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Jingmen 荆门Jīngmén
A Ming emperor's tomb for his father, and the fields of a Neolithic culture
About Jingmen
Jingmen, the 'gate to Jingzhou', spreads over the low hills and Han River farmland of central Hubei. At Zhongxiang stands the Xianling Tomb, built for the father of the Jiajing Emperor and listed by UNESCO with the other Ming and Qing imperial tombs, with a winding dragon-shaped spirit way and two burial mounds. At Qujialing, a museum and site park mark the type site of a Neolithic farming culture of the middle Yangtze, known for its eggshell-thin painted pottery.
What to eat in Jingmen
- Zhongxiang panlong dish (钟祥蟠龙菜)
Listed sites in Jingmen
14 sites in Jingmen are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Xianling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty 明显陵 5A scenic area · National heritage site
The joint tomb of Zhu Youyuan, a Ming prince, and his wife, rebuilt to imperial standard after their son became the Jiajing Emperor and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000 with other Ming and Qing imperial tombs. - Geek Park, Jingmen 极客公园 4A scenic area · on the map
An aviation-themed park inside the iFlyer (Aifeike) Aviation Town in Jingmen's Zhanghe New Area, described as an aircraft museum. - Huangxian Cave 黄仙洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A karst cave in Kedian town, on the Dahong Mountain side of Zhongxiang, about 2.6 km long and known for a large hall of rimstone pools and other stalactite formations. - Huiyuan Nonggu Experience Park 汇源农谷体验园 4A scenic area · on the map
An agricultural experience park inside Dakou National Forest Park in Zhongxiang, certified as a 4A scenic area in July 2020. - Jingmen Garden Expo Park 荆门园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped park of about 140 hectares in south-west Jingmen, built on a former coal-mine subsidence area and construction-waste landfill and opened in April 2022 as the main venue of the third Hubei Garden Expo. - Lulin Mountain Scenic Area 绿林山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area at Lulin town in northern Jingshan, on the Dahong Mountain side, tied by local tradition to the Lulin peasant uprising of AD 17 against Wang Mang's Xin dynasty, which gave Chinese the phrase for outlaws of the green forest. - Pengdun Rural World 彭墩乡村世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural-tourism site in and around Pengdun village in Shipai town, built around modern farming and village life. - Qujialing Site and Archaeological Park 屈家岭遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The type site of the Qujialing culture, a Neolithic farming culture of the middle Yangtze, where a village some 5,000 years old yielded carbonised rice and painted pottery cups of eggshell thinness. - Shengjingshan Eco-tourism Area 圣境山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill and woodland eco-tourism area on the edge of Jingmen, best known for paragliding, with launch points, a large purpose-built landing ground and a training base that runs multi-day courses. - Taizishan National Forest Park 太子山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the hills of south-western Jingshan, with wooded walking trails. - Zhanghe Reservoir 漳河风景区 4A scenic area
A large reservoir on the Zhanghe river west of Jingmen, built between 1958 and 1966 mainly for irrigation and water supply, with islands and many inlets across about 100 square kilometres of water. - Site of the CPC Henan-Hubei Border Region Committee 中共豫鄂边区委员会旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A preserved former headquarters in Jingshan of the Henan-Hubei Border Region Committee, the Communist Party committee of the Henan-Hubei border base area during the war against Japan. - Sujialong Tombs and Site Park 苏家垄墓群 National heritage site · on the map
A cemetery, settlement and bronze-working site of the Zeng state, a vassal of the Zhou dynasty, excavated in the 2010s, with inscribed bronzes, chariot-and-horse pits and the remains of a bronze-smelting workshop. - Wenfeng Pagoda, Zhongxiang 钟祥文风塔 National heritage site
A white-painted Buddhist pagoda of the rare bowl-and-spire (fubo) stupa type, standing in the grounds of Bao'en Temple on Longshan hill in Zhongxiang.
On the map
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