5-Day Jiangxi Highlights

⏰ Daily Schedule

🎯 Activities

• •Arrive at Nanchang Changbei Airport (KHN)
• •Visit Tengwang Pavilion — allow 2-3 hours for the full experience including the museum floors
• •Lunch at a traditional Gan cuisine restaurant near Bayi Square
• •Explore Bayi Square — one of China's largest city squares
• •Visit August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall — housed in the original planning hotel
• •Evening stroll along Gan River waterfront; Qiushui Square fountain show at 7:30 PM

⏰ Daily Schedule

🎯 Activities

• •Morning: Visit Shengjin Tower — Tang Dynasty pagoda (904 AD) with 1,100+ years of history
• •Explore Youmin Temple with its 1,500-year-old ginkgo trees and peaceful meditation halls
• •Lunch: More Nanchang rice noodles on Minde Road
• •Afternoon: High-speed train to Jiujiang (1 hour, ~50 CNY)
• •Evening: Riverside walk along the Yangtze at Xunyang Tower at sunset
• •Dinner: Fresh Poyang Lake fish dishes at a riverside restaurant

⏰ Daily Schedule

🎯 Activities

• •Early start: Take cable car or bus up Mount Lu (allow 1-1.5 hours including ticketing)
• •Hike the Five Old Men Peaks trail — 3-4 hours moderate hike with panoramic Yangtze views
• •Lunch at Guling Town — try mountain specialties like bamboo shoots and wild mushrooms
• •Visit Flower Path (花径), Immortal's Cave (仙人洞) and peaceful Lulin Lake
• •Explore Guling's colonial-era villas — summer retreats for missionaries and dignitaries since the 1890s
• •Visit the Lushan Museum for cultural context
• •Sunset at Hanpo Pass — weather permitting, the sea-of-clouds is spectacular

⏰ Daily Schedule

🎯 Activities

• •Descend Mount Lu, bus to Jiujiang Station
• •High-speed train to Jingdezhen (1.5 hours, ~70 CNY)
• •Afternoon: Visit Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum — 30,000+ pieces from Neolithic to contemporary
• •Explore Ancient Kiln Folk Custom Museum — watch master artisans throw, paint, and fire porcelain live
• •Hands-on pottery workshop — make your own piece on a traditional wheel (1-2 hours, ~100 CNY)
• •Evening: Taoxichuan Creative District — galleries, craft beer bars, night market, live music

⏰ Daily Schedule

🎯 Activities

• •Morning: Visit Imperial Kiln Museum — stunning modern architecture by Zhu Pei built on Ming/Qing kiln ruins
• •Explore Sanbao International Porcelain Art Village — artists' studios in a mountain valley
• •Last chance porcelain shopping at Taoxichuan or local ceramic markets
• •Pack your ceramic souvenirs carefully! (bubble wrap available at markets)
• •Afternoon: High-speed train to Nanchang Changbei Airport for departure