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'''Jiujiang'''<!--Chinese in infoboxes; see [[WP:MOS-ZH]]-->, formerly transliterated '''Kiukiang''' and '''Kew-Keang''', is a [[prefecture-level city]] located on the southern shores of the [[Yangtze River]] in northwest [[Jiangxi Province]] in the [[People's Republic of China]]. It is the second-largest prefecture-level city in Jiangxi and its borders include [[Poyang Lake]], the largest freshwater [[lakes of China|lake]] in China. Jiujiang is the fourth largest port on the Yangtze River<ref>{{cite web |title=改革开放40年：九江港成为名副其实的"亿吨大港" |url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1620381053261144241&wfr=spider&for=pc |website=Jiujiang News Network |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="百年老港"江西九江港稳固亿吨大港地位 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/126891057_119778 |website=Sohu.com |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref> and was one of the first five cities that were opened to foreign trade along the Yangtze River following the implementation of [[Deng Xiaoping]]'s [[Opening-Up Policy]]. It is Jiangxi's only international trade port city.

Its population was 4,600,276 inhabitants at the [[2020 Chinese census|2020 census]], 1,164,268 of whom resided in the built-up area (metro) made up of three urban districts (aka [[Xunyang District|Xunyang]], [[Lianxi District|Lianxi]], and [[Chaisang District|Chaisang]]).<ref name="aoi">{{cite web |title=九江市第七次全国人口普查公报 |url=http://tjj.jiujiang.gov.cn/zwgk/zdly/tjgb/202106/P020210611315177788811.pdf |website=Jiujiang Statistics Bureau Website |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103131902/http://tjj.jiujiang.gov.cn/zwgk/zdly/tjgb/202106/P020210611315177788811.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, the city was named China's top ten livable cities by the Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=China's Top 10 Most Livable Cities 
 |url=http://eng.hnloudi.gov.cn/engld%5Caboutloudi/Loudicity/Loudihonor/2011/1_327/default.shtml
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410050946/http://eng.hnloudi.gov.cn/engld%5Caboutloudi/Loudicity/Loudihonor/2011/1_327/default.shtml
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=2013-04-10
 |website=hnloudi.gov.cn 
 |publisher=Hunan Loudi Official Government 
 |date=2012-03-28 
 |access-date=2014-08-04 
}}</ref> In 2022, the State Council of China granted Jiujiang the title of Famed National Historical and Cultural City for its rich history and multicultural background in the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republican era]].

==History==
[[File:JJmtains.jpg|thumb|right|The mountain range to the South of Jiujiang]]

===Ancient history===
In ancient times, it was said that nine rivers converged near where Jiujiang sprang up to become Jiangxi's main water port today. From the [[Xia dynasty|Xia]] to the [[Shang dynasty|Shang]] dynasty, the capitals of several states were located in the area of Jiujiang.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} In the [[Spring and Autumn period]] (770–476 BCE), Jiujiang bordered the states of [[Wu (state)|Wu]] (downstream, to the east) and [[Chu (state)|Chu]] (upstream, to the west).

===Imperial history===
[[Tao Yuanming]] (365–429 CE), a famous Chinese philosopher, [[recluse]] and poet, lived at the base of [[Mountain Lu|Mount Lu]]. He was once appointed magistrate of nearby [[Pengze County]] and after 83 days resigned owing to the politics involved in administering justice. He retired back to his village to pen an essay called "[[Peach Blossom Spring]]". In 757, [[Li Bai]] (701–762 CE) was implicated in the [[An Lushan Rebellion]] and exiled at Jiujiang. [[Bai Juyi]] (772–846 CE) wrote a poem called "Lute Song", about his sadness and isolation during his [[forced exile]] as a middle rank official to reside in such a small and remote town. In the 13th century [[Zhu Xi]] was a Confucian philosopher who practiced at the [[White Deer Grotto Academy]], on Mount Lu's eastern flanks.

Jiujiang has also been known as Jiangzhou ({{Lang-zh|c=江州|labels=no}}) and Xunyang ({{Lang-zh|c=浔阳|labels=no}}) in former times. During the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)]] it was known as Sin Yang{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}, during the [[Liang dynasty]] (502–557) of the [[Southern and Northern Dynasties|Southern and Northern Dynasties era]], it was called Jiangzhou. After reunification, during the [[Sui dynasty]] it was called Jiujiang, and the Song dynasty (960–1127) called it Ting Jiang. The [[Ming dynasty]] (1368–1644), gave it Jiujiang which has retained its name to this day. It was a [[Taiping rebellion]] stronghold for five years (1850–1864) after they{{who|date=August 2019}} devastated the town to only leave one street with buildings intact. The city served as the capital of Taiping's Jiangxi province during this time.

