With more than 7,000 or 8,000 years of history; called as “the throat of Chuan (namely Sichuan province) and E (namely Hubei province)”;
In the Xia and Shang dynasties, used to be the ancient “lands of Jingzhou”; in Spring and Autumn Period, as well as Warring States, cortrolled by the Chu State, being called “the west frontier fortress of Chu” in history; one of the cradles of Chu Culture; called “Xiling” in remote antiquity; also known as “Yiling” for the Yishan Mountain in the northwest, “Xiazhou” for guarding the Three Gorges