About her Province and Town of Fengxin

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This is where Emma Rae lives.... in Jiangxi province, in Fengxin SWI. The province is Jiangxi(pronounced jyang shee). Jiangxi Province has an estimated population of around 43,000,000 people. In Jiangxi's fertile soil and mild climate agriculture flourishes; the growing season is 9 to 11 months long. Jiangxi is one of China's leading rice producers; other food crops include wheat, sweet potatoes, barley, and corn. Commerical crops are cotton, oil-bearing plants (rapeseed, sesame, soybeans, and peanuts), ramie, tea, sugarcane, tobacco, and oranges. Cities, such as Nanchang, Jiujiang, Ganzhou, and Linchuan, are generally situated along the Gan River or on the province's two main railroads. Jiangxi is over 99% Han Chinese. Minorities include Hui and Zhuang. The Hakka, a Han Chinese people with their own distinctive identity, inhabit the southern parts of the province. They most likely speak Han Chinese in Emma Rae's area. Jiangxi, linked with Guangdong by the Meiling Pass, has been for centuries China's main north-south corridor for migration and communication. Traditionally known as Gan, Jiangxi was ruled by the Chou dynasty (722–481 B.C.); it received its present name only under the Southern Sung dynasty (A.D. 1127–1280). The province, whose present boundaries date from the Ming dynasty, passed under Manchu rule in 1650. The Chinese Communist movement began (1927) in Jiangxi; the province was a stronghold for the Communists until they were dislodged in 1934. The famous long march began from Jiangxi. Following World War II, during which Jiangxi was largely free of Japanese forces, the province passed (1949) to the Communists. Nanchang is the provincial capital and where Dawson, Emma Rae and I will stay while in Jiangxi. The population of Nanchang is approximately 2,000,000. An old walled city on the right bank of the Gan River, it was founded in 201 BC. In AD 959 it became the capital of the Southern Tang dynasty. At the end of the Mongol period it was a battleground between the founder of the Ming dynasty and local warlords. In the early 16th century a rebellion was launched against the Ming regime. Nanchang suffered from the Taiping Rebellion. In 1927 it was the site of revolutionary activities of the Chinese Communist Party. Since 1949 it has become industrialized; its products include textiles, milled rice, and automotive parts. The orphanage is located in Feng Xin county, on the outskirts of Fengchuan. The population is about 22,940. It is located about 1 1/2 hours from Nanchang . It is a rural area with plenty of farmland. We will be traveling from Nanchang around the mountain to get to The Welfare Institute of Fengxin where Emma Rae is living!!! Not for long....