Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and Pang Tong all lived in seclusion in Jingzhou. What is so special about Jingzhou?

In Jianghan Plain, which is rich in products, there is a famous historical and cultural city-Jingzhou City, which has spread for thousands of years. Jingzhou has outstanding people, rich products, a long history and splendid culture. Since ancient times, it has been called the country of culture and the land of plenty.

Everyone knows that there is an ancient Jingzhou city in Jingzhou, which is also a battleground for military strategists during the Three Kingdoms period, but we don't know that Jingzhou has left us a cultural heritage that shocked the world since the primitive society.

1982 In February, in order to protect those important cities and their cultural relics that were once the political, economic and cultural centers of ancient times or the places where modern revolutionary movements and major historical events took place from destruction, cities with particularly rich cultural relics and great historical and cultural value were fortunate to be listed as the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. As one of the first national historical and cultural cities, Jingzhou has a long history.

In the late Paleolithic period 50,000 years ago, there were primitive human activities here. The site where primitive people lived was found in Jingshan Wusan Farm and Jigongshan, about five kilometers northeast of Jingzhou City. In addition, there are many stone tools unearthed in the Holocene gray-black soil layer in Jingshan, Zhongxiang and Jingzhou, indicating that human activities in Jianghan Plain were quite frequent at that time.

1929, Sanxingdui site in Jingchu was discovered, which proved that this land had a relatively complete history of human civilization development from 3000 to 5000 BC. From the most primitive stone tools, to stone axes, shovels, shovels and other stone tools, to exquisite pottery, jade, bronzes, bamboo slips, porcelain and silk in the Warring States period, the discovery of the sword of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, and the chimes that shocked the world in Ceng Houyi all reflected the glory of Chu culture.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the 20th generation of Chu kings took Jingzhou as their capital, which was 4 1 1 year. During this period, Chu ancestors created Chu culture comparable to Athenian culture. Moreover, the land of Jingzhou has nurtured countless great historical celebrities, such as the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, the "blockbuster" Chu Zhuangwang, the famous Sun Bin, the famous Wu Wu Zixu, the famous Chu Shen, the uprising leader Chen Youliang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the famous poet and writer "Sanyuan" in the Tang Dynasty, all of which stepped onto the historical stage from this land of Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is the birthplace of the culture of the Three Kingdoms. 120 In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 72 articles were written in Jingzhou. "The well-preserved Jingzhou ancient city wall, with a length of10.5km, is known as" a rare perfect city wall in the south of China ". Jingzhou, also known as Jiangling City at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is a famous historical and cultural city in China, a national key cultural relic protection unit, one of the birthplaces of Chu culture, and a famous ancient battlefield of the Three Kingdoms. In history, the stories of "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou" and "Guan Yu lost Jingzhou" all happened here. 1992 The site of Wengong in Jigongshan was rated as "the first in China and rare in the world" by the archaeological community. Jingzhou is also the birthplace of dragon boat culture in China. The annual "China Jingzhou International Dragon Boat Festival" has become a unique cultural brand of Jingzhou, an important carrier of opening to the outside world and a grand festival for the people of the city.

Jingzhou ancient city is located in the traffic fortress connecting east, west, north and south. Has always been a battleground for military strategists. Jingzhou city has been destroyed and built repeatedly. The present Jingzhou Ancient City was last built in the third year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1646). It was built on the original site and has been preserved to this day. This is a rare wall in the south of China. Jingzhou ancient city, with a total area of 4.6 square kilometers, is divided into three floors. The outermost layer is Shuicheng, the middle is Brick City, and the inside is Tucheng. The water city (moat) is 10500m long, 30m wide and 4m deep. It connects Taihu Lake in the west, Lianchang Lake in the east and the ancient canal. There are six gates around the city wall, namely East Gate (Yingbin Gate), Small East Gate (Gongan Gate and Watergate), North Gate (Gong Ji Gate), Small North Gate (Yuan 'an Gate), West Gate (An Lan Gate) and South Gate (Nanji Gate). Except for Xiaodongmen, the other five doors are all composed of two doors, including Wengcheng. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), three new doors were opened, namely. If you have the opportunity, you must go to Jingzhou City to see this old city wall that has been preserved for thousands of years and feel the land that has nurtured Chu culture for thousands of years.