Yichun, Jiangxi
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″N 114°25′01″E / 27.816°N 114.417°E | |
| 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 | |
| • 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 mountainous prefecture-level city in the western/northwestern Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Hunan 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", the monastic rules for Buddhists at the Buddhist temple, originated from Yichun. Yichun is also the birthplace of a number of literary figures, such as Tao Yuanming and Deng Gu, both of whom are famous poets in China history.