Which province and city is Jingzhou?

Jingzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province.

Jingzhou is a national historical and cultural city, and it is a riverside city where ancient culture and modern civilization complement each other. Jingzhou has a history of more than 3,000 years. Since Jinan, the capital of Chu State, was founded in 689 BC, six dynasties and 34 emperors have established their capitals here. From Sun Shuai, the first official in the world, to Zhang Wanli in Ming Dynasty, there were 138 prime ministers who went out of Jingzhou. From the patriotic poet Qu Yuan to Li Bai and Du Fu, a large number of scholars in history have composed poems in Jingzhou.

Jingzhou is an important traffic node in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the intersection of National Highway 3 18, the longest national highway in China, and 207 national highway, the intersection of East-West Shanghai-Hanyu Expressway and Erguang Expressway, and the intersection of Hua Meng Railway and the Yangtze River. It is the gateway of Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake Plain to the sea. Highway, railway, aviation and waterway traffic connect east and west, connecting north and south, and the traffic is very convenient.

Folk customs in Jingzhou;

Guandi Temple Association Every year on the first month of the lunar calendar and the third day of May, Guandi Temple will hold a large-scale temple fair. At that time, Jingzhou people will play dragon lanterns, row lotus boats, ride horses and shoot arrows, and blow horns to cover sedan chairs, which will make the Guandi Temple very lively inside and outside. Jingzhou people worship Guan Gong, which has become a custom for thousands of years. Jingzhou is the birthplace of dragon boat culture in China. The annual "China Jingzhou International Dragon Boat Festival" has become a unique cultural brand in Jingzhou, an important carrier of opening to the outside world and a grand festival for the people of the city.