Jingzhou to the original territory of the meandering towering Jing Mountain and named. 1949 July established Jingzhou administrative district inspectors commissioner's office, the rule of Jiangling County, Jingzhou town. In the same month, the analysis of jiangling of sand city city, belonging to the provincial municipalities. 1955, the city of sand city to jingzhou special department jurisdiction. 1979, the city of sand city back to the provincial municipalities. 1983, jingmen county to jingmen city, for the provincial municipalities. 1994 by the state council approval, the abolition of jingzhou area, sand city, the merger of the city of jingsha, qianjiang, xiantao, tianmen city out of the provincial municipalities. 1996 renamed jingzhou, jingshan county, jongxiang city to jingzhou city. Jingshan County, Zhongxiang City transferred out. Municipal government in Shashi city.
Second, the location of the region:
Jingzhou City is located in the east longitude 111 ° 150-114 ° 050, latitude 29 ° 260-31 ° 370. Located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, the hinterland of the Jianghan Plain, the Yangtze River crosses the city from west to east, the total length of 483 kilometers. Jingzhou is connected to Wuhan in the east, Yichang in the west, Changde in the south, Jingmen and Fan in the north. It has a total area of 14,100 square kilometers, of which the plains and lakes account for 78.7% and the hills and low mountains account for 21.1%. The city's jurisdiction over Jingzhou, Shashi 2 districts and Jiangling, Public Security, Supervision of 3 counties, the escrow Songzi, Shishou, Honghu 3 cities, under the 119 townships, 18 street offices, *** there are 3,398 villages (neighborhood) committees, 24,835 villagers group.
Three, population ethnicity:
Jingzhou City is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Hubei Province.
The city has a total population of 6,421,000, with a population density of 456 people per square kilometer, accounting for 10.7% of the total population of Hubei Province. The city's urban population exceeds 2 million, accounting for 33.0% of the total population. The center of the city covers an area of 54 square kilometers, with a population of 750,000 people.
Fourth, history and culture:
Jingzhou people, rich in produce, a long history, cultural splendor, since ancient times, there is a state of culture, the home of fish and rice reputation.
Jingzhou is the State Council announced the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, 20 generations of Vietnamese kings set their capital at Jingzhou for 411 years. Chu ancestors have created a culture comparable to that of Athens in ancient Greece, Jingzhou unearthed the silk of the Warring States, King Goujian sword and a full set of stone chimes and bells, all reflecting the glitter of the Chu culture. The great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, "a brilliant" politician Chu Zhuangwang, Chu famous prime minister Sun Shu Ao and so on, are from the land of Jingzhou on the stage of history.
Jingzhou is the birthplace of the Three Kingdoms culture, 120 "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are 82 times written to Jingzhou.
Jingzhou is the birthplace of the Three Kingdoms culture, with 82 of the 120 "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written about it. "The city is full of Three Kingdoms scenic spots, and the well-preserved 10.5-kilometer-long Jingzhou Ancient City Wall is regarded as the unparalleled perfection of Jiangnan, China". 1992 excavation of the Jigong Mountain Wengong site was appraised by the archaeological community as the "China's first, the world's rare! "
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Jingzhou is also the birthplace of China's dragon boat culture, the annual "China Jingzhou International Dragon Boat Festival", has become Jingzhou unique cultural spleen, an important carrier to expand openness and the city's people's grand festival.
V. Economic development:
Jingzhou is a city full of business opportunities.
Since ancient times, Jingzhou is the place where merchants gather. As early as in the Han Dynasty, Jingzhou is one of the country's top ten commercial capitals; in modern times, Jingzhou is China's earliest foreign trade river port city, Jingzhou Shashi as early as in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War after the Chongqing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, together with the designated as ports of commerce.
Today's Jingzhou City, located in the central and western development of the front line, unique location advantages. For the country's "four major growth poles" cross axis of the intersection of the region, from Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chongqing are about 1,000 kilometers. Jingzhou City is an important national production base of agricultural commodities and textile, chemical base, is a city full of business opportunities, full of vitality, full of hope.
