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Mount Lu, Jiangxi: A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, Lushan National Park, with its centerpiece of Mount Lu, is a cultural and spiritual symbol of China. Upward of 1,500 famed painters and poets from various periods of ancient and modern China have traveled here to be inspired by Lu.


Jiangxi: Mount Lu (江西庐山)
A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, Lushan National Park, with its centerpiece of Mount Lu, is more than a tourist attraction. It's a cultural and spiritual symbol of China. Upward of 1,500 famed painters and poets from various periods of ancient and modern China -- Li Bai (李白) of the Tang Dynasty and Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) in 1920s, to name two -- have traveled here to be inspired by Lu. Masterpiece poems are engraved in calligraphy on the mountain cliffs.


The nearest traffic hub is Mount Lu Airport. It's about 10 kilometers away. Major cities connected to Mount Lu Airport by direct flights include Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.