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Jiujiang
Prefecture-level city in Jiangxi, China

Jiujiang

Jiujiang, formerly transliterated Kiukiang and Kew-Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China.

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It is the second-largest prefecture-level city in Jiangxi and its borders include Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Jiujiang is the fourth largest port on the Yangtze River and was one of the first five cities that were opened to foreign trade along the Yangtze River following the implementation of Deng Xiaoping's Opening-Up Policy. It is Jiangxi's only international trade port city.

Get in

Getting to Jiujiang

Jiujiang sits on the Beijing-Kowloon Railway line. Trains coming and going from other directions include: K726 - Kunming (Yunnan) - Harbin (Heilongjiang) (01:13) K1664 - Yingtan (Jiangxi) - Kashgar (Xinjiang) (23:55) K754 - Shanghai - Pingdingshan (Henan) (23:23) K724 - Kunming (Yunnan) - Nantong (Jiangsu) Z296 - Ganzhou (Jiangxi) - Baotou (Inner Mongolia) (23:40) Z308 - Xiamen (Fujian) - Beijing west (00:54) K134 -…

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    Jiujiang Railway Station
See

Worth seeing

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    Lushan
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    Stone Bell Hill
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    Boyang Lake
  4. 04
    Nanshan Park
Do

Things to do

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    Kantang
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    Nanshan Park

    Nanshan Park is the best place to visit in winter.

Eat

Where to eat

Osmanthus tea cake is a traditional Han nationality spot in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province.Osmanthus tea cake is golden yellow, thin as paper, with "small and fine, thin and crisp, crisp and sweet, fragrant and beautiful" characteristics. Jiujiang cuisine (九江炒粉). reflects the flavors of northern Jiangxi, with influences from Poyang Lake and Mount Lushan.

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    Poyang Lake

    Steamed white fish，Braised white fish，Steamed mandarin fish.Freshwater fish served steamed or braised, highlighting natural flavors.

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    Poyang Lake

    Crabs are best enjoyed in autumn (September to November) and are widely served in local restaurants around Jiujiang and the Poyang Lake area during the season.

How locals move

Getting around Jiujiang the local way

  • Get inThere is a cable car going straight to Lushan.
  • Get inTo arrive to the cable car station there is the bus 57 from Jiujiang (九江) train station（cost ¥3).
  • Get inLushan train station is really close to the cable car.
  • Get inIf you do get to Lushan Railway Station in error, it is possible to transfer to Jiujiang Intercity bus station by minivan.
  • Get inThe stone path now climbs through the valley, up, ever up through a spectacular gorge to the Three Step Waterfall, where suddenly it's like Disneyland in the mountains with duck shaped watercraft in the bottom pond to the waterfall, kiosks and masses of people, who have descended by foot to this spectacular spot from the top cable car station high above.

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