Six, tourism:
Jingzhou is China's outstanding tourist city. Jingzhou tourism resources are unique, cultural tourism, ecotourism is a great sight. The city's tourist attractions present "a city of three" pattern. "One city" is the famous Jingzhou Ancient City, in which Ji'nan City, Guan Gong Temple, Zhanghua Temple, Wulin Ancient City Field, Huarong Road and other humanistic landscapes are everlasting, Jingzhou Museum was named one of the first national "4A" museums, ranking first in the country's prefectural and municipal museums, with a collection of more than 120,000 cultural relics. The collection of cultural relics reaches more than 120,000 pieces, of which nearly 300 pieces (sets) are national-level cultural relics, such as ancient corpses of the Western Han Dynasty. The center of the city's ancient city park, Jiulongyuan Park, Phoenix Square, Shalonda Square, Kale Theatre and Olympic Sports Center and a number of landmark projects have been completed. "Three pieces" that is, in recent years, the newly developed Songzi Bac Guan Shui Scenic Area, Honghu Fisherman's Resort and Shishou Swan Island Elk Nature Reserve. Jingzhou territory, mountains and water show, lakes, is a typical water garden city, the natural ecological landscape is unforgettable. "A song of Honghu Lake water, sung all over the world", Honghu Lake, Qujiawan, Zhou Laozui and other former sites of the Xiang-E Revolutionary Base has been included in the national patriotic education base. "New, green, beautiful" water garden city scenery, "high, big, special" modern buildings and historical and cultural city charm, so that the ancient city of Jingzhou glow with a new luster.
Seven, terrain and geomorphology:
Jingzhou City to the plains as the main area, 20-50 meters above sea level, the relative height of 20 meters below. Hills are mainly located in the old city of Songzi City, Wangjiaqiao, Sijiachang and Jingzhou District, Chuandian, Baling, Shishou City, Peach Blossom Hill, etc., with an elevation of 100-500 meters, the relative 50- 100 meters, low mountains are mainly located in the southwestern part of Songzi City, with an elevation of about 500 meters.
Rivers are intertwined and lakes are densely populated. The city has nearly 100 large and small rivers, all belonging to the Yangtze River system, mainly the Yangtze River and its tributaries Songzi River, Hudu River, Lotus Pond River, Tuning River and so on. Jingzhou lakes, the city has more than 30 lakes of more than 1,000 mu. Total area of 80,000 hectares, of which Honghu Lake is the largest lake in Hubei Province, with a total area of 35,000 hectares, followed by Changhu Lake, with a total area of 12,000 hectares. Due to the continuous siltation of the main channel of the Yangtze River, resulting in the Jingjiang section of the "Hanging River".
History of Jingzhou:
Jingzhou is one of the ancient "nine states", between Jing Mountain and Heng Mountain. In Han, it was one of the thirteen assassins' ministries. Jurisdiction is equivalent to the present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces and part of Henan, Guizhou, Guizhou and Guangdong; after the end of the Han Dynasty, the jurisdiction is gradually smaller. The Eastern Jin Dynasty decided to rule Jiangling (now belongs to Hubei), which was a major town in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River at that time and during the Southern Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties set up the government, later abolished.
The name of the state in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Jurisdiction of the county seven, county one hundred and seventeen. The seat of Hanshou County, in present-day Hanshou County, Hunan Province, north. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Xiangyang County was moved to Xiangfan City in present-day Hubei Province. The area under its jurisdiction corresponds to most of present-day Hubei and Hunan, and a small part of Henan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
Nine, tourist attractions:
1, the ancient city wall: "Hou Han Shu - Geography" records, Jingzhou ancient city wall construction history, can be traced back to more than 2,800 years ago in the period of King Li of Zhou. By the latest ancient city wall archaeological excavations in kind scientific verification: Jingzhou ancient city wall is China's longest continuation of the era, across the most dynasties, the development of the evolution of the only ancient city wall from the earth city. 1998 March, archaeologists have unearthed the Song Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period of the Brick City; the two Jin Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms period of the earth city. Superimposed on the current wall 10 meters below the discovery of the Five Dynasties brick city, so that the Jingzhou City brick city construction history from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty is generally accepted, and back more than 400 years. The archaeological excavation also confirmed: from the three kingdoms era, jingzhou ancient city wall has not happened big change, shift distance only in the range of about 50 meters; earth city wall is far earlier than the brick city wall. 2000 August, archaeologists in jingzhou city small north side of the gate, found a section of nearly 20 meters long of the ming dynasty chenghua years of rammed lime glutinous rice slurry city wall. This section of the city wall, although after more than 500 years, is still as solid as a disk stone, rare in the world.
