1-Day Jishui Journey: Ancient Villages & Scenic Wonders

Ji'an Chinese Jinshi Culture Park is a classical garden with the theme of Jinshi culture, covering an area of ​​about 460 acres. The designer integrates Chinese traditional culture, Chinese imperial examination culture and Luling regional culture through classical gardening techniques to create "one belt, two forests, nine gardens and eighteen scenes". The entire space layout is centered on the Chinese Jinshi Museum, and is planned and designed in combination with many elements such as the library, government offices, Confucian Temple, Zhuangyuan Gate, Zhuangyuan Pavilion, Zhuangyuan Mansion, theater, ancient examination hall, etc. After completion, the Chinese Jinshi Culture Park has both the grandeur of classical gardens, with double corridors and attics, and the softness and elegance of Jiangnan gardens. Visitors who come here to play can appreciate the Chinese Jinshi culture of the imperial examinations, or participate in interactive activities to celebrate the glory of being on the list of successful candidates.

"Houhe·Dream of Luling Attraction" takes "Dream of Luling" as its theme, uses bridges as guides and boats as media, and integrates Luling culture into live performances with the help of a variety of high-tech light and shadow methods, setting up eight immersive light and shadow scenes, including "Nine Carps Transforming into Dragons", "Songs of the Tang Dynasty", "Landscape Poetry", "Seventeen Number One Scholars", "Integrity and Righteousness", "Reading Sounds", "Sunny After the Rain", and "Phoenix Dancing in Luling". With the freehand light and shadow of poetry and painting as the background, it tells the moving stories from the Qin Dynasty, Tang and Song Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern Ji'an, creating a 5.5-kilometer walking humanistic night tour experience.

Bailuzhou is located in the Ganjiang River east of Ji'an City. It is 1.5 kilometers long and 0.5 kilometers wide. It is a spindle-shaped oasis formed by the sediment carried by the river. It looks like a white egret. The island is covered with lush forests and bamboos, making it a habitat for hundreds of birds.

The river is full of clear water and fish and shrimps are swimming around, providing abundant food for birds. Therefore, there are many birds and flocks of egrets on the island. The ancients named it after the poem of Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, "Three mountains are half-fallen outside the blue sky, and Bailuzhou is divided by two rivers." Because Bailuzhou is far from the shore, although the center of the island is higher than the river bank, due to parallax, when standing on the shore, it always feels that Bailuzhou is much lower than the river bank. However, when there is a flood, the river bank is flooded, but the center of the island is not destroyed, so there is a saying that "when the water rises, the egrets float."

Bailuzhou Academy: During the Chunyou period of the Southern Song Dynasty, the governor of Jizhou came here to give lectures and Cheng Dazhong, as well as six other scholars, including Shao Yong, Zhou Dunyi and Zhu Xi, built a temple and an academy, Bailu Academy. The academy has cultivated many famous figures, including Wen Tianxiang, Liu Chenweng, Deng Guangjian, etc. It is now the site of Bailuzhou Middle School in Ji'an City.

The existing "Yunzhang Pavilion" on the island was rebuilt in the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1952). "Fengyue Tower" is a three-story pavilion with a brick-wood structure and rich national architectural style. It was rebuilt in the 7th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1868). These two are the two main buildings of Bailu Academy.

There are also the remains of academies such as Panyue Pond, Zhuangyuan Bridge, and Gujitai. The Bailuzhou Bridge, built in 19878, connects Bailuzhou with the urban area, making it very convenient to get to the island.

Jizhou Kiln is located in Yonghe Town, Ji'an County, on the west bank of the middle reaches of Ganjiang River. It was founded in the late Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Southern Song Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1,200 years. It is a world-famous comprehensive kiln in the Jiangnan region of ancient my country. Its products are of various types and styles. It is famous for its black-glazed porcelain and painted porcelain. Among the black-glazed porcelains, wooden leaf Tianmu, paper-cut decals, kiln-changed glaze patterns and other products are well-known all over the world and are listed as cultural relics collections by Japan, South Korea, the United States, Britain and Southeast Asian countries. The existing Jizhou Kiln Site is one of the largest and most well-preserved ancient kiln site groups. The site covers an area of ​​2.8 square kilometers, with 24 abandoned kilns, a total area of ​​80,000 square meters, and a pile of 726,000 cubic meters. It was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2001. Relying on the existing Jizhou Kiln ruins resources, the Jizhou Kiln Attraction aims to inherit, protect, develop and utilize Luling culture, ceramic culture, religious culture and ancient town culture, and adheres to the principle of "protection first, utilization second". It is developed on the premise and basis of insisting on the protection of large ruins. The entire Attraction covers an area of ​​2.8 square kilometers, consisting of three theme areas: the business district (Song Street, Dongchang Road), the ceramic culture display area (including the Jizhou Kiln Museum, the cultural square, the viewing stage, the ancient village, etc.) and the Jizhou Kiln Ruins Park (including the pottery garden, the pottery workshop, the Qingdu Temple, the Shuweng Pavilion, the Huanxiu Pavilion, the Benjue Temple Tower, the Dragon Kiln, etc.). It is a comprehensive tourist Attraction integrating culture, tourism, leisure, archaeology and scientific research.