Shangqing
上清镇 | |
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Coordinates: 28°02′45″N 117°02′04″E / 28.04583°N 117.03444°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Jiangxi |
Prefecture-level city | Yingtan |
County-level city | Guixi |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Shangqing ( Chinese: 上清; pinyin: Shàngqīng) is a town under the county-level city of Guixi, in the municipal region of Yingtan, Jiangxi. [1] As of 2018 [update], it has 10 villages under its administration. [2]
It is a small stop on a major railroad - the Fuzhou branch line from the Yingtan junction on the Nanchang— Shanghai line. Most visitors will be touring the nearby Mount Longhu, a Daoist holy mountain.
Shangqing features Han dynasty temples associated with Zhang Daoling, a founder of Daoism. The town is mentioned in the beginning of the classic Yuan dynasty novel Water Margin.