Jingzhou Ancient City

Jingzhou Ancient City
Ancient building
Binyang Tower

The ancient city of Jingzhou, known as the Ancient Jiangling City, is located at Zhangjuzheng Street, Jingzhou District, Jingyang City.

The east–west diameter of Jingzhou ancient city is 3.75 kilometers (2.33 mi), the north–south diameter is 1.2 kilometers, with a total area of 4.5 km² (1.7 sq mi). The city wall has a perimeter of 10.5 kilometers (6.5 mi) and a height of 8.83 meters (29.0 ft). There are six city gates, each of which has a tower. Bricks of the city wall are about one meter (3 ft 3 in) thick. The inner wall is built with rammed earth, and the lower part is about 9 meters (30 ft) wide. The city wall is 9 meters (30 ft) high and 11.281 km (7.01 mi) in circumference. The wall is built with special blue bricks and lime glutinous rice slurry.

The ancient city wall of Jingzhou was built in the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period. It used to be the official ship dock and palace of Chu State, and later became the foundation of Jiangling County, where the first city outline appeared. After more than 350 years, most of the existing ancient city walls were built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The present ancient city is the remnants of the reconstruction of the Ming and Qing dynasties.^[1][2]