Jiangxi is also alternately called Ganpo Dadi[d] which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Po".

Jiangxi is rich in mineral resources, leading the provinces of China in deposits of copper, tungsten, gold, silver, uranium, thorium, tantalum, niobium and lithium.

[8] Jiangxi is centered on the Gan River valley, which historically provided the main north–south transport route of south China.

[citation needed] Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization during the Shang dynasty (16th to 11th centuries BC).

During the Spring and Autumn period, the northern part of modern Jiangxi formed the western frontier of the state of Wu.

In 223 BC, when Qin conquered Chu, a majority of the Jiangxi area was recorded to be put under Jiujiang Commandery situated in Shouchun (壽春).

The county seats of Nanchang, Gan, Yudu, Luling among others were located at the sites of modern major cities.

In 291 AD, during the Western Jin dynasty, Jiangxi became its own Zhou called Jiangzhou (江州, Gan: Kong-chiu).

[citation needed] After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Jiangxi became one of the earliest bases for the Communists and many peasants were recruited to join the growing people's revolution.

Later the Communist leadership hid in the mountains of southern and western Jiangxi, hiding from the Kuomintang's attempts to eradicate them.

[citation needed] From 1930 to 1934, the National Government carried out five military campaigns against the Jiangxi Soviet area.

[citation needed] In 1936, after the opening of the Yuehan Railway in Hunan, Jiangxi lost its important position regarding north–south traffic.

[citation needed] Following the Doolittle Raid during World War II, most of the B-25 American crews that came down in China eventually made it to safety with the help of Chinese civilians and soldiers.

The Imperial Japanese Army began the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign to intimidate the Chinese from helping downed American airmen.

The highest point in Jiangxi is Mount Huanggang (黄岗山) in the Wuyi Mountains, on the border with Fujian.

[citation needed] Nanchang, the provincial capital and the most densely populated city, is one of the largest Chinese metropolises.

Nanchang is the hub of Jiangxi civilization throughout its history, which plays a leading role in the commercial, intellectual and industrial and political fields.

The politics of Jiangxi is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

[citation needed] Jiangxi was a major recipient of China's investment in industrial capacity during the Third Front campaign.

[21]: 23 Jiangxi is rich in mineral resources, leading the provinces of China in deposits of copper, tungsten, gold, silver, uranium, thorium, tantalum, niobium, among others.

[citation needed] It is located in extreme proximity to some of the richest provinces of China (Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian), which are sometimes blamed for taking away talent and capital from Jiangxi.

It enjoys simple and convenient customs clearances, and special preferential policies both for Nanchang National Export Expressing Zone and NCHDZ.

[44][needs update] The reports didn't give figures for other types of religion; 73.64% of the population may be either irreligious or involved in worship of nature deities, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, folk religious sects.

Jiangxi is the main area of concentration of the Gan varieties of Chinese, spoken over most of the northern two-thirds of the province.

[citation needed] Ganju [zh] (赣剧) is the type of Chinese opera performed in Jiangxi.

Near the small city of Yingtan is the resort area of Longhushan, which purports to be the birthplace of Taoism and hence has great symbolic value to Taoists.

The mountainous terrain and large forest coverage of Jiangxi has made it historically one of the more wild places of central China.

Several mountain areas along the northern border with Hunan and Hubei are potential sites for "wilderness" preserves specifically for protecting or even reintroducing tigers.

Though protected, mammals such as muntjac, wild boar, civet cats, and pangolins, are still common enough that they'll even occasionally be seen in markets for sale as game meat, or possibly even in a forest.