The majestic Brick City, now towering in front of people, was built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Brick City winding upright, complete and strong, is China's capital city in the best-preserved ancient city wall. Brick City is about 1 meter thick, the inner wall is rammed with earth, and the lower part is about 9 meters wide. The outside of the wall with stone and brick masonry. Brick city height of 9 meters, circumference of 11,281 meters. Brick city wall with special green brick plus lime glutinous rice paste masonry. The special large green brick weighs about 4 kilograms each, and some of them are burned with text. Visitors can see some of the text bricks that have been taken protective measures on the horse path climbing up the East Gate tower. The bricks contain information about the government, officials and time when the bricks were made. From the text of the brick records of the origin, the city brick is not only from the original Jingzhou region, E Yu and Shaanxi provinces junction of all state, Hunan, Guizhou and Guizhou provinces junction of Jingzhou, Jiangxi Province, Chaling and Hunan province have the text of the brick laid on the Jingzhou city wall. Text brick is Jingzhou ancient city wall construction history rare archive evidence. At the same time is also people visiting the ancient city to appreciate the study of another special landscape.
Jingzhou ancient city wall around, the original city gate 6, namely the east gate, small east gate (also known as public security door), north gate, small north gate, west gate, south gate. Each gate are set up "double insurance", before and after the two doors, the two doors built between the urns, in order to "catch a turtle in a jar", to the attack on the enemy in the dead. In order to ease the traffic in the city, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the city opened three new gates, namely, the new East Gate, the new South Gate, the new North Gate. The newly opened gates are all without urns. 6 ancient city gates were originally built on the city building, now only the East Gate and the Great North Gate two have a city building. Therefore, the best place to visit to appreciate the elegance of the ancient city wall is the East Gate and the Great North Gate. The East Gate is also known as "Yinbin Gate". The city tower is "Binyang Lou", which was built in the Ming Dynasty, and the current tower was rebuilt in 1988. The east gate was the gate to welcome envoys and guests. Therefore, the gate tower is spectacular and the urn is the largest. Dabeimen, also known as Gongjimen, was the exit of the ancient post road leading to the Central Plains and the capital, where people used to send their friends and relatives on long journeys with the gift of a willow, wishing for peace and safety, so Dabeimen was also known as the Willow Gate. Dabeimen tower name "Chaozong floor", the tower ridge square below the book has rebuilt the time of this building: the Qing dynasty Daoguang eighteen years of age wuxu in September of polyoxyethylene nonyl phenyl Xu early ten wuxin auspicious time Ding Si time rebuilt. Great North Gate tower is the only surviving ancient city wall tower ancient architecture. This building is simple and spectacular, the movie "Little Flower", "Roads and Roads", "Bells of War" and so on have been filmed in this location. Binyang Building and Chaozong Building are equipped with staircases, visitors can climb up to look down on the ancient city's charm.
Jingzhou Ancient City Wall as a large-scale military fortifications in ancient times, in addition to tall and sturdy walls and urns and other buildings, there are many supporting military facilities above the wall, now survives and the most combat defense function, the most distinctive features to be hidden in the number of four hidden caves, east, west, north and south of a, each 10.5 meters long, 6.3 meters wide, 6 meters deep, divided into two layers, can accommodate more than 100 people. Each layer also has a small hiding hole. Each level and small hiding holes, each small hole can accommodate 2 people, holes are shot holes. The wall where the hiding hole is located is rectangular protruding outward, on the attacking enemy, can be shot from three sides of the hole dark arrows, so that they are caught off guard. Cave of hidden troops constructed exquisite, chic, visitors to the public security gate attractions to the south of more than 100 meters can be viewed to appreciate the Jingzhou ancient city wall of this unique military facilities style. Jingzhou city is ancient and has gone through vicissitudes, now the ancient city has been loved by the people. The construction of a large park around the city has added a new landscape rich in connotations to this national historical and cultural city: pedestrians on the walls, cars on the inner ring road, horses on the outer ring road, and boats on the moat. The ancient Jingzhou City is glowing with new youth and more charming color.
