Commercial press geography of China . Fishing with (jOKMORAimi THE PROVINCE OP KIANUSl 27 KIANGSI (Km^) Area 69,600 square miles CAPITAL, NANCHANG (it 1 M) Except for the Poyang Lake Basin {i|5 H fSB ^ J^), Kiang-si is mountainous. The most famous mountain is the Lu Shan. The Littlb Okpham (M ill) ^^ *^® north, near which the sage Chu Hsi lived andwrote. Kiangsi has a number of rivers flowing to Poyang most important of these is the Kan River (^ {£), whosebranches rise in the mountains that border the province. Kiangsi produces much tea, porcelain, rice, cotton, silk,tobacco and some
Commercial press geography of China . Fishing with (jOKMORAimi THE PROVINCE OP KIANUSl 27 KIANGSI (Km^) Area 69,600 square miles CAPITAL, NANCHANG (it 1 M) Except for the Poyang Lake Basin {i|5 H fSB ^ J^), Kiang-si is mountainous. The most famous mountain is the Lu Shan. The Littlb Okpham (M ill) ^^ *^® north, near which the sage Chu Hsi lived andwrote. Kiangsi has a number of rivers flowing to Poyang most important of these is the Kan River (^ {£), whosebranches rise in the mountains that border the province. Kiangsi produces much tea, porcelain, rice, cotton, silk,tobacco and some grain. In the northeast, near Kingtehchen (Ji: |g ^) is foundmost of the white clay which forms the material for the porce-lain industry. Formerly, the manufacture of porcelain pro-duced finer articles and employed many more men. Even nowpieces of porcelain made in earlier centuries receive very highprices. 28 GEOGKAPHY OF CHINA The hills and mountains of Kiangsi have many trees, andtimber is an important product. In the western mountains near the Hunan border aremines of coal. The best mines are at Pingsiang (^ M), nearthe Hunan border, and their coal is brought to market byHunan railways and river. They produce 1,500 tons of coaleach day. Kiukiang (;fL CC M),
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