Communist Party history with green, environmental message
By JXCN.CN Update 2011-6-28 10:01:36
Goddess Peak on Sanqing Mountain.
Ruqin Lake and surrounding landscape at the Lushan Mountain scenic spot are regarded as a world cultural site.
June 28, China Daily - Jiangxi is placing great importance and hopes in developing red tourism and antique tourism resources, but at the same time it is thinking of greening them up, hence the slogan "Red cradle, green home".
After all, the province has some lovely landscapes and mountains and plenty of clear waters. Major spots include Lushan, Jinggang, Longhu, and Sanqing mountains, Poyang Lake, and the cultural city of Jingdezhen.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Mount Lushan to its World Heritage list and, along with Jinggang and Sanqing mountains, it offers tourists beautiful peaks and tranquil valleys.
The old temples on Longhu Mountain are famous for their architectures and the land around Poyang Lake and the Ganjiang River is known for its beauty.
In fact, Jiangxi has been quite successful in combining red and other tourism with the green theme and has seen to it that tourists experience "red history" firsthand, while enjoying nature's beauty and the charm of local culture.
In some counties in the southern part of the province, local governments have been exploring other avenues to red tourism while promoting their alpine-style meadow and Kejia folk customs.
Jinggang Mountain officials have opened a route that reaches the revolutionary base and ecological areas as well, such as the Longtan Waterfalls and Bijia Mountain.
In 2005, the city of Jinggangshan, on the mountain of the same name, relocated the original government buildings to the town of Xiaping, 30 kilometers away, to make more room for environmental protection.
The city also improved infrastructure such as the airport, railways and highways to make it more convenient for tourists.
As a result, in the first four months of this year, Jinggang Mountain had some 1.6 million tourists from China and abroad, a 41 percent increase over the same period of last year.
Jin Yu from Beijing, who visited Jinggang Mountain in April, said that combining the "red scenic spots" with green tourism made the visit much more interesting.
Wu Xinxiong, former governor of Jiangxi, remarked at a meeting on red tourism last November, that the province would continue to combine red tourism with green tourism in a sensible way.
