Tourism
Yangtze River Sand Wave Scenic Area
The Yangtze River Sand Wave Scenic Area is located in Dongshi Town, Zhijiang City, a famous historical and cultural town on the north bank of the Yangtze River. "Jingzhou Prefecture Chronicles" records: "The Shujiang River has since been divided into various continents, starting from Jiangling and ninety-nine continents. They are like branches of a tree." The Yangtze River Shalang Scenic Area is Dongshi Shazhou, one of the ninety-nine islands. It covers an area of ??more than 2,000 acres. It is connected to the Three Gorges Dam in the west, and goes directly along the river to the historical and cultural city of Jingzhou in the east. The Yangtze River in South Vietnam goes directly to Baili Qingjiang Gallery. In the north, there are Changban Ancient Xiongfeng Dangyang and Xiangfan, the hometown of Kongming. The Three Gorges International Airport, Jiaoliu Railway, Han-Yi Intercity Railway, Yangtze River Railway, Yi-Huang Expressway, Xiang-Yi Expressway, Hurong Expressway, 318 National Highway, etc. are adjacent to the hinterland of the scenic spot, and the transportation is very convenient.
The completion of the Three Gorges Dam cut off the natural chasm of the Yangtze River, and the river water in the lower reaches fell back steadily. Under the influence of wind and waves, Dongshi Sandbar presented a variety of magical sand wave wonders. While visiting the wonderful natural scenery of the sand waves of the Yangtze River, you can also watch and participate in the "Yangtze River Seal Forest", "Original Gold Rush", "River Beach Sand Sculptures", "Folklore Performances", "Sand Sea Treasures", "Beach Military Adventures", There are 15 entertainment projects including "hot air balloon", "beach leisure", "beach fishing", "ATV", "tent camping", as well as the Ming and Qing ancient streets "Laozheng Street" and the Taoist resort "Shuifu Temple".
Peach Blossom Festival
In March 2012, villagers in Qinjiachang Village, Anfusi Town, Zhijiang City, Yichang were busy renovating the entrance to the park, leveling the land, and pruning peach branches to welcome the upcoming The 11th "Three Gorges·Zhijiang Peach Blossom Art Festival". The Zhijiang Peach Blossom Art Festival has been held for 10 consecutive years, with an average annual reception of 180,000 tourists. It is a classic of Zhijiang City’s tourism
Zhijiang Peach Garden (8 photos)
One of the brands one. Qinjiachuan Village is located at the east end of the Anfu Temple exit of Zhijiang City on the Han-Yi Expressway. It has more than 100 varieties from all over the world and tens of millions of peach trees stretching for 50 kilometers along the highway. It is a contiguous peach orchard of more than 50 acres. There are more than 100 peach blossom gardens, and it is known as the "No. 1 Peach Blossom Garden". In 2012, the town invested 120,000 yuan to harden and maintain the roads entering the park, updated nearly 10,000 peach trees in the scenic area, improved the scenic area signage, and added new landscape trees. Activities such as car clubs, blind dates, photography competitions, calligraphy and painting competitions, etc. will be held every weekend. Taoyuan Farm Food Competition will also be held. The newly built Miao ethnic customs garden will also be officially opened.
Guanmiaoshan Site
Guanmiaoshan Site is located in Guanmiaoshan Village, Wen'an Town, 11.5 kilometers northeast of Zhijiang City. It is a primitive village site in the Neolithic Age, covering an area of ??40,000 It is more than square meters, and the cultural accumulation is more than 1 meter thick. According to carbon-14 determination, it was 5000-6000 years ago. Its cultural connotation has the typical characteristics of Daxi Culture. It was named the "Guanmiao Mountain Type" of Daxi Culture by experts from the Institute of Archeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The Guanmiaoshan site has been announced as a key cultural relic protection unit by the Hubei Provincial People's Government. The Guanmiaoshan site was discovered in 1977 during the construction of a water conservancy project. At that time, it attracted great attention and great interest from the Hubei team of the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the provincial and municipal cultural relics and archaeological departments. They immediately carried out key excavations on the site. During the excavation, More than 5,000 cultural relics were unearthed in an area of ??more than 2,000 square meters.
