Sight Overview

Nanchang itself, beyond the relevance that it has played towards recent Chinese history and the sights that remain to memorialise this, has few sights of interest. It acts, however, as a useful stepping point on to other areas in the province including the rural charms of such areas as the communist stronghold mountain, Jinggangshan, the popular resort area of Lushan, and the town of Jingdezhen that is still producing the porcelain that made it famous.

The non-revolutionary city sights of most interest include the Rope and Gold Pagoda, the Tengwang Pavilion and a park, now known as August 1st Park (Bayi gongyuan), that was once used as the site for sitting the imperial examinations. The most interesting communist sight is the August 1st Uprising Museum, the communist general headquarters in 1927 and one of the city’s oldest buildings. Other sights include the Memorial to the Martyr’s of the Revolution (Geming ying xiong jinian tang) and the Residence of Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) and Zhu De (1886-1976) (Zhou enlai, zhu de guju).

Sight Index
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