FIND CHINA introduces Ganzhou

Ganzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi province, China. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong Located on the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River in southern Jiangxi Province, Ganzhou City, founded in 1949, is one of the ancient cultural cities in China, with a population of 230,000.

The city enjoys convenient transportation with the Beijing-Kowloon Railway passing by and the Zhangjiang and Gongjiang rivers running through, Ganzhou Airport is an airport in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China .

The hottest part of the year is late July and early August; the coolest part of the year is January. The average annual rainfall is about 1,400 mm (56 inches).

Ganzhou receives a small number of domestic tourists each year. Although it is encircled by mountain scenery, it is largely overshadowed by more famous attractions in Jiangxi, such as Lushan and Jingdezhen among others. Some of the places of interest in Ganzhou include: Mount Jiulian, Longnan County Mei Pass, Dayu County Cuiwei Peak, Ningdu Dongjin Bridge Pontoon bridges have been constructed over the Zhang and Gong rivers since the Song Dynasty. One of the bridges, the Dongjin Bridge, can still be seen. It is 400 metres long, made up of wooden planks placed on around 100 wooden boats linked together with iron chains.