Published on : Friday, June 7, 2019
Located in the north-western part of the province, Yichun City has ten counties and three special districts, which covers about 18,700 square kilometers. It is repeatedly praised for its beautiful scenery in the poetry of Tang Dynasty, a great treasure of Chinese literature.
With a history of more than 2,200 years, Yichun boasts of 4,503 historical and cultural sites. The city also possesses a number of red tourism sites, including that of the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
Moon culture, Zen culture, and traditional Chinese medicine culture have their root in this scenic city, with unique features and rich connotations. Known as the “City of the Moon”, Yichun has held 12 consecutive Moon Culture Tourism Festivals. It also has two famous Zen Buddhist temples, Baofeng Temple and Baizhang Temple, and three Zen Buddhism branches, which has spread to Japan, the ROK, the DPRK, Vietnam and other countries.