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| The Ancient City of Jingzhou |
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The Ancient City of Jingzhou, known as Jianglin City, lies to the
north of Shashi City and beside the Yangtze River, The wall is firmly
constructed, using strip stones as wall bases. It is about 10.5 kilometers
long, 8.8 meters high, have 4567 battlements and 26 emplacements and
closely surrounded by the moat whose width range from 30 to 100 meters.
Jingzhou is a important strategic point, easy to defend and hard
to attack. So it is called 'Jingzhou of iron';. There
are six gates of the city all together. There are six small city
gates towers above six city gates of the city, from which you can
enjoy a view of a thousand-li Jianghan plain in your eyes and feel
ten-thousand family's towers and cabinets are just like a
picture in a frame.
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