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Waidong Destination Guide

Discover Waidong in China

Waidong in the region of Jiangxi is a place located in China - some 803 mi or ( 1292 km ) South of Beijing , the country's capital .

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Local time in Waidong is now 05:19 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zixi, Zhongtong, Yujia, Shangrao, and Guixi. When in this area, you might want to check out Zixi . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Waidong ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Guixi

Guixi (Chinese: 贵溪; literally "Noble Stream") is a county-level city in Yingtan Municipality, Jiangxi Province, in southeastern China. The city covers two-thirds of the land area in the municipal region. Like Yuehu District (月湖区), the municipal seat, Guixi's centre Xiongshi lies on the Xinjiang River (信江).

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 28.29 117.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: County-level divisions of Jiangxi

Yingtan

Yingtan is a prefecture-level city in the east part of China's Jiangxi province. It borders Fujian province to the east. Its location next to Fujian and its proximity to Zhejiang, have made it a strategically important city for centuries. Today, it continues to be a major rail transport hub. Near the city of Yingtan is the resort area Longhushan (龙虎山; Lónghǔ Shān) which purports to be the birthplace of Taoism (道教) and hence has great symbolic value to Taoists.

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Located at 28.23 117.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Cities in Jiangxi

Mount Longhu

Mount Longhu, is located in Jiangxi, China. It is famous for being one of the birthplaces of Taoism, with many Taoist temples built upon the mountainside. It is particularly important to the Zhengyi Dao as it the Shangqing Temple and the Mansion of the Taoist Master are located here. It is known as one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Taoism. Two of them are the temples of Immortal City (仙岩) and Zheng Yi (正一), all founded by Zhang Daoling (张道陵), the Han Dynasty founder of the religion.

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Located at 28.11 116.96 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Jiangxi, Geography of Jiangxi, Geoparks in China, Global Geoparks Network members, Mountains of China, Sacred mountains, Taoism, Taoist temples in China, Visitor attractions in Jiangxi, Way of the Celestial Masters