What is the history and development of Jingzhou?

Jingzhou is a municipality under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province. It is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, on the Jianghan Plain in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It currently governs Jingzhou District, Shashi District, Jiangling County, Gongan County, and Jianli County, and administers Songzi City, Shishou City, and Honghu City. Jingzhou is named after the winding and towering Jingshan Mountain in its original territory.

Jingzhou has a long history. It is the ancient capital of Chu State and the center of Chu culture. It has rich cultural relics. In 1982, it was listed as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council. Jingzhou is the center of Chu culture. During the 411 years that Chu established its capital here, it was ranked among the "Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period" and the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period". Its exquisite silk weaving, smelting, forging, and lacquer craftsmanship as well as the philosophy and philosophy of Lao and Zhuang Zhuang Sao literature and other genres flourished, and the bright and dazzling Chu culture almost included most of the essence of Zhou Dynasty culture. Jingzhou is a famous ancient battlefield and a battleground for military strategists of all ages. More than a hundred famous battles took place here. Jingzhou has a rich collection of humanities. King Chuzhuang, Sun Shuao, Shen Baoxu, Wu Zixu, Qu Yuan, Song Yu, Yu Xin, Cen Wenwen, Cen Xi, Cen Shen, Zhang Juzheng and the "Three Public Security Officers" all came to the social stage from Jingzhou and have been famous throughout the ages. historical figures. Jingzhou's cultural relics are very densely distributed. There are more than 500 key cultural relics protection units at all levels in the city, including 5 national key cultural relics protection units and 32 provincial key cultural relics protection units. Jingzhou has a prosperous tourism industry and developed light industry.

Jingzhou has a relatively well-preserved ancient city wall, with a diameter of 3.75 kilometers from east to west, a diameter of 1.2 kilometers from north to south, an area of ??4.5 square kilometers, a circumference of 10.5 kilometers, and a height of 8.83 meters. There are two city gates, and each city gate has a tower.

The ancient city of Jingzhou is divided into three floors, with the water city on the outside, the brick city in the middle, and the earth city inside. The city is very solidly built. In order to prevent the city wall from sinking due to water corrosion, the footings of the city wall are all built with strips of stone. The brick walls are all grouted with lime and glutinous rice grout. The two drainage holes under the city wall are also made of strips. Made of stone, the cave can accommodate two people walking side by side; outside the city is tightly surrounded by a moat. The city of Jingzhou is actually easy to defend but difficult to attack, so there is a saying that "Iron defeat Jingzhou".