FIND CHINA introduces Jingzhou(Jiangjin)

Jingzhou is a city in the Hubei province of the People's Republic of China, on the banks of the Yangtze River. The municipality has an area of 14,067 km². It is higher on the west and lower on the east. A network of waterways, as well as lakes densely covered with Winding Rivers. Jingzhou is located on the middle reaches of the Chang Jiang, in the Jianghan Plain. To its east there is Wuhan, to its west there are the Three Gorges, to its south there is Hunan province and to its north there is Jingmen city.

Jingzhou has subtropical humid monsoon climate with four seasons clearly demarcated and very pleasant in autumns, plenty of sunshine.

In Jingzhou numerous sites have been preserved from the Chu State period, including the ruins of five Chu cities, 73 sites of the Chu Culture and more than 800 large ancient tombs, including those of 18 Chu kings. There are also historical sites from the Three Kingdoms period, such as the Wulin Battlefield (Battle of Red Cliffs), Huarong Path and the place where Army Commander Zhou Yu was humiliated for three times.

The Jingzhou food is an esentual contribution to Hubei cuisine.

The journey from Wuhan to Jingzhou takes three hours by bus on the highway. .