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Yichun 宜春市 Ichun | |
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 Torch at Yichun railway station in October 2019 | |
 Location of Yichun City jurisdiction in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Yichun municipal government):27°48′58″N114°25′01″E / 27.816°N 114.417°E /27.816; 114.417 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Municipal seat | Yuanzhou District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jiang Bin |
| Area | |
• Total | 18,637.67 km2 (7,196.04 sq mi) |
| • Land | 18,669 km2 (7,208 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 5,419,575 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| GDP[1] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 162.1 billion US$ 26.0 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 29,459 US$ 4,730 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Area code | 0795 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-JX-09 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 赣C |
| Administrative division code | 360900 |
| Website | www |
Yichun (Chinese:宜春;pinyin:Yíchūn;Wade–Giles:I2-ch'un1;postal:Ichun) is a mountainousprefecture-level city in the western/northwesternJiangxi Province, China, borderingHunan province to the west. It is located in the northwest of the province along a river surrounded by mountains. Yichun literally means "pleasant spring". Yichun has a profound Buddhist culture. "Can Lin Qing Gui"[citation needed], the monastic rules for Buddhists at the Buddhist temple[which?], originated from Yichun. Yichun is also the birthplace of a number of literary figures, such asTao Yuanming and Deng Gu, both of whom are famous poets in China history.
Yichun spans 27°33′−29°06′ N latitude and 113°54′−116°27′ E longitude, borderingNanchang, the provincial capital, andFuzhou to the east,Ji'an andXinyu to the south,Pingxiang to the southwest,Changsha andYueyang (both inHunan) to the northwest, andJiujiang to the north.
Yichun has ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa) affected by the East Asianmonsoon, with long, humid, very hot summers (albeit slightly cooler than much of the rest of the province) and cool and drier winters with occasional cold snaps. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 5.6 °C (42.1 °F) in January to 28.6 °C (83.5 °F) in July, with an annual mean of 17.5 °C (63.5 °F). The average annual precipitation is 1,631.5 mm (64 in). Winter begins somewhat sunny and dry but becomes progressively wetter and cloudier; spring begins especially gloomy, and from April to June each of the months averages more than 210 mm (8.3 in) of rainfall. After the heavy rains subside in June, summer is especially sunny. Autumn is warm and relatively dry.
| Climate data for Yichun, elevation 131 m (430 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.9 (103.8) | 40.2 (104.4) | 37.7 (99.9) | 36.7 (98.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 30.3 (86.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 22.6 (72.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 7.9 (46.2) | 17.9 (64.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 4.7 (40.5) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.1 (21.0) | −6.9 (19.6) | −2.3 (27.9) | 1.6 (34.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.9 (62.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | 1.5 (34.7) | −3.8 (25.2) | −8.5 (16.7) | −8.5 (16.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 81.2 (3.20) | 93.7 (3.69) | 189.8 (7.47) | 199.0 (7.83) | 223.6 (8.80) | 271.0 (10.67) | 185.6 (7.31) | 130.2 (5.13) | 82.4 (3.24) | 59.6 (2.35) | 92.9 (3.66) | 65.0 (2.56) | 1,674 (65.91) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.7 | 14.2 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 16.4 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 166.2 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 80 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 64.8 | 66.7 | 78.1 | 105.0 | 127.0 | 126.7 | 205.9 | 192.1 | 157.9 | 143.2 | 116.3 | 101.0 | 1,484.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 20 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 49 | 48 | 43 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 33 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[4] | |||||||||||||
Yichun has 1 district, 3 county-level cities, and 6 counties under its direct jurisdiction.[5]
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The State Highway 320, State Highway 105, the Shanghai-Ruijin Highway and the Ganyue Highway (the Jiangxi-Guangdong Highway) form a convenient traffic network in the city.
Yichun railway station is an important stop along the major railway running betweenBeijing andNanchang. Since 2014, it became a station on the Shanghai-Changsha CRH high speed train line between theChangsha and Nanchang station.
Direct flights toYichun Mingyueshan Airport are available from major cities across China, such as Beijing, Shanghai,Wuhan and Nanchang.
A large sports complex with two stadiums was built in the 1990s and draws teams for sports competitions from all across China. Agriculture is the main industry but other natural resource industries such as timber and mining are also pivotal to the economy. Major mineral deposits includealuminum,tungsten,gold,zinc, andcopper.
Yichun has abundant historical, cultural and natural tourism resources. Hongzhou Kiln, a famouskiln of theTang dynasty, was first built during the Southern Dynasties (AD 420–589). Wucheng Site of theShang dynasty was discovered in Yichun in 1973. Gezhao Mountain, situated in Zhangshu, is a famous Taoist mountain in China.[citation needed][6] It is also home to a number of ancient buildings. Tourists also visit the Guan Mountain Scenic Area, which is located at the juncture of Yifeng and Tonggu counties.[citation needed] The famous Mingyue (moon) Mountain gained its name from its shape like a bright crescent moon. Mingyue Shan can be accessed using the cable car taking to the top of the mountain. The area consists of over ten peaks which are all more than a thousand meters (about 3,281 feet) above sea level. It is also a national forest park comprising six tourist zones. Among them, the Yangshan Scenic Spot is an important birthplace of Buddhism in South China, and the Wentang Town, at the foot of the Mingyue Mountain, is known for hot springs teeming withselenium.
Yichun Confucian Temple is aConfucian temple founded in 1143.
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