What's interesting and worth seeing in Zhijiang and the surrounding area of the scenery

The Yangtze River Shalang Qiguan Scenic Spot

The Yangtze River Shalang Qiguan Scenic Spot is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the historical and cultural town of Zhijiang City, Dongshi Town. "Jingzhou Prefecture" records: "Shu River from here into the continents, from Jiangling and ninety-nine continents, this is like a tree with a branch". Yangtze River Sand Wave Wonderland Scenic Spot that is Dongshi Shazhou, is one of the ninety-nine continents, which covers an area of more than 2,000 acres, west of the Three Gorges Dam, down the river east directly to the historical and cultural city of Jingzhou, south of the Yangtze River into the hundred miles of Qingjiang River Gallery, north of the Yangtze River, connecting the Changsaka ancient winds of the Dangyang and the Confucian Ming hometown of Xiangfan. Three Gorges International Airport, Jiao Liu Railway, Han-Yi Intercity Railway, Yanjiang Railway, Yihuang Expressway, Xiangyi Expressway, Hurong Expressway, 318 National Highway, etc. adjacent to the scenic hinterland, the traffic is very convenient.

The Three Gorges Dam was completed, cutting off the Yangtze River moat, the downstream river falls back smoothly, under the action of wind and wave water, Dongshi Sandbar presents a variety of wonderful sand and wave wonders. While visiting the natural scenery of the Yangtze River sand and wave wonders, you can also watch and participate in the "Yangtze River Print Forest", "Primitive Gold Rush Field", "Sand Sculpture on the River Beach", "Folklore Show", "Sand and Sea Treasure", "Beach Military Adventure", "Hot Air Balloon", "Beach Leisure", "Beach Fishing", "Beach Vehicle", "Tent Camping", and the ancient Ming and Qing Dynasty Street There are 15 amusement programs such as "Old Main Street" and "Shui Fu Temple", which is a Taoist resort. [7]

Peach Blossom Festival

In March 2012, villagers in Qinjiabei Village, Anfusi Township, Zhijiang City, Yichang City, were busy repairing the access road, leveling the land and pruning the peach blossom branches in anticipation of the 11th "Three Gorges Zhijiang Peach Blossom Art Festival". The festival has been held for 10 consecutive years, receiving an average of 180,000 visitors annually, and is one of the classic

Beach Blossom Garden in Zhijiang City (8 pictures)

brands of Zhijiang City. The village is located in the east end of the Han-Yi Expressway Zhijiang City, Anfu Temple exit, set more than a hundred varieties around the world, tens of millions of peach trees along the highway into a line piece stretching 50 kilometers, more than 50 acres of more than 100 continuous peach garden, known as the "peach first garden" of the beauty of the name. 2012, the town invested 120,000 yuan on the road into the park to carry out the hardening and maintenance of the scenic spot near the millionaire. In 2012, the town invested 120,000 yuan to harden and maintain the road into the park, nearly 10,000 peach trees in the scenic area were renewed, the scenic area signage was improved, and new landscape trees were added. Each weekend will be held separately car clubs, dating, photography and calligraphy and painting competitions and other activities, will also be held Peach Edge Farmers Cuisine Competition, the new Miao ethnic customs garden will also be officially opened.

Guanmiao Mountain site

Guanmiao Mountain site is located 11.5 kilometers northeast of Zhijiang City, Askan Town, Guanmiao Mountain Village, is a Neolithic primitive village site, covering an area of more than 40,000 square meters, the culture of the accumulation of more than 1 meter thick. It is 5000-6000 years old as determined by carbon-14, and its cultural connotation has the typical characteristics of Daxi culture, which is named as "Guanmiao Mountain type" of Daxi culture by the experts from the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Guanmiao Mountain site has been announced as a key cultural relics protection unit by the People's Government of Hubei Province. Guanmiao Mountain site was discovered in 1977 during the construction of water conservancy projects, then aroused the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Archaeology Hubei team and the provincial and municipal cultural relics and archaeological departments of great importance and great interest, immediately on the site of the focus of the excavation, in the excavation of more than 2,000 square meters of the prospector, more than 5,000 pieces of excavated artifacts.

