Nanchang: The Gateway City
Jiangxi’s capital and the usual point of arrival — home to the Tengwang Pavilion, a riverfront light show on a monumental scale, and enough history and food to earn a day before the mountains.
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本攻略僅供一般參考。開放時間、門票價格、交通、線路及其他實用資訊可能隨時變動，未必能及時更新——出行前請向景區或相關方核實。和易對依據本文資訊所作的決定不承擔責任。
Most journeys through Jiangxi begin in Nanchang — it has the main airport and the central rail hub. But the capital is more than a transit point: a city on the Gan River with a famous pavilion, a riverfront that lights up at night, and a place in modern Chinese history worth an unhurried day.
江西之旅多自南昌起步——主機場與鐵路樞紐皆在此。但這座省會不止是中轉站：它是贛江畔的城市，有名樓、有夜夜亮起的兩岸江景，更在中國近代史上佔有一席，值得從容停留一日。
The Tengwang Pavilion
The Tengwang Pavilion is one of the "Three Great Towers of southern China", immortalised in a Tang-dynasty essay so famous it is still memorised in schools. The present structure is a grand 1980s reconstruction, but the view it frames — the wide Gan River, the modern skyline beyond — is the same one that has drawn writers for thirteen centuries.
滕王閣名列「江南三大名樓」，因一篇千古傳誦、至今仍為學童背誦的唐代序文而不朽。今日建築為1980年代的宏偉重建，但它所框出的景致——浩蕩贛江與對岸今日天際線——仍是十三個世紀以來吸引文人的同一片風景。
The setting sun and a lone wild duck fly together; autumn waters share one hue with the boundless sky.
落霞與孤鶩齊飛，秋水共長天一色。— Wang Bo, "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion" · 王勃《滕王閣序》
A river that puts on a show
After dark, Nanchang stages one of the largest permanent light shows in the world: the towers along both banks of the Gan River become synchronised screens, the display reflected the full width of the water. It is best seen from a river cruise or the Yanjiang promenade, and it is free.
入夜後，南昌上演世界最大的常態燈光秀之一：贛江兩岸的高樓化作同步的巨幕，光影倒映於滿江之上。乘江上遊船或漫步沿江步道觀賞最佳，且免費。
Nanchang food is boldly spicy — rice noodles, river fish, and the local "three cups" chicken, best found in the small places locals actually eat rather than the tourist strips.
南昌菜以辛辣見長——拌粉、江鮮與本地三杯雞，最好去本地人真正光顧的小館子，而非遊客街區。
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