Ancient Yiling is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province. * * * governs 5 municipal districts, 3 county-level cities, 3 counties and 2 autonomous counties. Yichang is located in the middle of China, at the junction of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwest of Hubei Province, and is known as the "gateway of the Three Gorges" and "the throat of Sichuan and Hubei". Yichang was called "Yiling" in ancient times, named after "water is here, mountains are here".

Yichang is located in the middle of China, at the junction of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the southwest of Hubei Province, and is known as the "gateway to the Three Gorges" and "the throat of Sichuan and Hubei". Yichang was called "Yiling" in ancient times, named after "water is here, mountains are here".

In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Yichang, meaning "suitable for prosperity". Yichang is the hometown of Qu Yuan, a world historical and cultural celebrity, and Wang Zhaojun, an ancient messenger of national unity. Yichang is the location of the Three Gorges Project and Gezhouba Water Control Project, and is known as the "hydropower capital of the world".