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Jingzhou

China

Watercolour of Jingzhou, China. On the Jianghan Plain along the Yangtze River, the ancient Chu capital and legendary Three Kingdoms fortress city, centered around the Jingzhou Ancient City Wall and Binyang Gate, with Jingzhou Ancient City Wall and Binyang Gate.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Jingzhou Ancient City Wall; Binyang Gate; Chu Kingdom; Jingzhou City Moat; Taoist Kaiyuan Temple; Yangtze River; lush Jianghan Plain river country flora; Three Kingdoms
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the city moat toward Binyang Gate and the stone arched bridge, showing weeping willow fronds and stone moat parapets in the foreground, the calm moat water, arched bridge, and massive brick city wall in the middle-ground, and the double-eaved timber gate tower rising against the soft sky in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick weeping willows along the city moat, metasequoia groves, and lotus pads.
Guarded against
Not Wuhan, Xiangyang, or Yichang
Population1,052,282Wikidata: 553,756
Coordinates30.35°N, 112.19°E
Area1,043 km²
Time zoneAsia/ShanghaiUTC+8
Solar noon12:31clock runs 0.5 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Jingzhou and you surface nearest to Villa San Agustín, Argentina — 45 km from the exact antipodal point.

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GuankouCN281 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Jingzhou inside this atlas.

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