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Jingzhou City
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.
Ancient City
In the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 B.C.) 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 one is extended in the Qing
Dynasty and known as the best preserved.
 The solid rampart surrounded by moats boast as a
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.
Jingzhou Museum
Situated in Jingzhou Zhong Lu, Jingzhou Museum 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.
Exhibition Hall and Treasure Hall are worth a visit.
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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