2, Jingzhou Museum: is a local comprehensive museum. The museum with its beautiful environment, rich collection of cultural relics and unique regional characteristics of cultural relics on display, as well as archaeological research fruitful and renowned at home and abroad. 1994 by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage experts, the museum won the national prefecture-level "top ten museums," the reputation. Jingzhou Museum with the construction of various projects, the excavation of more than 120,000 pieces of precious relics. Among them, there are a variety of prehistoric jade ornaments; there are unique, the quality of the number of the most domestic silk of the Warring States; there are cold light flashes, color as new four generations of the Yue Wang sword, King Wu Fu-chai spear; colorful, exquisite craftsmanship of the warring states, Qin and Han lacquerware; known to our country is also the world's earliest mathematical monographs, "book of mathematics" and Xiaoxiao and "two years of law making "two years of law" of the early Han Dynasty and other documents; have so far preserved the oldest and most intact male corpse of the Western Han Dynasty. These rare treasures attract many Chinese and foreign tourists, Jingzhou Museum has also become the Jingzhou City, the "first window" of tourism.
a, the museum in 1975 in the former capital of chu jinan city unearthed a male corpse of the western han dynasty and its coffin, burial goods. According to the tomb unearthed text records, the dead name "Sui", Jiangling people, the official "five big doctors", buried in the thirteenth year of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, earlier than Changsha Mawangdui Han Tomb female body. The male body buried in the ground for more than 2000 years and does not rot, the world is rare. Its main reason lies in the deep burial, sealed, the tomb room in the long-term anoxia and constant temperature in a stable environment, the inner coffin 100,000 milliliters of mercury sulfide and other components of the coffin liquid, with inhibition, sterilization effect. The coffin and two coffins of the male body are also well-preserved, and the large coffin room and two sets of coffins show the noble status of the owner. Hundreds of burial objects on display, there are called "the world's first" two chic style, preservation of the longest period of time is still intact items: hemp skirt and hemp shoes, exceptionally valuable.
b, on display in January 1982 in the former Jiangling County, Mashan brick factory in the excavation of the Chu Tomb No. 1, a number of late Warring States silk, yarn, Luo, brocade and other silk weaving embroidery, including clothing, pants, coveralls, ribbons and other finished products. Some of these silk fabrics are as thin as a cicada's wings, light as a cage of smoke; some embroidered birds and animals, lifelike; some colorful, colorful; some warp and weft density, beyond imagination, dense than today's parachute. Silk weaving is rich in protein, extremely difficult to preserve for a long time. Mashan one tomb unearthed this batch of silk fabrics of its age, the number of early, well preserved, craftsmanship, can be called "the most". Jingzhou Museum is also known as the "Silk Treasury" reputation.
c, Jingzhou Museum excavations unearthed more than 10,000 pieces of Warring States, Qin and Han lacquerware, is the largest collection of ancient lacquerware museum. Ancient lacquerware, a variety of varieties, on the tire, there are three kinds of wood, ceramic tires and hemp tires; from the use, there are a variety of dietary appliances, such as a variety of wine utensils; entertainment equipment, such as the qin and seals; weapons, such as wooden shields; and to avoid the evil things such as the beasts of the tomb, and so on. These ancient lacquerware in the underground after more than 2000 years of well-preserved, it is rare; especially valuable is the display of more than 200 sets of ancient lacquerware chic and vivid shape, the composition of delicate and bright, bright colors such as the new, has a very high historical value and artistic value, is a rare treasure in the treasure.
d, Chu music show is Jingzhou Museum unique development projects. Chu is the precipitation and collection of song history and culture. Here, people can not only enjoy watching the famous general of Shu Guan Yu that weighs more than a hundred pounds of green dragon crescent sword and mount red rabbit horse special stone trough and the legend of Cao Cao's oversized marching pots, but also enjoy the appreciation of the Kaiyuan Guan in the art of China's ancient architectural style.
