Shangqing | |
Native Name: | 上清镇 |
Native Name Lang: | zh-cn |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | China |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in China |
Coordinates: | 28.0458°N 117.0344°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Jiangxi |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Yingtan |
Subdivision Type3: | County-level city |
Subdivision Name3: | Guixi |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | China Standard |
Utc Offset1: | +8 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Shangqing is a town under the county-level city of Guixi, in the municipal region of Yingtan, Jiangxi.[1], 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.