===British concession and European settlement history===
[[File:KIU-KIANG.jpg|thumb|right|The Jiujiang waterfront circa 1873.]]
[[File:Former Site of Abbey.jpg|thumb|Former Abbey]]
[[File:Former Site of Japanese Consulate.jpg|thumb|Former Japanese Consulate]]
[[File:Old Catholic School.jpg|thumb|Former Catholic School]]
[[File:Former Site of Mobil Firm.jpg|thumb|Former Mobil Firm]]

====The arrival of the Europeans====
A member of [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin]]'s committee arriving in 1858 to survey Chinese ports for treaty status noted: "We found it to the last degree deplorable." A single dilapidated street, composed only of a few mean shops, was all that existed of this once thriving populous city. The remainder of the vast area composed within its massive walls 9–10 kilometers in circumference, contained nothing but ruins, weeds and kitchen gardens. After Jiujiang becoming an open treaty port in 1862, it was exporting Jiangxi's vast rice crop. In 1904, more than 160,000 kilos of opium were moved through its customs house. The New York Methodist Mission Society's superintendent, Virgil C. Hart, arrived in Kiukiang in 1866 and bought a piece of property just east of the city wall. This is where the city's first Methodist church and Western hospital was built, with the hospital renamed the No. 1 Hospital, and the oldest/continuous operating hospital in Jiangxi Province.<ref>"Man On A Mission" by Stanley Crawford</ref> In 1896 Drs. [[Mary Stone (doctor)|Mary Stone]] (Shi Meiyu) and Ida Kahn (Kahn Cheng) arrived back in Jiujiang, being China's first two native female Western-educated doctors; having graduated from the [[University of Michigan]] Medical School. They were provided with funds collected by Dr. I. N. Danforth (from Chicago residents), to build the Elizabeth Skelton Danforth Hospital and administered entirely by the native Chinese. This was later renamed Jiujiang Women's and Children's Hospital, and the nursing education by Drs. Stone and Kahn would later be the impetus for the founding of [[Jiujiang University]] and Jiujiang Medical School.<ref>"The Middle Kingdom's Miracle Maidens" by Stanley Crawford</ref>

It became one of the three centers of the tea trade in China along with [[Hankou]] and [[Fuzhou]]. The Russians had two brick tea producing factories, but ceased operations after 1917. On October 16, 1927, there was an explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship ''Kuang Yuang'' near Jiujiang.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1FF83C581B7A93C5A8178BD95F428285F9|title=1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 17, 1926}}</ref> The British surrendered their concession in 1927 after being robbed and its Chinese workers mutineered their posts to the marauding crowds. An economic recession had set in over the decades as Indian and Chelonian tea made for greater competition. A military advance was being staged upriver in Wuhan by the [[Kuomintang]] in 1927 and all the remaining expatriate community fled on British and American warships towards safer waters of Shanghai, to never return.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} Jiujiang languished as a port and much of its export trade was siphoned off with the connecting of [[Nanchang]] to coastal rail lines built in 1936–37.

====The establishment of the British concession====
{{Further|British Concession of Jiujiang}}[[File:Jiujiang Concession Museum.jpg|thumb|Former Taiwan Bank of Japan]]
After China's defeat in the Second Opium War, China and Britain signed the [[Treaty of Tientsin]]. At the beginning of the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), the British counsellor, [[Harry Parkes (diplomat)|Harry Parkes]], went to the new port on the Yangtse River by naval vessel according to the treaty to investigate the situation and select the site of concession to be opened. After the concession sites of Zhenjiang and Hankou were delimited, on March 22, Harry Parkes returned to Jiujiang from Hankou and decided to open up a commercial port in Jiujiang.<ref>Bickers, R., & Jackson, I. (2016). Introduction: law, land and power: treaty ports and concessions in modern China. In Treaty Ports in Modern China (pp. 11–32). Routledge.</ref>

In the 11th year of [[Xianfeng Emperor|Xianfeng]] (1861), Zhang Jixin, general minister of Jiangxi province, signed with Harry Parkers the treaty of opening up the British concession in Jiujiang, the Treaty of Land Lease in Jiujiang. The concession was located in a narrow area on the west of Jiujiang, between the Yangtze River and Gantang Lake, to the west of Longkai River, with a length of 150 zhang from east to west and a depth of 60 zhang from south to north, covering an area of 150 acres. The southern part of the concession includes part of Penpu Port.<ref name="aoii">Bickers, R. (2013). 8. British Concessions and Chinese Cities, 1910s–1930s. In New Narratives of Urban Space in Republican Chinese Cities (pp. 155–195). Brill.</ref>

====The development of Kuling in Mount Lu====
[[File:Kuling Poster in 1920 s.png|thumb|Kuling poster in the 1920s]]
In the early 20th century, [[Kuling, Jiujiang|Kuling]], a resort on top of [[Mountain Lu|Mount Lu]], became the summer resort for international residents because of its beautiful geological landscape and nice climate. At its peak, over 4000 foreigners from America and European countries lived in this small town in summer time.<ref>Nield, R. (2015). China's Foreign Places: The Foreign Presence in China in the Treaty Port Era, 1840–1943. Hong Kong University Press.</ref>{{Excerpt|Guling, Jiangxi|European settlement history}}[[File:Jiujiang Skyview.jpg|thumb|Jiujiang, a port city on the [[Yangtze River]]]]

