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Brief Introduction to Jingzhou Overview Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on the Jianghan Plain, with an area of 14,100 square kilometers (5,431 sq mi). It is identified as National Historical and Cultural City, Chinas Excellent Tourist City, National Garden City, National Double-Support Model City,. Jingzhou has jurisdiction over two districts, three county-level cities and three counties: Jingzhou District, Shashi District, Shishou City, Honghu City, Jiangling County, Gongan County, Jianli County and Jingzhou Economic and Technological Development District. Cradle of Chu Culture Ancient Wall in Jingzhou Jingzhou, a cultural ancient city with 2000 years history with the reputation of the finest under heaven, being overwhelmed by 9 divisions; one of the cradles of Chu Culture, and used to be the capital of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period for totally 20 emperors, who had left extremely valuable cultural relics from their 400 plus years reign equally comparable with the ancient Greek and Roman culture. Situated in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, this has been a strategic location of military importance since ancient times. In the Three Kingdom Period (220-589), the city was the focus of many disputes and wars. It is said to have been built with earth by Guan Yu. One of the four Chinese ancient classic works, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Lo Kuan-Chung, was created just based on this period of history. Jingzhou, as the focus of quarrels then, has left many cultural relics that are related to the stories of Three Kingdoms. Many legends and myths were also produced in this spiritual city. Land of Fish and Rice Jingzhou, which was crowned as land of fish and rice,the granary of China , has plenty of resources and products. It is the core area superior agricultural resource and a comprehensive agricultural production base of China. Food production of Jingzhou accounts for