Jiangling, also known as Jingzhou City. Today, it is the seat of Jingzhou City and Jingzhou District People's Government. Located in the south of central Hubei Province, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the west of Jianghan Plain, bordering the Yangtze River in the south, Hanshui River in the north, Bashu in the west and Hunan and Guangdong in Nantong, it was called "the thoroughfare of seven provinces" in ancient times.
From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, 34 emperors established their capitals here, which lasted 5 15 years. The city consists of brick walls, earth walls and moats. The existing brick city is the building of Amin and Qing Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the official residence of the Chu ship and the palace of Zhu Gong, the king of Chu. When the city was founded is unknown. After Qin destroyed Chu, it became an important town that sealed the king's house in previous dynasties. According to legend, Guan Yu, the general of Shu in the Three Kingdoms, once built a new city next to the old city. In the eighth year of Jin Yonghe (AD 352), Huan Wen supervised Jingzhou and merged the old city and the new city into one. In the second year (AD 9 12), Gao Jixing, the envoy of Jingzhou, claimed to be the King of Jiangling and built Nanping, which led more than 10 people to build a heavy city and send bricks to Wuli Tomb abroad. In the first year (AD 9 12), the surname Ji sent the capital to instruct Ni Xiuguo. In the second year of the later Tang Dynasty (AD 927), during the Southern Song Dynasty, many cities collapsed and Anfu sent for the building of a brick city, 21 Li. In the 13th year of Yuan Dynasty (1276), Kublai Khan captured Jingzhou and destroyed the city. In the twenty-fourth year of Zheng Zheng (1364), Pingzhang Jin Yang was still restored, and it was 38 1 step for eighteen weeks. In the 16th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1643), Zhang captured Jiangling and demolished the city wall again. In the third year of Qing Shunzhi (1646), the old base was used for reconstruction. After that, it was repaired many times. Today, the city is well preserved, including six groups of gate buildings, three hidden soldier caves and twenty-four enemy towers. The wall is 8-9m high and10m thick. According to preliminary measurement, the circumference exceeds 10 km. The lower part of the city wall is made of stone, and the wall shell is made of huge city bricks. The inside of the wall and the foot of the wall are caulked with lime glutinous rice slurry, which is strong and abnormal. The city wall is long from east to west, short from north to south and polygonal. Competing according to the terrain, winding along the lake and marsh, overlooking as far as the eye can see, the water is like a plain, and the city is like Youlong.
Jiangling has abundant rainfall and fertile land. As early as four or five thousand years ago in the Neolithic Age, rice was widely planted. Jiangling is rich in products and prosperous in economy. During the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the largest and most prosperous metropolis in southern China. The political, economic and cultural center of Chu in its heyday has always been in Jiangling. Since ancient times, Jiangling has gathered talents and celebrities. The prosperous city of Jinan is the cultural center of Chu State.
There are many ancient buildings in Jingzhou, including Taihui Temple, Yuanming Temple, Kaiyuan Temple, Toujiashan, Dianjiangtai, Luoxiao Mountain and Fanfeng. Taihui Temple was built by Xiang Wang Bai Zhu in the 26th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1393). The main building, Jin Dian, stands on a high platform, with towering pavilions, painted beams and covered with copper tiles. It is called "Little Jinding" and "Saiwudang".
Jiangling is a well-known place name with rich intangible assets. The Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's Xiajiangling and the poet Du Fu's Wangjiangling made Jiangling famous at home and abroad. "A thousand miles in Jiangling will be returned in one day" is a well-known phrase among Chinese at home and abroad. As for other poets and poets who wrote Jiangling poems, there are countless more.
202 1 1, Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Department announced that jiangling county was the second batch of innovative county (city, district) construction units in Hubei Province.
In May, 2020, the second batch of agricultural products quality and safety counties in Hubei Province were released, and jiangling county was on the list.
June, 5438+October, 2020/KLOC-0, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named jiangling county as the National Garden County in 20 19.
2065438+091October, 165438, jiangling county was named as the national "Four Good Rural Roads" demonstration county.
2065438+In August 2008, jiangling county won the honor of the fourth batch of advanced units in legal counties and cities in China.
On February 20 17, jiangling county was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 16.