===Modern history===
In 1938, Jiujiang was occupied by Japanese forces during the [[Battle of Wuhan|Wuhan campaign]]. Following its capture, the city was the site of a "mini-[[Nanjing Massacre]]," where male residents were executed and women raped.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitter |first=Rana |title=Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945 |date=2013 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |pages=165}}</ref> Many of the city's urban districts and suburban villages were razed, including the city's ceramics factories and boats used for transportation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harmsen |first=Peter |title=Storm Clouds Over the Pacific, 1931–1941 (War in the Far East) |date=2018 |publisher=Casemate |pages=150–151}}</ref>

Until 1949, Jiujiang had very little industry except for local handicrafts. Manufacturing is Jiujiang's backbone today with auto, machinery, petrochemical, shipbuilding and textiles as its cornerstones. After the completion of the [[Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge|Yangtze River Bridge]] in 1992 and the [[Beijing–Kowloon railway|Beijing to Kowloon]] and Wuhan to Shanghai rail systems laid, a convenient ground corridor was provided and a regional airport now serves most of China's capital cities.

In 2005, an earthquake hit [[Ruichang]]. Kuling American School Association donated 200 sets of desks and chairs and more than 50 sets of Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary to a local primary school near Ruichang.<ref>{{cite web |title=牯岭芝罘学校外籍校友阔别60多年重游庐山 |url=https://jj.jxnews.com.cn/system/2012/07/23/012050366.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722081526/https://jj.jxnews.com.cn/system/2012/07/23/012050366.shtml |archive-date=22 July 2021 |access-date=22 July 2021 |website=Jiujiang News Network}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kuling American School Association美国学堂 |url=http://www.kulingamericanschool.com/index.html |website=Kuling American School Association Website |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>

==Economy==
In 2021, Jiujiang's GDP was 373.528 Billion [[Renminbi|yuan]]. Jiujiang's GDP ranks 70th among all Chinese cities.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021年中国城市GDP百强榜 |url=https://new.qq.com/omn/20210721/20210721A0D9Z800.html |access-date=22 July 2021 |website=tencent.com}}</ref> Jiujiang has three economic and technological development zones, namely the Jiujiang Free Trade (Tariff-free) Zone,<ref>{{cite web |title=九江综合保税区 |url=http://bsq.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Free Trade Zone Website |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720063114/http://bsq.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Jiujiang National Economical and Technological Development Zone<ref>{{cite web |title=九江国家级经济技术开发区 |url=http://jkq.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang National Economical and Technological Development Zone Website |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=22 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722230112/http://jkq.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Jiujiang Gongqingcheng National High-tech Industrial Development Zone.<ref>{{cite web |title=九江共青城国家高新技术产业开发区 |url=http://www.gongqing.gov.cn/zwzx/ztzl/gqcgxq/ |website=Jiujiang Gongqingcheng National High-tech Industrial Development Zone |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=20 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720063656/http://www.gongqing.gov.cn/zwzx/ztzl/gqcgxq/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
The city has a total population of approximately 4.5 million, of whom approximately 2.2 million live in the urban area, as of the 2024 census.<ref name="aoi"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=九江综计年签 2024 |trans-title=Jiujiang Statistical Yearbook 2024 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/generic/web/viewer.html?file=http://tjj.jiujiang.gov.cn/zwgk/zdly/tjnj/202501/P020250102566605522095.pdf |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=www.jiujiang.gov.cn |language=zh}}</ref> The population density is 240 per km<sup>2</sup>. [[Han Chinese]] make up 99.8% of the population. Major minorities in Jiujiang include the [[Hui people|Hui]], [[Hmong people|Miao]], [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]], [[Tujia people|Tujia]], and [[She people|She]]. Among registered residents, there are at least 25 ethnic minorities.

Jiujiang dialect is unlike the typical [[Gan Chinese|Gan]] dialect of Jiangxi. It is a variety of [[Lower Yangtze Mandarin]] and is close to Wu languages.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lin |first=Xianlian |date=2019-03-26 |title=zh:九江方言的前世今生 |trans-title=The Past and Present Life of Jiujiang Dialect |url=http://www.zgdazxw.com.cn/culture/2019-03/26/content_272765.htm |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.zgdazxw.com.cn |language=zh}}</ref>

==Climate==
Jiujiang has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa'').  {{Weather box
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| Mar snow days = 0.6
| Apr snow days = 0
| May snow days = 0
| Jun snow days = 0
| Jul snow days = 0
| Aug snow days = 0
| Sep snow days = 0
| Oct snow days = 0
| Nov snow days = 0.1
| Dec snow days = 1.5
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Unofficially, extremes could have reached as low as {{convert|-10|°C|1}} on 10 January 1931.<ref>{{Cite web |last=网易 |date=2018-12-08 |title=这两天根本不算冷 看看全国各大城市历史极端最低温度是几度？ |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/E2HHPSS305444WQP.html |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.163.com}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
[[File:Txu-oclc-10552568-nh50-10.jpg|thumb|Map including Jiujiang (labeled as CHIU-CHIANG (KIUKIANG) (walled) {{lang|zh|九江}}) ([[Army Map Service|AMS]], 1954)]]
* [[District of China|Districts]]:
:*[[Xunyang District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|浔阳区}})
:*[[Lianxi District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|濂溪区}})
:*[[Chaisang District]] ({{lang|zh-hans|柴桑区}})
* [[County (People's Republic of China)|Counties]]:
:*[[Wuning County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|武宁县}})
:*[[Xiushui County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|修水县}})
:*[[Yongxiu County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|永修县}})
:*[[De'an County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|德安县}})
:*[[Duchang County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|都昌县}})
:*[[Hukou County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|湖口县}})
:*[[Pengze County]] ({{lang|zh-hans|彭泽县}})
* [[County-level city]]:
:*[[Ruichang]] ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|瑞昌市}})
:*[[Gongqingcheng]] ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|共青城市}}). Directly administered as a [[sub-prefecture-level city]] since 1 July 2014.<ref name="直管县改革">{{cite web |url=http://jx.people.com.cn/n/2014/0529/c359142-21311620.html |script-title=zh:共青城市被列入省直管县改革试点 |publisher=[[People.com.cn]] |date=29 May 2014 |language=zh-hans |access-date=7 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142128/http://jx.people.com.cn/n/2014/0529/c359142-21311620.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
:*[[Lushan City|Lushan]] ({{lang|zh-hans|庐山市}})
* Others:
:* Bureau and Administration Committees
::* Mount Lu Scenic Area Administration Bureau
::* Mount Lu West Sea Scenic Area Management Committee
::* Bali Lake New Area Management Committee
::* Poyang Lake Ecological Science and Technology City Management Committee

:* Towns and Sub-district Offices
::* There are 235 towns and 11 sub-district offices

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{{Image label|x=1400|y=270|scale=800/2000|text=[[Xunyang District|Xunyang]]}}
{{Image label|x=1490|y=220|scale=800/2000|text=[[Chaisang District|'''＊''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1380|y=350|scale=800/2000|text=[[Lianxi District|'''Lianxi''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1190|y=340|scale=800/2000|text=[[Chaisang District|'''Chaisang<br/>＊''']]}}
{{Image label|x=710|y=610|scale=800/2000|text=[[Wuning County|'''Wuning<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=300|y=790|scale=800/2000|text=[[Xiushui County|'''Xiushui<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1120|y=730|scale=800/2000|text=[[Yongxiu County|'''Yongxiu<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1090|y=480|scale=800/2000|text=[[De'an County|'''De'an<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1580|y=500|scale=800/2000|text=[[Duchang County|'''Duchang<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1550|y=300|scale=800/2000|text=[[Hukou County|'''Hukou<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1760|y=180|scale=800/2000|text=[[Pengze County|'''Pengze<br/>County''']]}}
{{Image label|x=960|y=350|scale=800/2000|text=[[Ruichang|'''Ruichang<br/>{{small|(city)}}''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1175|y=615|scale=800/2000|text=[[Gongqingcheng|{{small|'''Gongqingcheng<br/>{{small|(city)}}'''}}]]}}
{{Image label|x=1340|y=490|scale=800/2000|text=[[Lushan City|'''Lushan<br/>{{small|(city)}}''']]}}
{{Image label|x=1480|y=710|scale=800/2000|text=[[Poyang Lake|''Poyang<br/>Lake'']]}}
{{Image label end}}</div>
|}

==Industry==
Primary industries and tertiary sector include:<ref>{{cite web |title=产业 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang People's Government Website |access-date=21 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002539/https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Manufacturing
* Petrochemical Refinement
* Tourism 
* Import/Export (through river port)
* Agricultural Chemical Production

==Transport==
=== Road ===
<ref>{{cite web |title=公路 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002539/https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |archive-date=21 July 2021 |access-date=22 July 2021 |website=Jiujiang Government Website}}</ref>
*[[G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway]]
*[[G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway]]
*Jiujiang Ring Expressway
*Chang-Jiu Expressway
*Jiu-Rui Expressway
*G45 Daguang Expressway
*Yongwu Expressway
*Penghu Expressway
*Xiu-ping Expressway
*Du-Jiu Expressway
*Dong-jiu Expressway

===Rail===
<ref>{{cite web |title=铁路 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Government Website |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002539/https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Beijing–Kowloon Railway|Beijing-Kowloon]]
*[[Tongling–Jiujiang Railway|Tongling–Jiujiang]]
*[[Hefei–Jiujiang Railway|Hefei–Jiujiang]]
*[[Wuhan–Jiujiang Railway|Wuhan–Jiujiang]]
*[[Jiujiang–Quzhou railway|Jiujiang–Quzhou]]
*[[Nanchang–Jiujiang intercity railway]]
*[[Wuhan–Jiujiang high-speed railway]]
*[[Hefei–Anqing–Jiujiang high-speed railway]]

===Air===
<ref>{{cite web |title=机场 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Government Website |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002539/https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Jiujiang Lushan Airport]] (JIU)

===Port===
Jiujiang Port is located at the junction of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, and is the largest port in Jiangxi Province. The port consists of five docks, namely (in order from west to east), Ruichang, Chengxi, Chengqu, Hukou and Pengze. As an important port situated on the lower and middle reaches of Yangtze River and one of the 5 main ports on the river, many domestic and international marine routes have been established, In the main, the freight handled consists of mineral building materials, coals, metal and nonmetal ores and petroleum.
<ref>{{cite web |title=港口 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Government Website |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002539/https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Yangtze Bridges===
As of 2021, Jiujiang has two bridges, the [[Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge]] and [[Jiujiang Yangtze River Expressway Bridge]], built across the Yangtze River. A third bridge across the Yangtze River in Jiujiang is under construction and a fourth bridge across the Yangtze River in Jiujiang is being designed
<ref>{{cite web |title=大桥 |url=https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Government Website |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002539/https://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |title=九江长江大桥 |url=http://www.china-qiao.com/ql35/ksql060.htm |website=China-qiao.com |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>

==Colleges and universities==
[[File:Jiujiang Vocational College of Finance and Economics.JPG|thumb|Jiangxi Vocational College of Finance and Economics]]
* [[Jiujiang University|University of Jiujiang]]: a university located in [[Lianxi District]]. The location is most easily reached by the 101 bus from the city center.<ref>{{cite web |title=九江学院 |url=https://www.jju.edu.cn/ |website=Jiujiang University Website |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Jiangxi Vocational College of Finance and Economics]]: a small picturesque college located right by the lake. This college is well situated within the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=江西财经职业学院 |url=https://www.jxvc.jx.cn/ |website=Jiangxi Vocational College of Finance & Economics Website |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719210930/https://www.jxvc.jx.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jiujiang Vocational and Technical College]]: a vocational college located in [[Lianxi District]] near [[Jiujiang University|University of Jiujiang]].<ref>{{cite web |title=九江职业技术学院 |url=https://www.jvtc.jx.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Vocational and Technical College Website |access-date=2021-07-19 |archive-date=2022-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501183601/https://www.jvtc.jx.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jiujiang Vocational University]]: a vocational college located in [[Lianxi District]] near [[Jiujiang University|University of Jiujiang]].<ref>{{cite web |title=九江职业大学 |url=https://www.jxvc.jx.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Vocational University Website |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719210930/https://www.jxvc.jx.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jiangxi Fenglin College]]: a vocational college located in Yongxiu county. Yongxiu county belongs to Jiujiang.<ref>{{cite web |title=江西枫林涉外经贸职业学院 |url=http://www.jxfte.com/ |website=Jiangxi Fenglin College of Foreign Economy & Trade Website |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127014309/http://www.jxfte.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Jiujiang Vocational College of Polytechnic]]: a vocational college located in Jiujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone.<ref>{{cite web |title=九江理工职业技术学院 |url=http://www.jjvsp.cn/ |website=Jiujiang Vocational College of Polytechnic Website |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Gongqing Institute of Science and Technology]]: a vocational college located in [[Gongqingcheng]]. Gongqingcheng belongs to Jiujiang.<ref>{{cite web |title=共青职业技术学院 |url=http://www.gqkj.com.cn/ |website=Gongqing Institute of Science and Technology Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Gongqing College of Nanchang University]]: a local college located in Gongqingcheng.<ref>{{cite web |title=南昌大学共青学院 |url=http://www.ndgy.cn/ |website=Gongqing College of Nanchang Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Science and Technology College of Jiangxi Normal University]]: a local college located in Gongqingcheng.<ref>{{cite web |title=江西师范大学科学技术学院 |url=https://kjxy.jxnu.edu.cn/ |website=Science and Technology College of Jiangxi Normal University |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Modern Economics and Management College of Jiangxi Finance and Economics University]]: a local college located in Gongqingcheng.<ref>{{cite web |title=江西财经大学现代经济管理学院 |url=http://xjg.jxufe.cn |website=Modern Economics and Management College of Jiangxi Finance and Economics University Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Science and Technology College of Nanchang Aviation University]]: a vocational college located in Gongqingcheng.<ref>{{cite web |title=南昌航空大学科学技术学院 |url=http://kjxy.nchu.edu.cn/ |website=Science and Technology College of Nanchang Aviation University Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Science and Technology College of Nanchang University]]: a local college located in Gongqingcheng.<ref>{{cite web |title=南昌大学共青学院 |url=http://www.ndkj.com.cn/ |website=Science and Technology College of Nanchang University Website |access-date=20 July 2021 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117155037/http://www.ndkj.com.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Nanchang Business College of Jiangxi Agriculture University]]: a local vocational college located in Gongqingcheng.<ref>{{cite web |title=江西农业大学南昌商学院 |url=http://ncsxy.jxau.edu.cn |website=Nanchang Business College of Jiangxi Agriculture University Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>

