Jiangxi 江西

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Jiāngxī 江西 Other names include: Gàn 赣 (Short form); Wade-Giles: Chiang-hsi; Postal Map: Kiangsi

Nearby Locations: Anhuī 安徽 province to the north Zhèjiāng 浙江 to the northeast Fújiàn 福建 to the east Guǎngdōng 廣東 to the south Húnán 湖南 to the west Húběi 湖北 to the northwest.

East China Region

Geography Portal

Jiāngxī 江西 is a province in the southeast of China. Surrounded by mountains, the province is a key link between the Yangtze river valley and areas further south.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Dōnglín Temple 東林寺
• Tiěfó Temple 鐵佛寺

Other Notes

• Guì Bóhuá 桂伯華 was born in Jiǔjiāng County 九江縣 in 1861
• Ōuyáng Jiàn 歐陽漸 was born in Yíhuáng county 宜黃縣 in 1871
• Méi Guāngxī 梅光羲 was born in Nánchāng 南昌 in 1880
• Cíháng 慈航 (1895-1954) was ordained in Néngrén Temple 能仁寺 in 1913

References and Resources

• [Jiujiang to Ku-Ling] Chiu-chiang to Ku-ling 1912 from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin