Jingzhou Ancient City
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荆州古城

The solid rampart surrounded by moats boasts as an iron-case with slab basements and bricks walls. Sticky rice poured into the crevice to reinforce solidity. Having been the capital of over twenty kingdoms, it has rich excavations of Chu Culture.

The Ancient City Wall was destroyed and rebuilt for several times during the wars in Song Dynasty (960-1279), Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). According to the historic records, Jinsha is the existent best-kept ancient city in China because it was rebuilt for several times.

The existent Ancient City Wall was completed rebuilt in 1646, Qing Dynasty, following the design and style of city walls in Ming Dynasty. The Ancient City Wall in Jingsha winds like a huge dragon to Yangtze River.

Jingzhou Museum, situated in Jingzhou Zhong Lu, was firstly built during the period of Kuaiyuan Reign of the Tang Dynasty. The history museum boasts a collection of over 100,000 relics concerning the 6000-year Chu Culture, which has 5 theme exhibitions on stone, pottery, bronze, lacquer ware and silks.

There is a rich collection of arts and antiques, among which the most famous are the relics in Old Stone Age and New Stone Age, the antiques in East Zhou Dynasty (770BC-256BC) and those of Qin and Han Dynasty.

What worth to visit are exhibition Hall and Treasure Hall too. Featured with green tiles and the Chu-style decorations, there are rich collections of excavations. In particular an important collection of lacquer ware, 2,000-year-old silk garments and fabrics featured with exquisite patterns and an almost perfectly preserved male corpse of a Han-dynasty official, are exhibited. The embroidery clothing, polychrome brocades and silk ribbons are peculiar.

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Historical Site

Historical Site

Jingzhou is the previously the famous city of Jiangling, in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC), the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Chu. Its ancient walled city was originally built during the Three Kingdoms Period. Many artifacts have been excavated from many tombs in the city. In the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC) the city was the capital of Kingdom of Chu. Its earth-structure walls were firstly built in the third century ordered by Guan Yu, a hero of the Three Kingdoms era. Later in the Ming Dynasty, it was reconstructed with bricks and stones. The existing town wall was reconstructed on the original base in 1646 during the Qing Dynasty. It is 9.3 kilometers long, 9 meters high, and 10 meters thick, with well preserved gates, watching towers, and battlements.

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