==International relations==
===Former Diplomatic Representatives in Jiujiang===
*[[British Consulate General Jiujiang]] was established in 1861
*[[Japanese Consulate General Jiujiang]] was established on July 16, 1915

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in China}}
Jiujiang is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister Cities|url=http://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/english/en_jiujiang_174/201911/t20191101_2114824.html|website=jiujiang.gov.cn|publisher=Jiujiang|access-date=2020-07-12|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714180830/http://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/english/en_jiujiang_174/201911/t20191101_2114824.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Shire of Baw Baw|Baw Baw]], Australia
*{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Chios]], Greece
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jeongseon County|Jeongseon]], South Korea
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kajaani]], Finland
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Koper]], Slovenia
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Legionowo]], Poland
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], United States
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[La Plata]], Argentina
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Queimados]], Brazil
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]], England, United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], United States
*{{flagicon|BOT}} [[Serowe]], Botswana
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tamano]], Japan
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==Tourism==
[[File:Nanshan Park.JPG|thumb|Nanshan Park]]
*[[Mount Lu]]: one of the most famous mountains in China. It is located in the south of the urban center and listed as a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Lu Scenic Area |url=https://au.trip.com/travel-guide/gspoi/lushan/mount-lu-scenic-area-101223 |website=Trip.com |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Mountain Lu Geopark|Mount Lu Geopark]]: is located on Mount Lu. In 1996, Mount Lu became a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]]. In 2004, the Mount Lu Geopark became a member of [[Global Geoparks Network]].  Mount Lu Geopark is a place of striking beauty. It has spectacular peaks, lakes, cliffs, waterfalls and important Buddhist and Taoist temples.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mt. Lushan National Park |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g494935-d319118-Reviews-Mt_Lushan_National_Park-Jiujiang_Jiangxi.html |website=Tripadvisory.com |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> 
*[[Kuling, Jiujiang|Kuling]]: as a homonym for cooling. It is a mountain town in the Mount Lu National Park. It was established in 1895 by the missionaries [[Edward Selby Little]], Dr. [[Edgerton Haskell Hart]] and three others, as a sanitarium and summer resort for Western missionaries in southern China.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Kuling, Peake's Birthplace |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24776512 |journal=Peake Studies |jstor=24776512 |access-date=20 July 2021|last1=Winnington |first1=G. Peter |last2=Stauber |first2=Max |year=2006 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=9–22 }}</ref>
*[[British Concession in Jiujiang|British Concession Museum]]: located on Binjiang road. It was established by local government from transforming buildings left from the former [[British Concession of Jiujiang]].<ref>[[British Concession in Jiujiang]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=April 2022}}
*[[Yuliang South Road Historical and Cultural Block]]: a street combines Chinese and Western cultures. Beside the street are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Xunyang District "13th Five-Year" Historical and Cultural Block Construction Documentation |url=http://www.xunyang.gov.cn/zwzx/xyyw/202101/t20210112_4738127.html |website=Xunyang People's Government Website |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719222655/http://www.xunyang.gov.cn/zwzx/xyyw/202101/t20210112_4738127.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**the old Catholic school
**the old monastery
**the Catholic church
**Taling Park
**the old Perkins Villa
**Nengren temple
**Western Goods Exhibition Window
*[[Lushan Hotspring]]: located in Hotspring town, [[Lushan City]]. [[Lushan City]] is a county-level city belong to Jiujiang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lushan Hot Spring – Jiujiang |url=https://www.visitourchina.com/jiujiang/hotel/lushan-hot-spring-jiujiang.html |website=Visit Our China |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Haiyun Sand Beach]]: located in Balihu Park. It is the only high standard man-made beach in [[Jiangxi]] Province. It is a famous scenic spot and entertainment resort in Jiujiang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haiyun Sand Beach |url=https://au.trip.com/travel-guide/gspoi/jiujiang/haiyun-sand-beach-39520705 |website=Trip.com |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Xunyang River Scenic Area]]: located on Binjiang Road in [[Xunyang District]]. It is near shoreline of the Yangtze River. Covering an area of some 765 acres (around 509,490 sqm), with distance of 5.2&nbsp;km long from east to west. It is only 4.5&nbsp;km away from Jiujiang Station, 1.6&nbsp;km away from Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressway, and about an hour's drive from Changbei Airport. Its rich tourism resources include river, ancient building, garden and museum as follows:<ref>{{cite web |title=Xunyang River Scenic Area |url=https://xunyangjiang.net/english/ |website=Xunyang River Scenic Area Website |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
