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Climate and Weather
Jiangxi has a sub-tropical climate, warm and humid. It has an average annual temperature of 16C-20C, the hottest month, July, averaging 28-30C and the coldest month, January, 4-9C, and an average annual precipitation of 1,300-1,800 mm. The annual average temperature of Nanchang is 17.5C. The spring is warm and rainy; the summer is hot; and the autumn is dry
Most the area of Nanchang lies on a vast plain. In the northeast are lakes and the southwest are mountains and hills. The Ganjiang River passes through it. Annual rainfall averages 1,580 millimeter. It has 296 frost-free days.
Local Festivals and Folk Custom
Nanchang City Festival of Migratory Birds in Tianxiang Park
Every year in winter, there are about 180,000 migratory birds (including cranes and swans) in Tianxiang Park, Nanchang, Jiangxi province. Tianxiang Park, only about 4km from Nanchang city, covers an area of 100,000 sq meters, wetland, pool and marsh connecting, with about 32 species of wild birds.
Since 1988 some expert from Europe to be there to investigate the birds, and Nanchang named as "City of Migratory Bird", and from 2001 Nanchang held the City Festival of Migratory Birds, and this festival will be held every May and June.
Other Odds and Ends
Phone Dialing Code: 0591
Postcode: 350000
Fire Department: 119
Police: 110
Accident & Emergency: 120
Traffic Accident: 122
Weather Information: 121
Directory Enquiries: 114
Railway Tickets Delivery: 26099
Train Tickets Enquiries: 4123222
Bus Tickets Enquiries: 6214969
Airport Enquiries: 6278 246
NanChang Airport: 3960 075
NanChang Travel Bus Station: 6243 217 /6223 950
Infomations: 160
Universities
Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics
Nanchang University
Jiangxi Normal University
Jiangxi Agricultural University
Nanchang Institute of Aeronautical Technology
Jiangxi Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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