3, Iron Maiden Temple: located in the ancient city of Jiangling Middle School west of a deep alley, was built in the Tang ZhenGuan years. It is rumored that the construction of the temple is related to a bitter and touching legend.
The legend says that in the Tang Dynasty, Jingzhou has a branch of the iron smelting official history Sun Kun, the family has two like a flower like jade age daughter, his boss coveted for a long time, want to dominate as a concubine. Sun iron official and two women do not come from, so their superiors were infuriated, excuse the crime of Sun iron official, so that it was sent to prison. The two daughters heard, the heart of the courage to crack, indignation for their father to voice their grievances, but how to protect the officials, there is no way to file a complaint. Only with the death of resistance, both cast iron furnace and died, and turned into two flesh and blood of the iron woman. This incident shook the whole country, the emperor was touched, Sun Tieguan finally acquitted and released. The townspeople sympathized with the two women to save their father's life, so they voluntarily raised funds to build the Iron Maiden Temple. In this regard, the Ming Dynasty Liao Wang Zhu Zhizhi feudal Jingzhou when compiled "Iron Lady Temple Tablet" has a detailed account.
4, Wanshou Pagoda: stands in the first iso of the Yangtze River - Jingjiang River embankment Guanyin iso on top of the head of the seventh generation of the Ming Dynasty, Liao Wang Zhu Xian fire (section) feudal Jingzhou, in the twenty-seventh year of the Jiajing (A.D. 1548) in accordance with the order of the first mother of the Mao Taifei, for the Jiajing Emperor to pray for the life of the construction of the 4-year period. It is another important ancient building in Hubei Province, which was announced as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in the province by the People's Government of Hubei Province in 1956.
Wanshou Pagoda is 40.76 meters high, eight seven-story, pavilion-style masonry imitation wood structure. Pagoda base octagonal each a white jade Rex for the pillar. Tower within a layer of the center has a Buddha, 8 meters high, solemn and majestic, the tower in the body of the outer wall embedded niches, *** there are Han white jade sitting Buddha 87, different demeanor, styling superb realism. Part of the tower brick firing unique, into a square, illustrated, a wide range of categories, counting flowers brick, relief statue of Buddha brick, Manchu, Tibetan, Mongolian and Han five kinds of text brick ***2347 blocks. Pagoda brick from the country 8 provinces 16 state capitals and counties, are all over the letter dedicated. Tower hollow, built within the stone steps, can be circled up to the layers, each layer of the hole to the outside of the four doors; according to the door overlooking the distant view of the river flow of the city silhouette is breathtaking. Tower top for the gourd-shaped copper casting gilt, which is engraved with the "Diamond Sutra" full text, is a rare and precious cultural relics.
Wanshou Pagoda and many of China's pagodas, compared with the unique characteristics of the tower is: the body of the tower is sunk into the embankment below the surface of the dike 7.29 meters. The formation of this peculiar scene, mainly from the Yangtze River bed, the water level in the long years of gradual elevation, Jingzhou embankment with the continuous increase in height.
Wanshou Pagoda was built on the Jingjiang River embankment, in addition to praying for the emperor's longevity of the main purpose, there is also a lock river, subdue the flood demon, to protect the peace of the moral. Over the centuries, Wanshou Pagoda is both sides of the Jingjiang River flooded with historical testimony, but also carries the people subdue the river's good wishes.
In the summer of 1998, the Jingjiang River section suffered a hundred years of flooding, Guanyin Isotope recorded 45.22 meters of the highest water level in history, the world will see, the majority of the people and the people of the army wrote a song of the flood resistance song that echoed across the world. In order to pay tribute to the heroic martyrs in the fight against floods, in early 1999, Jingzhou Municipal Party Committee, the municipal government in the west side of the Wanshou Pagoda built a monument pavilion in Jingzhou flood.
