Yichang, Hubei, has been famous for its beautiful scenery and Bachu culture since ancient times. It is the third largest city in Hubei Province and the location of the Three Gorges Dam and Gezhou Dam. The immersion of Bachu culture makes this riverside city surging with unique charm. As of March 2021, there are 4 5A-level tourist attractions in the city, and the most worth seeing is in Zigui County. The cultural and tourist area of Qu Yuan’s hometown in Phoenix Mountain.
Zigui County, Yichang City, known as the “Hometown of Chinese Dragon Boats” and “Hometown of Chinese Poetry”, is one of the birthplaces of Chu culture and the hometown of Qu Yuan, the great patriotic poet of Chu during the Warring States Period. In 340 BC, Qu Yuan was born in Leping, Zigui County, a beautiful mountainous area. He wrote poems such as “Li Sao”, “Nine Chapters” and “Nine Songs” throughout his life. Listed as a world cultural celebrity. Located in the cultural tourism area of Quyuan’s hometown in Phoenix Mountain, Zigui County, it is the best place to view the Three Gorges Dam and the Gaoxia Pinghu, with the Gaoxia Pinghu in the north, the new county town of Zigui in the west and the south, and the Three Gorges Dam in the east. As the only national 5A tourist attraction in Zigui County, Quyuan’s Hometown Cultural Tourism Area is not as well-known as the Three Gorges Dam, but its cultural heritage is exceptionally profound. The archway of Quyuan Temple built in the tenth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty is a landmark building in the old county town of Zigui, and it is also an extremely rare wooden archway in Hubei. There are two stone tablets on the left side of the archway, which are inscribed “The Hometown of Dr. Chu Yuan” and “The Hometown of Emperor Zhao of Han”. A small county in the south of the Yangtze River actually emerged from the world’s cultural celebrity Qu Yuan and the national peace envoy Wang Zhaojun, two outstanding figures in the annals of history. According to reports, during the construction of the Three Gorges Project, 24 ground cultural relics on the Xiajiang River, represented by Quyuan Temple and Jiangdu Temple, were relocated here. In the scenic area, you can not only feel the splendid achievements of the Three Gorges Project in the protection of cultural heritage, but also appreciate the wonderful and romantic Quyuan culture and the Xiajiang culture, attracting many experts, scholars and tourists every day. It is worth mentioning that Qu Yuan’s hometown was not here at the beginning. After Chu State was attacked by the Qin Army, Qu Yuan went to the Miluo River to die for the country, and his body was buried on the beach between Zigui and Xiangxi, and later named “Qu Yuantuo”. “. In the Tang Dynasty, people built Qu Yuan Temple on Tuo. Since then, the people of Zigui will race dragon boats on Qu Yuan Tuo every year during the Dragon Boat Festival to soothe Qu Yuan Zhongling. This custom has continued to this day. In recent years, due to the construction of the Gezhouba Water Control Project and the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River, Qu Yuan’s hometown has also moved to the current Phoenix Mountain. Today, the Xiangluping, Reading Cave, Zhaomianjing, Yubansanw and other relics in the scenic spot are all restored in the original site of Qu Yuan’s hometown. The above picture is a “Zhaomianjing” made of silver-gray keel stone, which is said to be Qu Yuan’s childhood. Shi Zhaoying freshened up. Founded in the fifteenth year of Tang Yuanhe (820 years), Quyuan Temple, also known as Qingliegong Temple, is the earliest Quyuan Temple in Zigui. The entire building complex is composed of the mountain gate, the front hall, Qu Yuan’s cloak, Qu Yuan memorial hall, and the east-west stele gallery. The “Heaven and Earth” plaque above the lintel symbolizes the great spirit of Qu Yuan, shining like the sun and the moon. In May 2006, Qu Yuan Temple was announced as the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Since its opening in 2010, Quyuan’s Hometown Cultural Tourism Zone has formed the Quyuan Cultural Theme Park with Quyuan Temple, Quyuan Garment Tomb, and Quyuan Sacrificial Activities as its main contents. In November 2014, Quyuan’s Hometown Cultural Tourism Zone was rated as a national 5A-level scenic spot, becoming the fourth in Yichang City and the first 5A-level scenic spot in Zigui County. If you have the opportunity, you might as well come here.
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