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Arrival / Jiujiang / Mt. Lushan (L, D)
Transfer via: Flight on your own arrangement
Sightseeing: Guantian Bridge, Huajing Path, Jinxiu Valley, Three Ancient Trees, Longtan Waterfall
Arrive in Jiujiang, your local English speaking guide will pick you up from Jiujiang airport and then transfer to Mt. Lushan. Located by the Poyang Lake, 36 kilometers south of Jiujiang City, covers an area of 350 square kilometers. The Hanyang Peak, the highest, rises 1,474 meters above sea level. At Lushan, towering peaks and dangerously steep cliffs on all sides surround a relatively gentle center. The landscape here is spectacular with some 100 peaks being veiled in mist for some 191 days annually on average. It is particular cool in summer and is therefore a world-renowned summer resort.
Check in to a local hotel in Guling Town. Then we visit the Guantian Bridge, the Huajing Path, the Jinxiu Valley or the Xianren Cave. In the afternoon, visit the Three Ancient Trees and the Longtan Waterfall.
After the tours, be transferred back to your hotel.
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Day
2
Mt. Lushan / Jiujiang (B, L, D)
Transfer via: Private Vehicle on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Sandie Waterfall, Wulao Peak, Shizhong Rock
Early we visit to the Sandie Waterfall and the Wulao Peak. After that, we will return to Guling town and transfer back to Jiujiang. Check in a Jiujiang hotel.
In the afternoon, we will visit the Shizhong Rock at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Poyang Lake.
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Day
3
Jiujiang / Ji'an (B, L, D)
Transfer via: Train on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Xiu Peak, Bailu Academy
Today we will have One-day trip to Xiu Peak. Enjoy the Mawei and Huangya Waterfalls and the Bailu Academy, which is the ancient academic institution that was first built in the Song Dynasty.
In the afternoon, you will be transferred to railway station to take an air-conditioned train to Ji'an. When you arrive in Ji'an, you will be met by your local guide and transferred to your hotel.
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Day
4
Ji'an / Mt. Jinggang (B, L, D)
Transfer via: private vehicle on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Jinggangshan Revolution Museum, Former Revolutionary Headquarters, Wuzhi Peak, dragon-pond waterfalls
In the morning, you will be transfer to Jinggang Mountain. The lofty and majestic Jinggang Mountains, covering 670 square km, tower in the central part of Mount Luoxiao and stretch over the border of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. It is ranged among "China Forty Best Tourist Attractions" and the cradle of the Chinese revolution. Guo Moruo marveled in his lines when touring the mountains, "After visiting Jinggangshan, no mountain will be an attraction." . Then we will visit the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum and the Former Revolutionary Headquarters.
In the afternoon, visit the Wuzhi Peak; this is the highest in the Jinggang mountain range. The peak has the appearance of five extended fingers, hence its name. It is not only the highest point but is the largest and considered to be the most beautiful sight on the mountain. The steep peak extends in an imposing way from southeast to northwest.
And we will have a visit to Dragon-Pond (Longtan) waterfalls, also referred to as the Five-Dragon-Pond. When you enter this area long before you catch sight of the falls, you will hear the thunder-like roar of the water. Upper most is the Jade Waterfall that drops down to the green and limpid Jade Pond. The second is Lock-Dragon-Waterfall which spews out from the yellow cliff top into the Golden-Lock-Pond. The flow of water is not large but it is famed for what appears like a dragon trapped in it.
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Day
5
Mt. Jinggang / Nanchang (B, L, D)
Transfer via: Train on our arrangement
Get up early this morning and watch the sunrise. You will be transferred back to Ji'an (around 3 hours) and catch the train to Nanchang.
Upon arriving, you will be met by your local guide and then be transferred to your hotel.
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Day
6
Nanchang / Departure (B, L, D)
Transfer via: Flight on your own arrangement
Sightseeing: Tengwang Pavilion, the Rope and Gold Pagoda, August 1st Uprising Museum
After breakfast, we will have a visit to the Tengwang Pavilion, rising high above the bank of the Ganjiang River, the Tengwang Tower was first built in 659AD by the then prefectural governor of Hongzhou (present day Nanchang) Li Yuanming, or Tengwang. Poems written by Tang dynasty (618-907AD) poet Wang Bo have made the tower famous. The tower was rebuilt and repaired 28 times and in 1989 it was renovated in the Song style. This granite structure is 9 stories high and houses numerous gift shops, a tea house, exhibition halls and a natural history museum. Then we move on to see the Rope and Gold Pagoda.
This afternoon, we will continue to visit the August 1st Uprising Museum, it was built on the site of the Nanchang Uprising Headquarters, a gray five-story building blending both Western and Chinese architectural styles. The headquarters of the New Fourth Army and the residences of Zhou Enlai and Zhu De during the Nanchang Uprising are also in Nanchang. This building used to be a local hotel, but as they used it as the headquarters of the revolutionary army at the time of uprising in arms in 1927, it has been kept as a memorial hall to the revolution with a lot of objects of historical and cultural importance on display.
After the tours, you will be transferred to airport to take flight to next destination.