of broad-leaved evergreen trees, as well as conifers. Lush forests in the region from Ji’an southward contain pine, fir, cedar, oak, and banyan. In many areas, few natural forests have been preserved; they have been replaced with commercial species such as tea, tung, camphor, bamboo, and pine. The mountains are also home to many rare wild animals. Jiangxi received successive waves of migration from North China through the ages. Its population is virtually all Han (Chinese). The language usually spoken is Mandarin, though the somewhat mutually intelligible Gan language (related to the Hakka language) of the lower Yangtze is also common. Most of Jiangxi’s people live in rural areas. The leading city is Nanchang. Situated on the right bank of the Gan River, a short distance before it enters Lake Poyang, Nanchang is the focal point for rail and river transport, an industrial centre, and a trading centre for agricultural products. Jiujiang, on the south bank of the Yangtze some 85 miles (140 km) north of Nanchang, is the principal port through which the province’s products are exported. Jiangxi is still one of China’s wealthier agricultural provinces. Since 1949 the reclamation of unused land, treatment of red soil to make it more fertile, construction of irrigation projects and hydroelectric power stations, and increased use of chemical fertilizers and mechanization has increased the amount of arable land to more than one-third of the total area of the province. Food crops produced in Jiangxi include rice, sugarcane, fruits, peanuts (groundnuts), and sweet potatoes. Of these, rice is by far the most important. Source: www.britannica.com
Throughout China’s history, Jiangxi has played a pivotal role in national affairs because of its position astride the main route of armies, commerce and trade, and large population migrations. Topographically, Jiangxi corresponds to the drainage basin of the Gan River, which runs northeastward in descending elevation from the southern tip of the province to Lake Poyang and the Yangtze in the north. This basin is surrounded by hills and mountains that rim the province from all sides. The principal river of Jiangxi is the Gan, which traverses the entire province from south to north. The mountainous areas are heavily forested. The Wuyi Mountains have tracts of broad-leaved evergreen trees, as well as conifers. Lush forests in the region from Ji’an southward contain pine, fir, cedar, oak, and banyan. In many areas, few natural forests have been preserved; they have been replaced with commercial species such as tea, tung, camphor, bamboo, and pine. The mountains are also home to many rare wild animals. Jiangxi received successive waves of migration from North China through the ages. Its population is virtually all Han (Chinese). The language usually spoken is Mandarin, though the somewhat mutually intelligible Gan language (related to the Hakka language) of the lower Yangtze is also common. Most of Jiangxi’s people live in rural areas. The leading city is Nanchang. Situated on the right bank of the Gan River, a short distance before it enters Lake Poyang, Nanchang is the focal point for rail and river transport, an industrial centre, and a trading centre for agricultural products. Jiujiang, on the south bank of the Yangtze some 85 miles (140 km) north of Nanchang, is the principal port through which the province’s products are exported. Jiangxi is still one of China’s wealthier agricultural provinces. Since 1949 the reclamation of unused land, treatment of red soil to make it more fertile, construction of irrigation projects and hydroelectric power stations, and increased use of chemical fertilizers and mechanization has increased the amount of arable land to more than one-third of the total area of the province. Food crops produced in Jiangxi include rice, sugarcane, fruits, peanuts (groundnuts), and sweet potatoes. Of these, rice is by far the most important. Source: www.britannica.com
Nanchang
city and capital of Jiangxi province. The city is situated on the right bank of the Gan River just below its confluence with the Jin River and some 25 miles (40 km) south of its discharge into Lake Poyang. The city was founded and first walled in 201 BCE, when the county town was given the name Nanchang. On Aug. 1, 1927, it was the site of one of a series of insurrections organized by the Chinese Communist Party. The Nanchang Uprising, though it succeeded in holding the city for only a few days, provided a core of troops and a method of organization from which the People’s Liberation Army later developed. After 1949 Nanchang became extensively industrialized. It is now a large-scale producer of cotton textiles and cotton yarn. Papermaking is also a major activity, as is food processing (especially rice milling). Heavy industry began to be important in the mid-1950s. A large thermal power-generating plant was installed using coal brought by rail from Fengcheng, to the south. A machinery industry also grew up, at first mainly concentrating on the production of agricultural equipment and diesel engines. Nanchang also became a centre of automotive manufacturing, producing trucks and tractors and such equipment as tires, and it established an aircraft industry. There is also a large chemical industry, producing agricultural chemicals and insecticides as well as pharmaceuticals. Source: www.britannica.com
city and capital of Jiangxi province. The city is situated on the right bank of the Gan River just below its confluence with the Jin River and some 25 miles (40 km) south of its discharge into Lake Poyang. The city was founded and first walled in 201 BCE, when the county town was given the name Nanchang. On Aug. 1, 1927, it was the site of one of a series of insurrections organized by the Chinese Communist Party. The Nanchang Uprising, though it succeeded in holding the city for only a few days, provided a core of troops and a method of organization from which the People’s Liberation Army later developed. After 1949 Nanchang became extensively industrialized. It is now a large-scale producer of cotton textiles and cotton yarn. Papermaking is also a major activity, as is food processing (especially rice milling). Heavy industry began to be important in the mid-1950s. A large thermal power-generating plant was installed using coal brought by rail from Fengcheng, to the south. A machinery industry also grew up, at first mainly concentrating on the production of agricultural equipment and diesel engines. Nanchang also became a centre of automotive manufacturing, producing trucks and tractors and such equipment as tires, and it established an aircraft industry. There is also a large chemical industry, producing agricultural chemicals and insecticides as well as pharmaceuticals. Source: www.britannica.com
Xingan County
Jiangxi Food