Eat & Play in Nanchang

The best of Nanchang food and fun — fiery Gan cuisine, night markets, family attractions and cultural landmarks.

• Jiangxi Provincial Museum: Nanchang's Free 'Treasure Box' and a Lost Emperor's Gold — How to visit Nanchang's free flagship museum — the Honggutan treasure box, the Marquis of Haihun's astonishing tomb, the porcelain, and how to book ahead.
• Shengjin Tower Guide: Nanchang's Old-Town Pagoda, Food Street and Temple Fair — A practical guide to seeing the pagoda, eating your way through the old-town food street, and timing a visit for the temple fair.
• Fenghuanggou: Nanchang's Cherry Blossoms and Tea Country — A spring day-trip from Nanchang — cherry blossoms, tea gardens and farm country at Fenghuanggou, plus how to get there and when the flowers peak.
• Nanchang After Dark: The City's Best Night-Market Food Streets — Where Nanchang really eats after dark — from the old 'Toad Street' to the giant student night market — and what to order at each.
• One River, Two Banks: Nanchang's Gan River Riverfront — How Nanchang leapt the Gan River to build a new CBD — the two banks, the greenway, and the free Guinness-record skyline light show.
• Nanchang's City Origin Point: Standing on Bayi Square's Centre — Bayi Square is Nanchang's living room and its official City Origin Point. What the bronze marker means, the granite monument, and how to do the square right.
• Riding the Nanchang Metro: A Visitor’s Guide — How to ride the Nanchang Metro: 4 lines, paying by QR or ticket, fares (~¥2-7), hours, and the stops for Tengwang Pavilion, Bayi Square & the airport.
• Nanchang Gateways: Airport & Train Stations Guide — Arriving in and leaving Nanchang: Changbei Airport and the West, Nanchang and East railway stations — which to use and how to reach downtown.
• Fish Tail Park Nanchang: China's Sponge-City Answer — Nanchang's Fish Tail Park is a cypress forest engineered to flood — a sponge-city landmark that rivals Singapore. Ecology, design, and how to visit.
• The Best Photo Spots in Nanchang — A photographer's guide to Nanchang — what to shoot, when the light's best, and how to get there, from the riverfront classics to the red-cypress 'floating forest.'
• Eat Your Way Through Nanchang: A Local Food Guide — Nanchang's food is cheap, fiery and deeply local — here's what to eat, where to find it, and how to order (and survive the chilli).
• Jiangxi Xiaochao: Nanchang’s Fiery, Wok-Fired Soul — Jiangxi xiaochao (小炒) is the numbing-spicy, wok-fired Gan cuisine taking over China — the 12 heritage dishes to know, where to eat them in Nanchang, and how to order.
• Qiushui Square (秋水广场): Nanchang's Fountain, Skyline & the City That Crossed the River — Nanchang's Qiushui Square musical fountain, the Honggutan skyline across the Gan, Greenland Twin Towers, a Guinness light show, and how to watch it all.
• Nanchang Rice Noodles (拌粉): The ¥6 Breakfast That Runs the City — What banfen is, how to order it (and ask for less chilli), where to find it, and why Nanchang eats rice noodles morning, noon and night.
• Nanchang White Sugar Cake (白糖糕): The ¥1 Fried Snack to Eat Hot — Nanchang's crisp-outside, chewy-inside fried sugar cakes — what they are (not the Cantonese kind), how to eat them, and where to find them.
• Getting Around Jiangxi by Train: A High-Speed Rail Guide — How to get around Jiangxi by high-speed rail, with Nanchang as your hub: train times to Jingdezhen, Lushan, Wuyuan & more, plus how to book with a passport.
• Nanchang Street Snacks: A Hit-List of Things to Eat on the Go — The fried, griddled and steamed snacks that fuel Nanchang — soup dumplings, egg burgers, sesame balls and more, and where to find them.
• Haihunhou Site Museum: Nanchang's 27-Day Emperor and the Richest Tomb of the Han — Emperor for 27 days, then a disgraced marquis exiled to a lakeside backwater — Liu He was buried with more gold than any Han tomb ever found. Here's how to visit his tomb and treas
• Wanshou Palace Nanchang: The Old Town That Wakes at Dark — Nanchang's reborn Wanshou Palace quarter — the iron-pillar dragon legend, Gan-style lanes, guild-hall history and street food under 10 yuan, after dark.
• Shopping in Nanchang: MixC, Honggutan and the Modern City — Where to shop in Nanchang — the glossy MixC mall, the Honggutan riverfront district, and how to balance the new city with the old.
• Sam's Club Nanchang (山姆会员店): A Visitor's Guide to the City's Cult Warehouse Club — Nanchang's only Sam's Club — Walmart's members-only warehouse club — has been a weekend ritual in Honggutan since 2017, famous for its rotisserie chicken, giant Swiss rolls, mochi
• Wushang MALL (武商MALL): Luxury Shopping at the Heart of Nanchang — Facing Bayi Square in the heart of Nanchang, Wushang MALL is Jiangxi's first and only dedicated luxury shopping centre — home to the province's debut Louis Vuitton and Gucci boutiq