Lushan International Mountain Festival in Lushan
Lushan's mountain culture festival promotes Mount Lu, a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape in Jiangxi province known as the Summer Capital of the Republic of China during the 1930s and 1940s, when it drew foreign missionaries, diplomats and vacationers seeking relief from the lowland heat. Programming pairs the mountain's cool-climate scenery with its layered history as a resort, religious center and political meeting site.
Mount Lu's reputation as a retreat from the heat of the Yangtze plain long predates any organized tourism industry.