**Pipa Pavilion 
**Xunyang Tower 
**Suojiang Pagoda 
**[[British Concession in Jiujiang|British Concession Museum]] 
**Baishui Lake Park 
**Xunyang River Cruise Ship
*[[Zhelin Reservoir|Mount Lu West Sea]]: is located about 90 kilometers to the south of Mount Lu. It is National 5-Star Scenic Spot. There are thousands of islands in the area just like Maldives. In 2007, between June and August, American reality program Survivor filmed its fifteenth season, ''[[Survivor: China]]'', in the area. The program host Jeff Probst claimed that this was the first American television series filmed entirely in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=庐山西海 |url=http://lsxh.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |website=Mountain Lu West Sea Website |access-date=2021-07-21 |archive-date=2021-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721013331/http://lsxh.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Nanshan Park ({{lang-zh|labels=no|s=南山公园}}): completed in early 2013. This park, home to a new pagoda, is covered in flora and lights up the Jiujiang sky at night.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nanshan Park |url=https://au.trip.com/travel-guide/gspoi/jiujiang/nanshan-park-20920706 |website=Trip.com |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
*Yanshui Pavilion: located in city center, near Gantang lake. It is a well known scenic spot in Jiujiang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yanshui Pavilion |url=https://en.tripadvisor.com.hk/Attraction_Review-g494935-d505767-Reviews-Yanshui_Pavilion-Jiujiang_Jiangxi.html |website=Tripadvisor |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Donglin Temple (Jiujiang)|Donglin Temple]]: a Buddhist temple located at foot of Mount Lu. It is built by [[Huiyuan (Buddhist)]], founder of [[Pure Land Buddhism]]. Pure Land Buddhism later spread to Japan and gained its prominence there. In 1175, [[Hōnen]] established Pure Land Buddhism as an independent sect in Japan known as [[Jōdo-shū]]. Pure Land schools have nearly 40 percent of Japanese Buddhism practitioners, only second to [[Chan Buddhism|Chan]] schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donglin Temple |url=https://au.trip.com/travel-guide/gspoi/lushan/donglin-temple-82188 |website=Trip.com |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="东林祖庭">{{cite web |title=东林祖庭 |url=http://www.donglin.org/ |website=Donglin Temple Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> 
**The temple provide free vegetarian lunch and free guest house. Visitors can stay at guest house in temple for free up to three days. The guest house is gender separated, and visitors have to share room with others.<ref name="东林祖庭"/> 
*[[Donglin Buddha]]: the world's tallest statue of [[Amitabha Buddha]]. Total cost is about 1 billion Yuan. Surface of the Buddha is plated with 48 kilograms of gold. Buddha height is 48 meters tall, representing the forty-eighth vows of Amitabha Buddha. Total height is 81 meters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donglin Buddha |url=https://uk.trip.com/travel-guide/gspoi/lushan/donglin-buddha-18257332/ |website=Trip.com |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=东林大佛 |url=http://www.donglin.org/dafo/fuxiangzhuzao/ |website=Donglin Temple Website |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
*Mount Lu Four Seasons Flower City (Botanical Garden): located in Bali lake New Area. It is Jiujiang's largest flower plant park.<ref>{{cite web |title=九江四季花城 |url=http://www.0535-0411.com/article/39906.html |website=Jiujiang News Network |access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref>
*Stone Bell Hill: just downriver from Jiujiang is Hukou where the Yangtze River and waters of Boyang Lake converge with an abrupt color change. People have been coming here for centuries to listen to the stone-bell sound resonating from the cliffs overlooking this spot. A few theories are provided why this rare geographical phenomenon happens. Li Daoyuan from the Northern Wei period (386–534) theorizes that it is because the hill has a bell-shaped appearance and hollow inside, thus providing the sound when struck. Or it may be because of the water lapping within the limestone nooks and fissures around its base, as famous litterateur from the same time Su Shui discovered. Su Dongpo also did three trips around its perimeter, before settling on this last explanation for its unique sound also. Many Chinese literati's have left more than twenty calligraphy masterpieces carved upon its rocks, with some dating back to the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE).<ref>{{cite web |title=Stone Bell HIll (Shizhong shan) |url=https://en.tripadvisor.com.hk/Attraction_Review-g1409077-d505764-Reviews-Stone_Bell_Hill_Shizhong_Shan-Hukou_County_Jiangxi.html |website=tripadvisor.com |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
