Get to know Pingxiang
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Jiangxi
- Chinese name
- 萍乡市
- Local areas
- 5 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 3,824.00 km²
- Population · 2020 census
- 1,804,805
- Administrative seat
- Anyuan District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Pingxiang has a world-famous history and culture and various natural landscapes. There are a large number of old revolutionary sites such as Zongping Alley, the Anyuan Road Miners Club, the Anyuan Road Miners Consumer Cooperative, the Autumn Harvest Uprising military conference site, and the location of the Red Front Army Front Committee. Natural landscapes include Yilong Cave, Wugong Mountain, Yangqi Mountain, etc.
Transportation
Pingxiang is a regional hub for transportation. It is about 1.5 hrs drive to the CSX from downtown of Pingxiang. A couple of highways and the main rail line between Changsha and Nanchang run through the city. The city has had a high-speed railway since September 2014.
Tourism
Wugong (also known as WooKong) mountain is a national well-known place for tourism. It lies in the east of Pingxiang, 45 minutes from downtown. The highest altitude is 1,918 meters while the average altitude is about 1,500 meters. Most of the landscape remains virginal despite some necessary infrastructure that benefit tourists.
Yangqi mountain is famous for the religion of Buddhism. It lies north of Pingxiang, one hour's drive from downtown.
Explore Pingxiang
Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Places to explore around Pingxiang
Historic altar remains on a misty ridge in the Wugong Mountains. Photograph date recorded by the source: 2011-05-11.Wugong Mountains武功山
Wugongshan’s best-known landscape is a long grassy ridge above the forest. Around Golden Summit, the open meadow views are complemented by small stone-built ritual structures whose vaulted construction uses no timber beams. The…
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The approach to the Anyuan Railway Workers and Coal Miners Memorial · 安源路矿工人运动纪念馆 Photograph date recorded by the source: 1 July 2018, 08:32:51.Anyuan Coal Miners Memorial安源路矿工人运动纪念馆
This hillside museum examines the railway and coal workers’ movement that made Anyuan an important centre of early Communist organisation. The exhibition building rises above Shengli Square on Niuxingling, with documents…
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Nielong cave孽龙洞
Nielong Cave is a stream-cut limestone cave in the Yangqi Mountain scenic region. Its passage links chambers decorated with stalagmites, curtains and flower-like mineral formations. Water is a defining part of the experience…
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The Dacheng Gate hall of Pingxiang Confucian Temple, Anyuan District · 萍乡孔庙大成门，安源区，萍乡市 Source-recorded photograph date: 2011-05-11.Pingxiang Confucian Temple萍乡孔庙
Pingxiang’s Confucian Temple brings the architecture of worship and scholarship into the old streets around Nanzheng Street. Its present complex preserves and restores a Qing-style arrangement, with Lingxing Gate, Dacheng Hall…
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Pingxiang Museum萍乡博物馆
Pingxiang Museum stands beside the Pingshui River in a purpose-built building opened in 2010. Its collections connect local archaeology with natural history: dinosaur eggs and skeletal fossils sit alongside ceramics, bronze…
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New hall of Putong Temple on Yangqi Mountain, Pingxiang · 萍乡杨岐山普通寺新建大殿 Photograph date recorded by the source: 1 July 2018, 14:34:23.Mt. Yangqi杨岐山
Yangqi Mountain combines wooded slopes with the temple landscape of the Yangqi branch of Chan Buddhism. Putong Temple, also called Yangqi Temple, is the main cultural focus. Its surroundings preserve old monuments, including a…
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Pingxiang local specialties
萍乡市特色美食 · 8 specialties to discover
Lianhua duck with blood sauce 莲花血鸭AI illustration · AI 示意图
The dish is rich, spicy and intensely savory, with a dense sauce and bone-in pieces that require careful eating.
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Pingxiang stir-fried rice noodles 萍乡炒粉AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图
Expect a savoury, chilli-forward plate with soft noodles and some fresher vegetable crunch. Heat levels differ substantially, and a red-looking serving does not tell you exactly how much chilli was used.
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Stir-Fried Pork with Fresh Chilli 小炒肉
Stir-Fried Pork with Fresh Chilli (小炒肉) is, in Pingxiang (萍乡), Jiangxi, the dish known as Pingxiang xiaochaorou (萍乡小炒肉): slices of pork belly and lean pork fried with chilli and garlic.
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Wugong Mountain Smoked Bamboo Shoots with Pork 武功山烟笋炒肉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Wugong Mountain Smoked Bamboo Shoots with Pork (武功山烟笋炒肉) is listed among the local specialties of Pingxiang, Jiangxi. The name includes 笋 (bamboo shoots). 炒 describes stir-frying.
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Huahudie Numbing-Spicy Snack 花蝴蝶麻辣AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Huahudie Numbing-Spicy Snack (花蝴蝶麻辣) is numbing-spicy bean-curd skin (麻辣豆皮) from Pingxiang (萍乡), a Jiangxi city on the border with Hunan, sold under the name Huahudie, 'flower butterfly'.
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Pingxiang Cured Pork 萍乡腊肉
Pingxiang Cured Pork (萍乡腊肉) is pork cured and smoked for the Spring Festival in Pingxiang (萍乡), Jiangxi.
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Yanghuzi Rice Noodles 杨胡子米面AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Yanghuzi Rice Noodles (杨胡子米面) are the wide rice noodles served by the Yanghuzi Mimian shop (杨胡子米面店) in Pingxiang (萍乡), Jiangxi, which Jiangxi Daily (江西日报) calls the best-known name in Pingxiang mimian (米面).
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Sour Jujube Cake 酸枣糕AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Sour Jujube Cake (酸枣糕) is a fruit snack of Pingxiang (萍乡), Jiangxi. The Pingxiang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Press, Publication and Tourism (萍乡市文化广电新闻出版旅游局) features the version from Shangli County (上栗县) and calls it a traditional folk snack of the city, its method handed down from one generation to the next.
Read the dish guide →All dish names · 全部菜名 (8)
More dishes from across Jiangxi are in the Jiangxi food guide.
Counties & districts in Pingxiang
5 areas belong directly to Pingxiang.
5 areas
Anyuan District 安源区
Anyuan District (simplified Chinese: 安源区; traditional Chinese: 安源區; pinyin: Ānyuán Qū) is a district of the city of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China.
Explore the area →DistrictXiangdong District 湘东区
Xiangdong District (simplified Chinese: 湘东区; traditional Chinese: 湘東區; pinyin: Xiāngdōng Qū) is one of two districts of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west.
Explore the area →CountyLianhua County 莲花县
Lianhua County (simplified Chinese: 莲花县; traditional Chinese: 蓮花縣; pinyin: Liánhuā Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west.
Explore the area →CountyShangli County 上栗县
Shangli County (simplified Chinese: 上栗县; traditional Chinese: 上栗縣; pinyin: Shànglì Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west.
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Plan your visit
Getting there
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Where to stay →Build your route
Wugong Mountains and Anyuan Coal Miners Memorial are about 30 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Jiangxi →More in Jiangxi
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
Background text adapted from Pingxiang — Wikipedia contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text has been shortened and reorganized; source revision 1285364215.
Photo: Wugong Mountains · Doctoroftcm · CC BY-SA 3.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
Photo: Anyuan Coal Miners Memorial · Zhangzhugang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Full frame retained; proportionally resized and converted to WebP. No retouching or changes to the photographed subject. Card displays may crop the view.
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