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Nanchang
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located 60 kilometers south of the Yangtze River and sits on the banks of the Gan River. Nanchang is known for the Tengwang Pavilion, a towering pavilion dating to 653 and Nanchang's People's Square, the second largest public square in China, after Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Nanchang has a population of 1,934,445 people and a metropolitan area of 1,990,184 people. Area is 74,236 square kilometers, and density is 51.03 per square kilometers.
In the early Han Dynasty, a city called Gàn was constructed. In 589 AD, Anno Domino, it was renamed Hongzhou and eventually Nanchang. In 653 AD, the Tengwang Pavilion was constructed. In 675 AD, Wang Bo wrote the classic Tengwang Ge Xu. The building as well as the city became celebrated for Wang’s introduction article. The Pavilion has been destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout China's history. In its present form, Tengwang Pavilion was reconstructed in the 1980s after being destroyed in 1929 during Chinese civil war. In 1927, the Nanchang Uprising took place. In 1939, the Battle of Nanchang took place.
Nanchang is definitely one of the popular tourist attractions in China worth paying a visit while touring the country. This place leaves a pleasing and unforgettable memory and justifies the proud cultural tradition of China.
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