These cultural relics are roughly divided into two categories: one is stone production tools. Complete variety, finely ground. There are stone axes, stone adzes, stone shovels, stone chisels, stone net pendants, etc., which are not only suitable for different production purposes at that time, but also show that the production methods of the ancestors of Guanmiao Mountain have changed from gathering, fishing and hunting to planting and breeding. In particular, the stone pestles, pottery skips and rice husks mixed in the soil for processing grains were unearthed, further proving that the people of Guanmiao Mountain at that time had planted japonica rice on a certain scale; the other type was pottery supplies, which were very abundant. There are storage utensils such as cauldrons, jars, and urns; tools such as pottery dustpans, net pendants, and spinning wheels; there are also handicrafts such as turtles, balls, and bells for children to play with, and urn coffins for burying dead babies. These pottery 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.
In particular, the painted pottery and eggshell pottery are exquisite products with unique shapes, fine workmanship, natural colors and simple patterns. Some pottery bodies are as thin as eggshells and are light and easy to hold in the hand. These various types of pottery are closely related to rice, the staple food of the ancestors at that time, and are the crystallization of the hard work and wisdom of the ancestors of the Chinese nation.
Ten primitive tribal house foundations were also unearthed at the site, some are square and some are rectangular; there are ground buildings and semi-burrow-style buildings; the roofs are all grassland-sloped on all sides, and the walls are made of It is made of bamboo wood structure and covered with soil. Due to the high rainfall and high groundwater level in this area of ??Zhijiang, the ancestors of Guanmiao Mountain have considered moisture-proof issues in house construction. They burned the foundation cushions and earth walls with fire, and also paved loose water around the base of the walls. slope. Archaeological experts have spoken highly of the original house architecture in Guanmiao Mountain and believe that the construction technology here has the basic characteristics of southern architecture.
The cultural connotation of this site is extremely rich. It not only belongs to the Daxi Culture, but also has the Qujialing Cultural Layer and the Shijiahe Cultural Layer. It is a famous primitive village site in the Yangtze River Basin. It once again effectively It is confirmed that the Yangtze River Basin, like the Yellow River Basin, is the cradle of the Chinese nation. The archaeological results of this site have been included in the "Encyclopedia of China" and "New China Archaeological Discovery and Harvest".
Dongshi Town Ming and Qing Ancient Street
Dongshi was originally named Dongtankou. Since ancient times, celebrities and merchants have gathered in large numbers. It gradually formed a commercial port and later evolved into Dongshi. It has a history of more than 1,800 years. history. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were four streets in the market town. There were three straight streets from east to west, namely the main street, the river street and the back street. There was also a side street at the west end of the main street. According to the "Zhijiang County Chronicle" recorded in the fifth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1866): "The residents are densely populated, half of the city, and merchants from all over the world gather." Today, Laozheng Street in Dong City still retains traditional residents, shops, workshops and historical relics from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. .
The ancient town of Dongshi is "half the size of the city, and is home to a large number of merchants." It is also an important military location, a religious holy place, and an economic hub. In the heyday of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were more than 300 shops in the market town, and 1,000 donkeys took to the streets to carry goods. The annual business volume was worth more than 30 million yuan in current currency. Logistics has flourished the commercial water and land transportation industry and also promoted the development of handicraft workshops. The main industries include grain processing, rice processing, oil extraction, soybean snacking, and soy sauce gardening; cotton processing includes ginning, bombing, spinning, weaving, and dyeing; metal products processing includes gold, silver, copper, iron, Tin, tin iron (white iron) casting, etc. It also produces straw weaving, incense burners, square bucket paper, brown hemp rope, etc., with as many as 50 types of industries and hundreds of products.