Guling, formerly romanized as Kuling, is a summer resort located on top of Mount Lu in Jiujiang, Jiangxi.

They built their houses in the colonial style of architecture, and added churches, schools, and sports facilities.

1934, Soong Mei-ling, then first Lady of the Republic of China, was given a villa in Kuling town, Mount Lu.

[4][5][6] Prior to 1949, President Chiang Kai-shek chose Mount Lu as the summer headquarters for his nationalist Kuomintang government, having been introduced to the place by his wife Soong Mei-ling, the daughter of a Shanghai Methodist minister.

It was here that, in 1946, the U.S. special diplomatic mission representing the President of the United States, led by General George C. Marshall, met with Chiang Kai-shek to discuss the role of post-World War II China.