Jinjing, Changsha

Jinjing Town (Chinese: 金井镇), a town in Changsha County, Hunan Province, China, administers two communities and 14 villages with the Koganei Community the center of government. The name Jinjing means "golden well", and derives from a well that provided drinking water for the entire town for hundreds of years. The well is now preserved by the local people; the water supply function has come to an end because the lifestyle of the local people has changed. Near the well and the old town center a Buddhist temple called Jiuxisi Temple (Stream of Nine Turnings) overlooks the old town site. Recorded as having been built at the beginning of the Tang dynasty, the supervisor of construction work for developing the well site was well-known general Yu-chi Gong; this provides proof that Jinjing Town was already an important town at the time. Shuangjiang town merged to Jinjing on November 19, 2015.[1]

Jinjing Town 金井镇
Town
Jinjing Town Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 28.5265°N 113.3755°E
Country	China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
County	Changsha
Area
• Total	144 km^2 (56 sq mi)
Population  (2000)
• Total	41,900
• Density	290/km^2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Tiger Breeding Center

Sanzhen Tiger Park, a Manchurian tiger breeding center, one of the three such breeding centers in China, attracts many visitor who can tour the site after gaining the permission of local site managers. Eight tigers were brought to the enter in 2010 and since then 39 more tigers have been born there. The Park attracts many tourists and has developed into a leading center for tiger breeding. One reason that Jinjing, a southern city in China, was selected to be the home of this great creature is the beautiful natural environment in the local tea plantations.[2]

Tea production

The high quality organic green tea produced in Jinjing is widely sold in the United States, Japan, and Europe.

The mountains surrounding Jinjing not only create a fine climate for growing high quality tea, but also make it possible to build water reservoirs which provide water for the growing population of the county and the nearby city of Changsha.

The tea plantations, lakes, tigers and organic farms of Jinjing attract tourists from across the nation and even the world. The county and Changsha are also investing in the tourism industry in the northern part of Hunan Province, with Jinjing Town located at this tourist hub.

Access

From Changsha airport to Jinjing takes one hour by car and around the 70 minutes from the city centre depending on traffic conditions. A few hotels, including Julian's Country Inn, offer free transportation for passengers from the airport.

References

1. According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Changhsha county on November 19, 2015: rednet (2015-12-04): 《湖南省民政厅关于同意长沙县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕43号) also see: rednet (2015-12-03): 《长沙昨日下发通知调整乡镇行政区划 合并乡镇20个》
2. http://www.enghunan.gov.cn/hneng/newscollection/News2016/August2016/201609/t20160930_3300515.html