吉安市

Jí'ānshì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ji'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province
2 (historically) Luling, ancestral home of many notable Song-dynasty literati

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

吉安市位于江西省中部。

Jí'ānshì wèiyú Jiāngxī Shěng zhōngbù.

Ji'an is located in central Jiangxi Province.

HSK 7-9

井冈山革命根据地就在吉安市境内。

Jǐnggāngshān gémìng gēnjùdì jiù zài Jí'ānshì jìngnèi.

The Jinggangshan revolutionary base is located within Ji'an City.

Tips

history

Historically known as Luling (庐陵), birthplace of Song poet-statesman Ouyang Xiu (欧阳修) and Southern Song martyr Wen Tianxiang (文天祥). In modern history, the Jinggang Mountains (井冈山) within Ji'an's prefecture were where Mao established the first Chinese Communist rural base in 1927.

In Pop Culture

井冈山 Jǐnggāngshān

Jinggang Mountains

Range within Ji'an prefecture; CCP 'cradle of revolution', major red-tourism destination.

文天祥 Wén Tiānxiáng

Wen Tianxiang

Southern Song minister and martyr from Ji'an / Luling, famous for 《过零丁洋》 and the line 人生自古谁无死.

Stroke Order

吉 jí

安 ān

市 shì