Yellow Crane Tower Park

The present Yellow Crane Tower is a modern building that was built in the 1980s after the old Yellow Crane Tower was destroyed to make way for the Changjiang River Bridge that was completed in 1957. The original site was on a hill next to the river. The new building was built on a hill about a kilometer away from the river. The original building was a pagoda made of wood, and the new one is pagoda-style building made of concrete. It is a part of a small park area on the hill called Snake Hill ... View Detail

Chibi Ancient Battlefield

The Chibi Ancient Battlefield Scenic Area is constituted by three mountains-Chibi Mountain, Nanping Mountain and Jinluan Mountain. Its main views are as follows:Cliffside InscriptionThere are two words "Chi Bi" on the cliff of Chibi Mountain which border on the river. According to the Hubei Records, after Zhou Yu won a victory in the Chibi Battle, he wrote down these two words when he saw the cliff by the river glowed with the light of the great fire. Each word is 150 centimeters long ... View Detail

Jingzhou Ancient City

Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei, People's Republic of China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. As of the 2010 census, its total population is 5,691,707, 1,154,086 of whom reside in the built-up area made of 3 urban districts.Jingzhou occupies an area of 14,067 square kilometres (5,431 sq mi) with its topography rising from east to west. It is densely covered by a network of waterways, as well as lakes, and is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River ... View Detail

Dong Tomb

The Tomb of Dong Yong is located beside the Dong Lake 2.5km away from the western of Jiaogan City, with the tomb of his father on the right side. It is said that, in the old time, many people came round and looked forward, reparied it repeatedly, but later it became deserted gradually. There are two stone tablets, one is 2.1m high and 0.9m wide, and in the middle is carved "Han Xiao Zi Dong Gong Yong Mu" (Han dutiful son Dong's tomb); The other one is 1.4m high and 0.5m wide, and ... View Detail

Ling was

Located in Zhongxiang of Hubei, Mingxian Tomb is a national key relics protection site. It is the largest and best-preserved mono-structural imperatorial tomb. The construction started in 1519 and was completed in 1540, and the location of Mingxian Tomb was carefully selected according to Chinese geomantic theory.Mingxian Tomb as a world cultural heritage is just in Chengzhong area of the city, also there are the state level key historical relic protection units: Yuan you Palace, Yangchun ... View Detail

Erqi Martyrs Monument

Er Qi Martyr Monument is located in the Er Qi Revolution Memorial Hall. It is set up for commermorating the martyrs who sacrificed in Er Qi Gerneral Strike.The steles are built by granite. On the surface of the steles are engraved "Er Qi Lie Shi Ji Nian Bei" (Er Qi Martyr Monument) by Mao Zedong. All sides of the steles are studded with white marble relief sculpture art adornment, symboled for the workers and peasants and the united front, the design of the torch high revolution; on ... View Detail

Flood Control Monument

It is located in the bank of Binjiang Park Hankou, Wuhan. It is built in 1969 for commemorating flood prevention in 1954.Flood Control Monument faces the river and its stylobate is 4.9m high. On the main face and two sides are set lenient footstep and setting guardrails all around. The body of the stele is 37m high and it peaks a red star with the diameter is 1.8m. The main face of the stele body is inlayed oyster white marble, and on it, there is a inscription by Mao Zedong. The red ceramic ... View Detail

Chu Jinan Old City

Old city of chujinan, also known as Ying JI, as a national key cultural relic protection units. In the North of Jiangling District in Jingzhou city 5 km, in the mountains south of the JI, thus come the name, is the spring and autumn and warring States period state capital. Chuwenwangyuannian (689 BC) "started Ying" to hectare King Xiang of Chu 21 years (278 BC) white pulling Ying Qin, King found a capital of 20 generations, more than 400 years, is the political, economic, and feet of ... View Detail

Chu city ruins

The City of the Chu Emperor Site is located in esternsuburbs Yunmeng County Town. When Wu and Chu made war in Period of Autumn and Spring, King Chu ordered his son to build this town.The archaeology department confirmed that coils with a total area of 3.7 square kilometers, part of the remaining wall surface soil higher than 2.7 meters, and there also had the gates address, moat, drainage channel and platform. From 1m of the cultural level, the cultural relic from Shang Dynasty to Qin and Han ... View Detail

Stay yunting

Liuyun Pavilion is located in the top of Kui Mountain, southern of Yangze River Jinkou Town Jiangxia District. The legend was said that the Bodhidarma was boating there. So called Bodhidarma Pavilion.Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th/6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Ch'an to China, and regarded as the first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation ... View Detail