Wanshou Garden, where the pagoda is located, is simple and elegant, with verdant bamboo trees. Garden of the river promenade, Calligraphy Court and Bonsai Exhibition, and the Jingjiang River iso, the tower promenade contrast, so that here "enchanting". Especially in the summer, the river breeze, shade piece, here more people visit the rest of the "paradise on earth".
5, Baling Mountain: also known as Longshan. This is a beautiful scenery, lush forests, "vertical ridge eight, winding as a dragon", so the ancients as feng shui treasure. The mountain is dense with ancient tombs, it has been proved that there are 498 large-scale sealed mound ancient tombs, and there are countless ancient tombs without sealed mound, of which most are Chu tombs. In 1988, the ancient tombs of Baling Mountain were listed as national key cultural relics protection units. in April 1992, the Ministry of Forestry approved Baling Mountain as a national forest park.
Baling Mountain Tomb Group is 8 kilometers long from north to south and 5 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of more than 40 square kilometers. The mountain ancient tombs are dense, now the sealing mound still exists extra large, large and medium-sized ancient tombs more than 560, of which the majority of Chu tombs, the Ming dynasty king's tomb followed. Many of the tombs and mounds are located on the hill, like peaks, constituting the spectacular wonders of the Baling Mountain. History of Chu Zhuang Wang's tomb in the mountains, before and after the burial of dozens of mounds, are listed in rows. Liao Jian Wang of the Ming Dynasty and Su, Jing, Hui, Gong, Zhuang and many other king's tomb in the north of the mountain. The mountain has a flat head mound, change cap platform, drop cap platform, horse running spring and other attractions. Eight Ridge Mountain is now a national forest park, the mountain trees, tea sea pine waves, smoke and clouds, both majestic and deep victory, so there is "less than eight Ridge Mountain, not counting to Jingzhou," said.
Baling Mountain is located in the city of Jingzhou, Ji'nan City, the city of three ancient cities, its human landscape is extremely rich, each large ancient mound has a magical story, each attraction has a moving legend. According to the history books, "King Zhuang of Chu was buried in Gulong Mountain. Before and after the burial of ten mounds, all in ranks." This mound is as tall as a mountain, and the accompanying mounds are in rows, with extraordinary momentum. Located in the middle of the eight Ling Mountain Flathead Mound is also eight Ling Mountain large sealed mound of ancient tombs, according to legend, the famous general of Shu Guan Yu to get the Qinglong Crescent sword, ecstatic, jumped on the horse, brandishing the sword, when the horse galloped past the mound, Guan Yu Xingxing up, aligned with the upper part of the mound of the flat knife, the mound that is into a flat top, "Flathead Mound," hence the name. Similar to this and Guan Yu's life performance related to the tie horse mound, drop cap mound and other ancient tombs.
The tomb has been excavated many times in history, but still unearthed more than 100 pieces of precious cultural relics, and in 1988, the beginning of King Liao's Tomb was opened to tourists. Nowadays, the scenic spot of King Liao's Tomb is full of green trees, simple and solemn, and the original style of Baling Mountain Forest Park is reflected, which has become a new attraction for Chinese and foreign guests to sightsee and visit.
