Guling, Jiangxi

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Guling
牯岭镇
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Coordinates: 29°34′13″N115°58′36″E / 29.57028°N 115.97667°E / 29.57028; 115.97667
CountryChina
Location Mount Lu, Jiujiang
Founded byEdward Selby Little (李德立), Dr. Edgerton Haskell Hart, and three others
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)
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Kuling Poster in the 1920s
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Christian church in Kuling

Guling, formerly romanized as Kuling, is a summer resort located on top of Mount Lu in Jiujiang, Jiangxi. It was formerly a resort reserved for European missionaries. [1] Now it is the tourist and administration center of the Lushan Geopark, a World Heritage Site. [2]

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As of 2018, it has 5 residential communities, 2 villages, and 4 other neighborhoods under its administration. [3]

History

European settlement history

Kuling, now called Guling, on the slopes of a wide valley of Mount Lu, was established in 1895 by the missionaries Edward Selby Little, Dr. Edgerton Haskell Hart, and three others, as a sanitarium and rest resort for Western missionaries in southern China. They built their houses in the colonial style of architecture, and added churches, schools, and sports facilities. It was named by Little, as a pun: it is wonderfully cooling after the summer heat in the plains below. It was also a word that sounded conveniently Chinese to the local people, and has been adopted by them. Kuling was run by the missionaries in a Kuling Council that sold the plots of the land and with the proceeds, paid for local services and security. In 1910, Caroline Maddock Hart and four others met to found the Nurses Association of China, with Caroline Maddock Hart being its first president.

The Republic of China history

1934, Soong Mei-ling, then first Lady of the Republic of China, was given a villa in Kuling town, Mount Lu. She and her husband Chiang Kai-shek both loved the villa very much. Chiang Kai-shek named the villa as Mei Lu Villa to symbolize the beauty of Mount Lu. The couple usually stayed at this villa in Kuling town, Mount Lu, in summer time, so the mountain is called Summer Capital, and the villa is called the Summer Palace. [4] [5] [6]

Prior to 1949, President Chiang Kai-shek chose Mount Lu as the summer headquarters for his nationalist Kuomintang government, having been introduced to the place by his wife Soong Mei-ling, the daughter of a Shanghai Methodist minister. It was here that, in 1946, the U.S. special diplomatic mission representing the President of the United States, led by General George C. Marshall, met with Chiang Kai-shek to discuss the role of post-World War II China.

Modern history

After the conclusion of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, it became the favourite meeting place for the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party because Chairman Mao used Chiang Kai-shek's house as one of his holiday homes. It hosted the Eighth Plenum of the Eighth Central Committee, also known as the Mount Lu Conference or "Plenum", which began on 23 July and convened on 2 August 1959. Kuling also hosted the Second Plenum of the Ninth Central Committee in August 1970.

The movie Romance on Lushan Mountain , which has been shown in the Mount Lu theatre non-stop since 1980, was recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest-running movie in theatres. Each ticket sold to this movie is numbered according to ticket sales to date. As of May 2006, this number was close to 140 million tickets.[ citation needed ]

Notable residents

Climate

Climate data for Guling, elevation 1,165 m (3,822 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)19.4
(66.9)
20.5
(68.9)
24.6
(76.3)
26.4
(79.5)
28.1
(82.6)
29.3
(84.7)
31.8
(89.2)
31.8
(89.2)
30.2
(86.4)
28.5
(83.3)
25.1
(77.2)
18.9
(66.0)
31.8
(89.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)4.5
(40.1)
7.0
(44.6)
11.0
(51.8)
16.8
(62.2)
20.7
(69.3)
23.2
(73.8)
26.1
(79.0)
25.3
(77.5)
21.9
(71.4)
17.3
(63.1)
12.7
(54.9)
7.0
(44.6)
16.1
(61.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)0.6
(33.1)
2.9
(37.2)
6.7
(44.1)
12.5
(54.5)
16.8
(62.2)
19.8
(67.6)
22.5
(72.5)
21.8
(71.2)
18.1
(64.6)
13.3
(55.9)
8.5
(47.3)
2.9
(37.2)
12.2
(54.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−2.3
(27.9)
−0.1
(31.8)
3.5
(38.3)
9.1
(48.4)
13.7
(56.7)
17.3
(63.1)
20.3
(68.5)
19.5
(67.1)
15.7
(60.3)
10.5
(50.9)
5.5
(41.9)
−0.2
(31.6)
9.4
(48.9)
Record low °C (°F)−13.6
(7.5)
−11.6
(11.1)
−10.4
(13.3)
−5.1
(22.8)
1.6
(34.9)
5.8
(42.4)
11.9
(53.4)
12.8
(55.0)
6.5
(43.7)
−2.4
(27.7)
−9.9
(14.2)
−16.7
(1.9)
−16.7
(1.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)85.3
(3.36)
98.5
(3.88)
167.9
(6.61)
202.2
(7.96)
251.2
(9.89)
306.1
(12.05)
274.2
(10.80)
290.3
(11.43)
147.8
(5.82)
97.4
(3.83)
83.0
(3.27)
61.7
(2.43)
2,065.6
(81.33)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)14.313.717.016.716.217.413.515.310.810.411.711.2168.2
Average snowy days9.36.73.50.10000001.35.226.1
Average relative humidity (%)73767777798585878475696578
Mean monthly sunshine hours 112.3102.4112.9130.4136.5111.4175.7153.9147.6158.8144.0142.71,628.6
Percent possible sunshine 35323034322741384045454537
Source: China Meteorological Administration [11] [12]

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