This two thousand-year-old city in northern Jaingxi Province is on the south bank of the Yangtze River in its middle reaches. A noted town in ancient China, for years it served as a communication center along the middle reaches of the Yangtze and a town of strategic importance. During the period of the Three Kingdoms (220-280), Jiujiang, then called Chaisong, was a military stronghold of the Kingdom of Wu.
即今江西九江市,东晋置江州,辖镜为江西大部,后南朝多次分割,使江州辖镜变小! 唐代在今江西九江同样因长江流经设江州,因沿袭时间较长,特别是元和十年白居易被贬任江州司马写下了脍炙人口的《琵琶行》名篇更令九江这个“江州”比较出名。一直到宋代、元代。
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