Nanchang

Nanchang (Chinese: å?—昌; Hanyu Pinyin: NánchÄ?ng) is the capital of Jiangxi Province in southeastern China. It is located 60 km 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 approximately 1.57 million people and a metropolitan area of about 4.07 million people.

Nanchang exists as a hub of the agricultural production in Jiangxi Province. Such products as rice and oranges are economic staple. The Ford Motor Company has a plant in Nanchang, assembling the Ford Transit van as part of the Jiangling Motor joint venture. Nanchang also is a center of the production of traditional Chinese medicine and pharmaceuticals.

In the early Han Dynasty (201 BC), a city called Gàn (�) was constructed.

In 589 AD (Sui Dynasty), it was renamed Hongzhou (洪州), and eventually Nanchang.

In 653 AD, the Tengwang Pavilion was constructed. In 675 AD, Wang Bo (王勃) wrote the classic “Tengwang Ge Xu�. The building as well as the city became celebrated for Wang’s introduction article.

In 1927, the Nanchang Uprising took place.

In 1939, the Battle of Nanchang took place.