Poyang County
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Poyang County is a county in Shangrao, Jiangxi, on the eastern shore of Poyang Lake; it was the seat of historical Raozhou and has 1 subdistrict, 14 towns and 15 townships.

## Administrative status

Poyang County is part of [Shangrao](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shangrao.html) (prefecture-level city)[^mca2023]. It administers one subdistrict, 14 towns and 15 townships, plus the Agricultural Science Institute and Raozhou Prison as township-level units[^zhwiki]:

- Subdistrict: Raozhou
- Towns: Poyang, Xiejiantan, Shimenjie, Sishilijie, Youdunjie, Tianfanjie, Jinpanling, Gaojialing, Huanggang, Shuanggang, Guxiandu, Raofeng, Lefeng, Raobu
- Townships: Houjiagang, Lianhuashan, Xiangshuitan, Jiantianjie, Zhegang, Yaquhu, Yinbaohu, Youcheng, Zhuhu, Baishazhou, Tuanlin, Changzhou, Sanmiaoqian, Lianhu, Lutian

The county government sits in Poyang town. Registered population was 1.58 million and resident population 1.17 million in 2021[^zhwiki].

## Produce

Poyang's "three treasures" are silver fish, liao hao (Artemisia selengensis) and chunbulao, a mustard green grown around East Lake in the county seat that turns into ordinary mustard a few li beyond it and is usually pickled[^qq_food][^srwb_food]. Silver fish from Zhuhu are slender, translucent and highly prized[^qq_food], and doucong (fried tofu rolls) from Youdunjie is a local speciality[^qq_food]. The county also produces tea, Poyang Lake rice and freshwater fish[^shangrao_show].

## Cuisine

A 2021 food competition, "Tasting Raozhou", selected ten signature dishes: chunbulao braised with yellow catfish, stir-fried liao hao with cured pork, three-colour lake fish, northern Poyang steamed pork with rice flour, brined mandarin fish, cured pork and dried-vegetable casserole, silver fish with shredded vegetables, Poyang crayfish, fish head stewed with doucong, and fermented black bean steamed chicken. The ten signature snacks are scallion shortbread, Poyang rice noodles, pig-blood thick soup, Tianfanjie rice dumplings, fried dough sticks wrapped in glutinous rice, white sugar cakes, yellow catfish with rice noodles, Shuanggang sea-cucumber cakes, fermented rice cakes and filled sugar candy[^pygov_food]. Entries were judged on local character and the original taste of local ingredients, and lake fish dominated the list[^pygov_food]. Scallion shortbread was named a Chinese famous snack in 2018, and its craft is listed in Shangrao's fifth batch of municipal intangible heritage[^qq_food].

## Customs and intangible heritage

Poyang is known as a "home of Chinese folk drama" and a "home of Chinese migration culture"; bodiless lacquerware, Raohe opera and Poyang yugu are its best-known intangible heritage[^shangrao_show]. Raohe opera, also called Raohe diao, is a school of Gan opera and a provincial intangible heritage item[^srxww_heritage]. Poyang yugu is a branch of Jiangxi daoqing that blends Raohe opera, Poyang folk tunes and fishing songs[^qq_heritage]. Traditional fishing customs of Poyang Lake cover nets, hooks, traps and other gear, together with the opening and closing of the lake, boat building, boat launching, fishing seasons and festival rites[^qq_heritage].

The lacquering technique of Poyang bodiless lacquerware entered the third national intangible heritage list in 2011[^sina_heritage]; the wares are light, strong and lustrous, and are ranked with Jingdezhen porcelain and Beijing cloisonne as China's three traditional crafts[^srxww_heritage]. Waxieba in Lianhu township was a gathering point for migrants during the Ming and Qing "Jiangxi filling Huguang" movement, remembered in the saying "Datong trees in Shanxi in the north, Waxieba in Jiangxi in the south"; the county seat has a Waxieba migration culture museum[^shangrao_show]. The Zhangwang Temple, founded in 758, holds a fair formerly called saishen hui on the 23rd day of the eleventh lunar month for three days, with a procession of Zhang Xun and Lady Liu on the eighth day of the first lunar month[^jxich].

## Basic facts

- Administrative division code: 361128[^mca2023]
- Area: 4,126.33 km²[^wikidata]
- Population: 1.18 million (2020)[^wikidata]

Updated: 2026-10-30

Tags:
- Administrative division https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/admin-division.html

Relations:
- Located in: Shangrao https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shangrao.html (依据民政部2023年县以上行政区划代码的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: 鄱阳湖城悦麓酒店 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hucheng-yalux-hotel.html
- Contains places: 饶州古镇 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/raozhou-ancient-town.html
- Organizations here: 上饶湖城文旅集团 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/organizations/hucheng-wenlv.html
- Contains places: Baishazhou Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/baishazhou-township.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Changzhou Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/changzhou-township.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Gaojialing Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gaojialing-town.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Guxiandu Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guxiandu-town.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Houjiagang Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/houjiagang-township.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Huanggang Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/huanggang-town.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jiantianjie Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jiantianjie-township.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Contains places: Jinpanling Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jinpanling-town.html (依据鄱阳县行政区划的隶属层级。)
- Events here: Zhangwang Temple Fair https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/events/zhangwang-temple-fair.html (庙会在鄱阳县张王庙举行。)

Mentioned in:
- Zhangwang Temple Fair https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/events/zhangwang-temple-fair.html
- Baishazhou Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/baishazhou-township.html
- Changzhou Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/changzhou-township.html
- Shangrao https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/shangrao.html
- Gaojialing Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/gaojialing-town.html
- Guxiandu Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/guxiandu-town.html
- Houjiagang Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/houjiagang-township.html
- Huanggang Town https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/huanggang-town.html
- 鄱阳湖城悦麓酒店 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/hucheng-yalux-hotel.html
- Jiantianjie Township https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/jiantianjie-township.html

Sources:
- 2023 Administrative Division Codes of the People's Republic of China (Ministry of Civil Affairs) https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html code 361128, Poyang County
- Wikidata Q1356313 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356313
- Poyang County (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poyang_County
- 鄱阳县（维基百科） https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%B1%E9%98%B3%E5%8E%BF 行政区划一节
- Ten signature dishes and ten signature snacks of Poyang announced https://www.poyang.gov.cn/pyxwgxljj/zhengwudongtai4aueux/202205/b2e89048a032461bb94ac03625af4aa3.shtml lists of the ten dishes and ten snacks
- The ten signature dishes of Poyang announced http://paper.srxww.com/srwb/page/34/2022-05-21/A08/17301653092158545.pdf entry on chunbulao braised yellow catfish
- The ten signature dishes and ten signature snacks of Poyang https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20231209A03W7200 sections on the three treasures, Zhuhu silver fish, doucong and scallion shortbread
- A thousand years of Poyang: one city of lake light http://www.srxww.com/2026-01/04/content_41808.html section on intangible heritage
- Ten provincial intangible heritage items of Poyang County https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20231220A04D2J00 sections on Poyang Lake fishing customs and Poyang yugu
- Zhangwang Temple Fair of Poyang https://www.jxich.cn/itemInfo.html?ppn=%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5&pn=%E5%90%8D%E5%BD%95%E5%BB%BA%E8%AE%BE&n=%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E6%80%A7%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE&num=1&id=963 historical origins
- Poyang's productive transmission of intangible heritage https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-02-21/005926313432.shtml lacquer technique entering the national list
- Shangrao showcase: Poyang County https://www.toutiao.com/article/7317301346971959844/ sections on culture, produce and migration