6, Zhanghua Temple: Legend has it that Zhanghua Temple was built on the site of Zhanghua Terrace, Zhanghua Terrace, also known as Zhanghua Palace, is the King Ling of Chu six years (535 BC) built away from the palace. King Ling of Chu especially like thin waisted women in the palace singing and dancing, many courtesans to seek to charm the king, less food and hunger, in order to seek a thin waist, Zhanghuagong also has a "thin waisted Palace," the name. After the destruction of Zhanghua Palace in the military chaos, in the Zhanghua Terrace site, the Yuan Dynasty construction of Zhanghua Temple, the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt. Temple seat east to west, an area of 8790 square meters. The temple building is magnificent, elegantly decorated, the halls are well organized, and the Buddha statues are lifelike. Once in the door, around the lotus **** pool, see the Heavenly King Hall, Weixiang Hall, Daxiongbao Hall, Tibetan scripture building, abbot hall and other main buildings. Hall carved beams and paintings, gold and blue splendor, the temple surrounded by green trees, exceptionally quiet. Inside the temple there is the Qing Dynasty Imperial "Tibetan scriptures", and many court treasures, as well as the King of Myanmar's gift of two jade Buddha. The temple has a tomb tower of senior monks since the Republic of China, enshrining the bones of six masters. There are monuments such as the first ancient plum in the country - Chumei, the ancient well of Shenxiang, and the ginkgo tree of the Tang Dynasty in the temple compound. In the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1875-1908 AD), the senior monk of Zhanghua Temple, Jingyue, was appointed as the fourth ranked Grand Monk Zheng and Abbot by the Qing court, with jurisdiction over all the temples in Jingzhou, Yichang, Enshi and Utopia. From then on, Zhanghua Temple became one of the most influential temples in the Yangtze River Basin.
Zhangtai Temple is more than 2,500 years old. At that time, Shatou Town had not yet been formed. King Ling, who had originally ascended to the throne by a coup d'état that killed his nephew, codified his power and seized the throne for no other reason than to enjoy himself. He was a big construction, expanding the palace, until he got tired of playing everything, he was whimsical, in the islet near the palace, leaning on the river by the water, built this Zhanghua Temple, according to the "Water Classic" records, the platform is ten zhang high, fifty zhang wide, the platform needs to rest for three days, so it is also called the three Hugh Terrace, the platform on the palace pavilion pavilions, extremely magnificent, under the platform to stone into a clear water pool. This luxury palace, at that time is unrivaled. The king of Chu Ling often boasted to the ambassadors of various countries, saying, "Does your country also have the beauty of this palace?"
Su Dongbo's "Chu Palace" poem said: "Chu people set up the palace, meaning the most wonderful with the "hanging", flying building 100 feet of the lake, on the Yanzhao thousands of Emei". It is not an exaggeration to say that the "flying building is 100 feet". This Chu Ling Wang is not only mediocrity and corruption, but also has a peculiar quirk: especially love fine waist, picked a few thousand fine waist women living in Zhanghua Palace day and night round dance, for his pleasure, so Zhanghua Palace is also known as the fine waist Palace. Thick waisted courtesans were driven out of the palace to do rough work or to be imprisoned, courtesans and ministers had to reduce food and starvation to tighten the belt in order to seek favor, the result of starvation, many of them died of starvation, the descendants of the poem said: "the King of the Spirit of the good thin waist, the country more people starved to death." Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin expressed his sympathy for the courtesans in his poem "Dreaming of Ze":
The Ze's sad winds moved the white weeds, and the King of Chu buried all the city's beauties.
I don't know how many songs and dances I can do, but I'm not sure how much I can do.
When King Meng Ling's licentiousness led to his own downfall, his brother Gongzi Bi staged a coup, and he fled to the wilderness where he was denied food and died of starvation in the wilderness. Later, a poem was written to remember the end of King Ling:
Mengmeng's decaying grass has no zhanghua, because he laughed at King Ling's extravagance in the past.
The songs and pipes stopped before the platform dried up, and the poor man entered the house of a savage.
After that, as the seven states competed for supremacy and the Chu government collapsed, Zhanghua Terrace was also deserted. Su test describes the deserted scene as: "The pool is empty and the wild is very small, only the deep bamboo hides the fox."
To the fourteenth century, the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Tai Ding years, in the ancient Zhanghuatai site built a temple, the first name Zhangtai Temple, later renamed Zhanghua Temple. This Zhanghua Temple is a grand scale, the temple looks majestic, the weather is solemn, the environment is quiet. With Hanyang Guiyuan Temple, Danyang Yuquan Temple and known as the three jungles in Hubei. The main buildings of the temple are Daxiong Room Hall, the Lord of Heaven Hall, Weixiang Hall, the God of Fortune Hall, and the scripture building. Each weight is painted, carved beams, according to the tiger, Cuicai Xuanxiang, gold and blue cover.