Roam around Jingzhou Ancient City
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Jingzhou, known as Jiangling China tour deals, is situated in the Jianghan Plain. In ancient times, Jingzhou was the center of one state among the nine states in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC) and Warring State Period (476 BC-220 BC), Jingzhou served as the capital of Chu State. And Jingzhou became the hub of political, military, economy and culture of the Chu State. It is the cradle of Chu Culture and during the 400 years of region here, many extremely cultural relics have been left. The city has been established as the capital by 11 emperors in the following years of Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420). Because of its cultural relics and strategic location in the history, Jingzhou Ancient City has been listed as one of the best of the historical and cultural ancient cities and attracts many tourists at home and abroad.

Jingzhou Ancient City consists of three parts: Water City, Brick City and Earth City. It is said that in order to prevent the subsidence of the city China Holidays base and reinforce the wall, sticky rice were poured in the crevice. The ancient city was originally built to defend the enemy. With moat, Urn City (catch the enemy inside), battery, hiding solider hole, the city is always easy to keep but difficult to attack.

Jingzhou Ancient City Wall

Jingzhou Ancient City Wall China shopping is one of the four best preserved city wall existing in China and the best preserved of its kind in the south. Compared with the other city walls, Jingzhou Ancient City Wall is relatively larger and more intact. With a perimeter of 11 kilometers, Jingzhou Ancient City Wall is a national key cultural relics protection unit. 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). The wall what we can see now was rebuilt during the the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

There were originally six city gates around the wall including the Eastern Gate, Little Eastern Gate, Northern Gate, Little Northern Gate, Western Gate and Southern Gate. Each of the gates had a tower. Between the gates, there is a space area, called “Urn city”, to catch the enemies inside. The best place to appreciate the ancient city wall is the Eastern Gate and the Northern Gate. Both of the gates have ladders for tourists to climb onto the towers to appreciate the magnificent panoramic of this beautiful city.




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