These artifacts are broadly divided into two categories: one is stone production tools. Variety is complete, fine grinding. There are stone axes, stone adzes, stone shovels, stone chisels, stone net pendant, etc., not only suitable for different production purposes at that time, but also can be seen Guanmiao Mountain ancestors of the mode of production, has been from the collection, fishing and hunting to the planting of breeding changes. Especially unearthed stone mortar and pestle for processing grain, ceramic skips and rice husks mixed in the soil, further confirming that the Guanmiao Mountain people at that time had planted a certain scale of Japonica rice; the other type of pottery items, very rich. There are kettles, tanks, urns and other storage; there are ceramic skips, net pendants, spinning wheels and other tools; there are also turtles for children to play, balls, bells and other artifacts and urns used for burying dead babies. These potteries are applicable to all aspects of human life, and the shapes of many daily necessities are almost the same as those of modern daily necessities. Especially the colored pottery and eggshell pottery, which can be called a fine product, its shape is chic, fine workmanship, color and lustre is natural, the pattern is simple, some pottery tires are as thin as eggshells, holding in the hand, light and comfortable. These various kinds of pottery supplies, and then the ancestors of the staple food rice is closely related, is the crystallization of the Chinese ancestors hard work and wisdom.

The site also unearthed ten primitive tribal house foundations, square and rectangular; there are ground level buildings and semi-cave buildings; the roofs are all grassland four-side slopes, and the walls are made of bamboo and wooden structures, and mud is smeared on the outside. Due to the high rainfall in this area of Zhijiang, the water table is high, Guanmiao Mountain ancestors have already taken into account the moisture-proof problem in the construction of the house, the foundation mat and clay walls with fire grill, but also in the periphery of the root of the wall paved with a water-scattering slope. Archaeologists have highly evaluated the primitive house construction of Guanmiao Mountain, and believe that the construction technology here has already possessed the basic features of southern construction.

The site is extremely rich in cultural connotations, not only belonging to Daxi culture, but also superimposed with Qujialing culture layer and Shijiahe culture layer, it is a famous primitive village site in the Yangtze River Basin, which once again strongly confirms that the Yangtze River Basin is the cradle of the Chinese nation as the Yellow River Basin. The archaeological results of this site have been included in the Encyclopedia of China and New Chinese Archaeological Discoveries and Harvests. [8]

Dong City Town, Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient street

Dong City, formerly known as Dongtankou, since ancient times, celebrities, merchants and businessmen gathered, and gradually formed a commercial port and evolved into Dong City, more than 1800 years ago. Ming and Qing dynasties, the town **** there are four streets, from east to west for the three straight streets, respectively, for the main street, the river street and the back street, the main street there is a cross street at the west end. According to the Qing Tongzhi five years (1866), "Zhijiang County Records" records: "the residents are dense, half of the Euphrasia City, the four sides of the merchants gathered." Nowadays, the old main street of Dongshi still has the traditional residents, stores and historical relics from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Dongshi Old Street of Ming and Qing Dynasties (7 photos)

The ancient town of Dongshi was "half in the city of Eup, where merchants and traders gathered", and it was a military stronghold, a religious sanctuary, and an economic hub. The heyday of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the town has more than 300 shops, 1000 donkeys on the street to carry goods, the annual business value of more than 30 million yuan. Logistics flourished commercial land and water transportation industry, but also led to the development of handicraft workshops. The main industries are grain processing whole rice, oil, beans for crispy food, soy sauce garden; cotton processing ginning, bouncing, spinning, weaving, kick-dyeing, etc.; engaged in the processing of metal products such as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, colorful iron (white iron) casting. There is also the production of straw, incense burners, square bucket paper, brown hemp rope, etc., the industry as many as 50 kinds of products, hundreds of products.