7 Days in Nanchang

The 57.5-metre tower rebuilt in 1989 stands on the city wall — the 29th version of a pavilion first raised in 653, made famous by Wang Bo's preface of 675.

1. nanchang tengwang pavilion
2. nanchang wanshou gong street

A factual visit through the museum's former Jiangxi Grand Hotel rooms, the square's monument, and the 128-metre fountain at dusk across the river.

1. nanchang august1 uprising museum
2. nanchang bayi square
3. nanchang qiushui square

The tomb of Liu He — dead in 59 BC — gave up more than 5,000 bamboo slips and over 100 kilograms of gold after the 2011 dig; the Qing manor nearby rows its courtyards close by.

1. nanchang haihunhou museum
2. nanchang wangshan tuku

The green wall northwest of town tops out at 841 metres, the city's high point; bamboo valleys and tea rows take the day.

1. nanchang meiling

A different gate into the same hills — gorge walks, small waterfalls and the ridge pavilions that watch the Gan plain from the north.

1. nanchang meiling

South where the Gan reaches Poyang — China's largest freshwater lake — the reserve takes the wintering geese and swans from November to February; summer sends reed boats instead.

1. nanchang nanji wetland

Street breakfasts around the old pagoda, the bridges from the riverside, and the evening train — the Jiangxi lake-and-hill circuit keeps going from here.

1. nanchang shengjin tower
2. nanchang ganjiang riverside