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Jingzhou Ancient City 荆州古城Jīngzhōu Gǔchéng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Jingzhou, Hubei
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Jingzhou
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Jingzhou Ancient City
Jingzhou's old town is enclosed by a brick-faced rampart about 8.8 m high, rebuilt in 1646 on Ming foundations and regarded as one of the best-preserved city walls in southern China. Gate towers such as Binyang Tower on the east side mark the old gates, and the old town also holds the Jingzhou Museum, Taoist temples and shrines to the Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu. The area is tied to Three Kingdoms stories such as Liu Bei 'borrowing' Jingzhou and Guan Yu's defeat here, and the wall is on China's tentative World Heritage list.
How to get to Jingzhou Ancient City
In central Jingzhou District, about 3 km from Jingzhou railway station by taxi or city bus.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Three Taoist Temples of Jingzhou 荆州三观 (under 10 km), Jingzhou Museum 荆州博物馆 (under 10 km), Wanshou Pagoda 万寿宝塔 (under 10 km), Jingzhou Ocean World 荆州海洋世界 (under 10 km), Jinan City of Chu 楚纪南故城 (under 10 km), Jingzhou Garden Expo Park 荆州园博园 (under 10 km).
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