*[[Mary Stone (doctor)|Mary Stone (Shi Meiyu)]] (1873–1954), one of the first western trained Chinese female physicians. Founder of Elizabeth Skelton Danforth Hospital (now called Jiujiang Women and Children's Hospital) in Jiujiang.<ref name=James_Tobin>{{cite web|last=Tobin|first=James|title=The New Women of China|url=http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/archive/2010/fall|work=Medicine at Michigan, Fall'10, Volume 12, Number 3|publisher=University of Michigan|access-date=15 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328212527/http://www.medicineatmichigan.org/archive/2010/fall|archive-date=28 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://womenofchristianity.com/shi-meiyu-mary-stone/|title=Shi Meiyu (Mary Stone) {{!}}|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428182012/http://womenofchristianity.com/shi-meiyu-mary-stone/|archive-date=2020-04-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Lo-Yi Chang (1907–1988), was born in [[Guling, Jiujiang|Kuling]], [[Mountain Lu|Mount Lu]]. She was spouse of [[T.V. Soong]], then Premier of the Republic of China. She has made a significant contribution to the promotion of China overseas.<ref>{{cite web |title=国内名人传记丛书（套装共6册） |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvY0CgAAQBAJ&dq=%E5%BC%A0%E4%B9%90%E6%80%A1%E4%BD%9C%E5%87%BA%E8%B4%A1%E7%8C%AE&pg=PT851 |website=books.google |access-date=22 July 2021|author1 = 池昕鸿|date = 22 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Pearl S. Buck]] (1892–1973), was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China, in 1938. She also won Pulitzer Prize in 1932. She spent her childhood with her family in [[Kuling, Jiujiang|Kuling]] in summer time. Her father built a stone villa in Kuling in 1897, and lived there until his death in 1931.<ref>{{cite web |title=赛兆祥墓碑 |url=http://www.mylushan.com/Stone/2009108/200910819545821.html |website=mylushan.com |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pearl S. Buck house in Zhenjiang |url=http://www.sexualfables.com/Pearl-Buck-house-in-Zhenjiang.php |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>
*{{ill|Masato Matsuura|ja|松浦正人}} (松浦正人) (1942– ), born in Jiujiang. He was a Japanese politician. He served as [[Hōfu]] mayor and president of National Mayors Association of Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=松浦正人 |url=https://www.zhz.wiki/blog/ja/%E6%9D%BE%E6%B5%A6%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%BA |website=ZHZ.wiki |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=7/30 日本全國市長會會長松浦正人就任祝賀會 |url=https://www.roc-taiwan.org/jpfuk/post/7545.html |website=Fukuoka Branch, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka Website |access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref> In 2018, then [[Hōfu]] mayor and president of National Mayors Association of Japan (NMAJ), Masato Matsuura (松浦正人), led a delegation of NMAJ visited [[British Concession in Jiujiang|former Japanese consulate of Jiujiang]]. Masato Matsuura said :''I was born in the former Japanese consulate of Jiujiang. Jiujiang is my second hometown. I am deeply attached to the beautiful landscape here''.<ref>{{cite web |title=日本全国市长会代表团来访九江租界旧址 |url=http://www.jjwenlv.com/detail.php?wzid=787&lbid=1264 |website=Jiujiang Cultural and Tourism Development Group Website |access-date=21 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[Chiang Yee]] (1903–1977), born in Jiujiang. He was a Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher. His translation of ''Coca Cola'' is remembered by all Chinese.<ref>Huang, Shuchen S., "Chiang Yee", in ''Asian-American Autobiographers: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook'', edited by Guiyou Huang, Greenwood Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-313-31408-X}}.</ref>
*[[Mervyn Peake]] (1911–1968), born in [[Guling, Jiujiang|Kuling]], [[Mountain Lu|Mount Lu]]. He was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He was well known for being the illustrator of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |isbn = 1582341745|last1 = Carroll|first1 = Lewis|date = 12 October 2001| publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA }}</ref>
* [[Maggie Mac Neil]] (2000- ), born in Jiujiang and adopted to Canada at an early age<ref>{{cite web|last=Tang|first=Didi|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/maggie-mac-neils-olympic-gold-for-canada-thrusts-chinas-one-child-policy-back-into-spotlight-5753w9h53|title=Maggie Mac Neil's Olympic gold for Canada thrusts China's one-child policy back into spotlight|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=2021-07-27|access-date=2021-08-01}}</ref>
*[[Sylvia Wu]] (1915–2022), born in Kiukiang and later became a Los Angeles restaurateur and a writer.
*[[Ilien Tang]] (died 1920), Methodist missionary educator born in Jiujiang<ref>Honsinger, Welthy B., [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6zNAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ilien+Tang%22&pg=RA1-PA285 "Ilien Tang"] ''Woman's Missionary Friend'' 52(20)(August 1920): 285.</ref>

==See also==

* [[Taqibu]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ People's Government of Jiujiang (Chinese language)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228211856/http://www.jiujiang.gov.cn/ |date=2007-02-28 }}
* [http://www.china-lushan.com/ Mount Lu Website (Chinese language)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703032300/http://www.china-lushan.com/ |date=2011-07-03 }}
* [https://www.jjxw.cn/ Jiujiang News Network (Chinese language)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720171402/http://www.jjxw.cn/ |date=2021-07-20 }}
* [http://www.kulingamericanschool.com// Kuling American School Association]

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