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Jinggangshan 井冈山Jǐnggāngshān
5A scenic area · National heritage site · Ji'an, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 days
- Days to budget
- 2 days
- City
- Ji'an
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area, National heritage site
About Jinggangshan
The mountain base where Mao Zedong's forces settled from October 1927 and where Zhu De's troops joined them in April 1928, now a scenic area of eight zones around the town of Ciping, including Huangyangjie, Longtan and the main peak. The farmhouses used as headquarters, residences and a hospital were burned after the Red Army left in January 1929 and were rebuilt to their original form after 1949; they can be visited at Ciping, Dajing, Xiaojing and elsewhere, among forested ridges that are in flower with rhododendrons in April and May. The national heritage listing of 1961, made under the old Ninggang county, also includes sites outside the scenic area: Maoping, Longshi and Gucheng in Jinggangshan City, Sanwan, Longyuankou and the county town in Yongxin county, and the county town of Suichuan.
How to get to Jinggangshan
Ciping, the main town of the scenic area, is about 100 km south-west of Ji'an.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Shennong Valley National Forest Park 神农谷 (20 km).
On the map
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