Yichun 宜春Yíchūn

About Yichun

Yichun, whose name means pleasant spring, is a hill city of western Jiangxi and one of the cradles of Chan (Zen) Buddhism: three of the school's five houses have roots here, among them the Caodong school at Dongshan in Yifeng. Mingyue (Bright Moon) Mountain, the north-eastern end of the Wugong range, is known for its hot springs. The city is also a hub of China's lithium-battery industry.

What to eat in Yichun

• Ruizhou shaomai (瑞州烧麦)
• Jinpian Chan tea (宜春金片禅茶)

Listed sites in Yichun

28 sites in Yichun are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• Mingyue Mountain 明月山 5A scenic area · on the map
  A 136 km² mountain on the border of Yichun's Yuanzhou district and An'fu county, named for its half-moon outline, with its main peak, Taiping, at 1,735.6 m.
• Autumn Harvest Uprising Sites, Tonggu 铜鼓秋收起义纪念地 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A group of sites in Yongning, the county town of Tonggu, centred on the Xiao ancestral hall, a two-block timber-and-earth building of the 1870s on Dingjiang East Road.
• Baifengling Horticultural Park, Gao'an 百峰岭 4A scenic area · on the map
  A horticulture-themed scenic area in the countryside of Gao'an.
• Chandu Culture Expo Park, Yichun 禅都文化博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A cultural park on Chan (Zen) Buddhism on the eastern side of Yichun city, in a prefecture that promotes itself as a holy land of Chan.
• Chinese Traditional Culture Park, Jing'an 中华传统文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
  An antique-style cultural park of more than 2,000 mu (about 133 ha) in Baofeng town, built as a traditional-culture study base, where a city-gate opening ceremony and a Confucius ceremony were held in 2018.
• Conglin Liquor Expo Park, Shanggao 五谷村丛林酒博园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A liquor-culture visitor park (the name means 'liquor expo park') at Wugu village on the northern edge of Shanggao town.
• Dongshan, Yifeng 洞山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A mountain village in Tong'an township where the Tang monk Liangjie founded Puli Chan Temple, regarded as the ancestral temple of the Caodong school of Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
• Gezao Mountain, Zhangshu 阁皂山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  A Daoist mountain south of Zhangshu, regarded as the ancestral mountain of the Lingbao school of Daoism and counted as the 36th of Daoism's blessed lands.
• Henghui Art Agriculture Park, Wanzai 恒晖艺术农业 4A scenic area · on the map
  A farm-tourism park in the countryside near Sanxing town, run under the name 'art agriculture' (yishu nongye).
• Love Flower Town, Fengcheng 爱情花卉小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  A flower-themed park of about 4.7 km² at Tancheng village in Meilin town, built from 2018 on former barren hills around a flower and nursery-stock business.
• Mingyue Qianguqing Theme Park, Yichun 宜春宋城明月千古情 4A scenic area · on the map
  A commercial theme park in Wentang town, developed with the Songcheng Performance Group and opened on 28 December 2018.
• Qixingling Ski Resort, Tonggu 七星岭 4A scenic area · on the map
  A mountain resort in Paibu town with a ski area whose slopes the county uses for mass-participation ski races.
• Qiyin Valley 栖隐谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  A wooded valley on the eastern side of Mingyue Mountain, run as a separate scenic area from the main mountain gate near Wentang and rated national 4A in 2022.
• Sanzhualun Forest Park, Jing'an 三爪仑 4A scenic area · on the map
  A forested valley area in northern Jing'an county, run as a national forest park and best known for river rafting and a small forest train.
• Tianzhufeng, Tonggu 天柱峰 4A scenic area · on the map
  A forested mountain scenic area on the shore of Jiulong Lake in Daduan town, in the county with the highest forest cover in Jiangxi.
• Wanzai Ancient Town 万载古城 4A scenic area · on the map
  A restored historic quarter in the centre of Wanzai (the Tianxia old-town district) with Ming and Qing buildings, including 26 ancestral halls, old houses and granaries, restored over about five years.
• Former Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Revolutionary Base, Xianyuan 湘鄂赣革命根据地旧址 National heritage site · on the map
  From April 1932 to January 1934 the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi provincial Party committee and provincial soviet government were based at Xiaoyuan, now Xianyuan village.
• Hongzhou Kiln, Fengcheng 洪州窑遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  Hongzhou celadon was fired around Fengcheng from the late Eastern Han onwards, and the kiln is counted among the six famous celadon kilns of the Tang; 44 kiln sites in 19 villages lie in six townships on both banks of the Gan River.
• Hualin Papermaking Workshop Site, Gao'an 华林造纸作坊遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  Remains of bamboo-paper workshops in the hills of the Hualin Mountain scenic area near Zhouling village, where archaeologists found the foundations of sixteen water-driven stamping mills along the streams and excavated workshops from the Southern Song to the Ming.
• Jimei Stone Archway, Fengxin 济美石坊 National heritage site · on the map
  A four-sided stone memorial archway, 12.2 m high and 4.15 m wide, carved to imitate timber construction, standing on the north bank of the Liao River.
• Jingxian Jia Ancestral Hall, Gao'an 景贤贾氏宗祠 National heritage site · on the map
  A Ming-dynasty clan ancestral hall in the middle of Jiajia village, with four halls in sequence on a site of about 1,870 m²: the Zhoujin Hall, a front pavilion for bowing, a rear shrine hall and a Guanyin hall.
• Lizhou'ao Eastern Zhou Tomb Museum, Jing'an 李洲坳东周墓葬 National heritage site · on the map
  A museum at the site of a large Eastern Zhou tomb in Shuikou township, excavated in 2007 after looters broke into it, where a mound about 12 m high covered a pit with 47 coffins, a main burial and 46 accompanying ones.
• Mazu Pagoda Pavilion, Baofeng Temple 马祖塔亭 National heritage site · on the map
  A hexagonal granite pavilion of 1085 inside Baofeng Temple, covering the tomb pagoda of the Tang Chan master Mazu Daoyi, whose pagoda was first built in 791.
• Mengshan Silver Mine Site 蒙山银矿遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  Remains of a silver-mining district on Mount Meng that worked from the Southern Song to the Ming, about 160 years in all, around the Taizi cliff.
• Shanggao Battle Sites 上高会战遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  Four wartime sites of the 1941 Battle of Shanggao, mostly old ancestral halls and village houses, were opened with displays in September 2020: the general headquarters of the Chinese 19th Army Group, its women's battlefield service corps, a wartime prison and the command post of the 58th Division.
• Tomb of Zhu Shi, Gao'an 朱轼墓 National heritage site · on the map
  The tomb of Zhu Shi (1665-1736), a Gao'an man who served three Qing emperors, as governor of Zhejiang and later as Minister of Personnel and grand secretary.
• Yuanzhou Qiaolou (Drum Tower) 袁州谯楼 National heritage site · on the map
  A gate tower built in 944 under the Southern Tang as part of the Yuanzhou prefectural offices, now known as the Yichun Drum Tower.
• Zhuweicheng Site, Zhangshu 筑卫城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
  A settlement enclosure on the north slope of Dagu Hill, named for the earth walls that encircle it and measuring about 410 by 360 m.

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