14 Days in Lushan

Ride up from Jiujiang, settle into Guling, and end the day with the lakeside Flower Path loop.

1. lu shan guling town
2. lu shan flower path

A full morning on the west-line valley walk to the cliff shrine, with the afternoon free in town.

1. lu shan jinxiu valley
2. lu shan immortals cave

Stone-villa history in the morning — Meilu Villa and the conference site — then the museum by Rulin Lake.

1. lu shan meilu villa
2. lu shan conference site museum
3. lu shan lulin lake

Sunrise at Hanying Pass over Poyang Lake, then the slow climb along the Five Old Men ridge.

1. lu shan hanying pass
2. lu shan five old men

Give the Three-Step Waterfall its own day — the descent is long and the return climb is honest work.

1. lu shan three step falls

A true rest day — coffee on the main street, the small church, and an early evening mist over the valley.

1. lu shan guling town

The west rim first — Dragon-Head Cliff and the big pond — then down into the Shimenjian gorge if the legs allow.

1. lu shan dragon head cliff
2. lu shan shimenjian

Down the eastern foot for the Tang-era academy and its courtyard halls, back up before the mist settles.

1. lu shan white deer academy

The northwest temple grounds in the morning, the Xiufeng waterfall cluster at the southern foot after lunch.

1. lu shan donglin temple
2. lu shan xiufeng

An easy day off the mountain — the Yangtze embankment and old streets of Jiujiang, back up for dinner.

1. lu shan jiujiang riverside

Travel east to the porcelain capital and spend the evening in its kiln-sites and pottery streets.

1. jingdezhen

A morning among workshops and museum kilns, then the ride back to the Lushan side.

1. jingdezhen

HSR to Nanchang for the riverside tower made famous by Tang poetry and the city museums, back by evening.

1. nanchang

A last walk through Guling's stone lanes and viewpoints, then down to Jiujiang station for departure.

1. lu shan guling town