Atlas of China
Qianjiang 潜江Qiánjiāng
China's crayfish town, on the Jianghan Plain above an oilfield
- Type
- County-level Cityadministered directly by Hubei
- Region
- Hubei
- Listed sites
- 11 rated 4A · 1 national heritage
About Qianjiang
Qianjiang is a flat, lake-dotted city on the Jianghan Plain, governed directly by the province, that grew with the Jianghan Oilfield beneath its fields. It is best known across China for crayfish, cooked in spicy heaps and celebrated as the city's signature industry. The Longwan site park shows the excavated base of a Chu royal palace terrace of the Eastern Zhou, often identified with the Zhanghua Terrace of the old texts.
What to eat in Qianjiang
- Qianjiang crayfish (潜江龙虾)
Listed sites in Qianjiang
1 site in Qianjiang is on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Longwan Archaeological Site Park 龙湾国家考古遗址公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The park preserves the Longwan site, the remains of a Chu detached palace-and-garden complex of the Eastern Zhou period that archaeologists think may be the Zhanghua Terrace, centred on the Fangyingtai mound.
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