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Jingzhou City, carrying out "Waist-building Project" and to forge a significant growth pole of Yangtze River Economy Belt in Hubei,  is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei Province. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on the Jianghan Plain, Jingzhou is close to the Golden Waterway, with Wuhan to the east, Yichang south, and Jingmen city north, as well as bordering on the Three Gorges. It is identified as National Historical and Cultural City, China's Excellent Tourist City, National Garden City, National Double-Support Model City. 
Facts of Jingzhou
Chinese Name: 荆州 (jīng zhōu)
Population: 5,739,400
Area: 5,446 square miles (14,104 square kilometers)
Nationalities: Han, Hui, Manchu, Tujia, Miao and Mongolian
Administrative Division: Jingzhou has jurisdiction over two districts, three county-level cities and three counties: Jingzhou District, Shashi District, Shishou City, Honghu City, Jiangling County, Gong'an County, Jianli County and Jingzhou Economic and Technological Development District.

History of Jingzhou
Jingzhou Anicent City was originally one of the birth places of the culture of Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC) and Warring State Period (476 BC-220 BC), which left extremely valuable cultural relics from their 400 plus years' reign equally comparable with the ancient Greek and Roman culture. In the Three Kingdom Period (220-589), the city was the focus of many disputes and wars. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420), the city had been established as the capital by 11 emperors in all, making it the political centre in China for more than 100 years.

What to see in Jingzhou?
Being an ancient cultural city with a long history of more than two thousand years, Jingzhou is an important tourism city in Hubei Province. It is famous for the Ancient City of Jingzhou which lays in the south of the centre of Hubei Province and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Other attractions include: Mt. Balingshan,Honghu Lake, Juzhanghe River, Changhu Lake, Songzihe River, Jingjiang River, Huduhe River...

Jingzhou Ancient City	Jingzhou Museum	Guandi Temple,Jingzhou
Jingzhou Longevity Pagoda	Guangong Righteousness Park	Zhang Juzheng Former Residence

Jingzhou is It was originally one of the birth places of the culture of Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-476 BC) and Warring State Period (476 BC-220 BC), which left extremely valuable cultural relics from their 400 plus years' reign equally comparable with the ancient Greek and Roman culture.

When to visit Jingzhou?
Spring and Autumn are the best period to see Jingzhou. Because It is higher west and lower east  densely cover by the network of waterway, as well as lakes; with winding river course. Jingzhou has subtropical humid monsoon climate with four seasons clearly demarcated. Cloudy and sunny days are not certain in spring, it is humid and hot in summer, fine autumns, and dry cold winter. There is plenty of sunshine in Jingzhou and the frost free period is 220-300 days.

How to get to Jingzhou?
Jingzhou is one of the important cities along the Yangtze River. In addition to Jingzhou's important river port along the Yangtze, expressways and a bridge across the Yangtze provide the city with easy access to Hubei's other major cities. State Highway 318, State Highway 207, the Yichang-Huangshi Highway as well as 14 province-level highways lead away from the city in all directions. 
Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railway and Jingmen-Shashi Railway also connect the city with other cities throughout China. Yanka Port in Jingzhou is the third largest port in the middle and upper reaches of Yangtze River, after Wuhan and Chongqing.
Striving to be the "Steel Waist"of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Jingzhou government is putting their effort into industry cultivating, traffic building, and city construction. In the near future, a city, named Jingzhou, will be unveiled to the world with its economic strength ,vitality and enchantment .

Jingzhou Travel Tips
Shopping in Jingzhou
Jingzhou, which was crowned as "land of fish and rice","the granary of China" , has plenty of resources and products. It is the core area superior agricultural resource and a comprehensive agricultural production base of China. Food production of Jingzhou accounts for about one percent of the country's .The city also produces large quantities of cotton and oil plants, which supply the local needs of the province and are also shipped elsewhere. An agricultural products processing industry system (such as cotton, grain, oil, fruit, vegetable, Livestock And Poultry, fish, forest and paper) has been formed in Jingzhou.
Jingzhou International Dragon Boat Festival: It is held in the first week of May for the memorial of Qu Yuan, a famous patriot of Chu State who jumped into the Miluo River.
Highlights In Jingzhou : the Shashi Jing Satin; the Shashi basin and plate golden painted.