Land Of The Three Kingdoms - 赤壁 And 荆州
Posted On Thursday, June 5, 2008 at at 10:36 PM by AlvinAlong this part of the Yangtse lies the many famous cities and battle grounds during the Three Kingdoms. We visited the picturesque wall-city of Jingzhou (荆州) where we met some friendly people and visited a few eye-opening museums. The unassuming, down-a-back-alleyway Jingzhou (荆州) Museum was so rich in artifacts; it housed numerous fascinating ancient weapons and even a set of skeleton dating back to 2000 BC !![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_2GNKHqJPPWya0VP9qFdJ34ISVmRPfgYepdp_jyt66IzR9C9ASTN61AYzLQ4VUqHi1ggXd2Fu-_LDEimvViY97i3HqAUM7dpnZ3PzA7Dph_EnyFpIVoNpJjIlcbvFygz7OJySBRVxqI/s320/%E8%8D%86%E5%B7%9E%E5%8F%A4%E5%9F%8E%E5%A2%99+%E5%A4%9C%E6%99%AF.JPG)
On the other hand, although made famous by the many Three Kingdoms novels and the latest film - Chibi (Red Cliff, 赤壁), the battle site was a slight let-down as there was only a platform showcasing "the view" across the part of Yangtse, where supposedly the burning of the battle ships took place. The museum was informative though.
The following day we took a bus from Chibi to Yue Yang (岳陽) and we were greeted at the Chibi bus station by a gigantic Mao-era wall painting that must have been installed there at the bus station since the 60s', take a look !![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfnc0sYYNych24meBi_kil90MEfcY494U01BRliHH7BYmBO_vi9QoiQM0YreAYKmaFNuncuN9zJfN1T_B4vDRIdcoiksSebIYcuFDkBVZrmR6Yl6Fk4FRcuc0v0BQUjuLbJssUW5DP9E/s320/%E8%B5%A4%E5%A3%81%E6%B1%BD%E8%BB%8A%E7%AB%99.JPG)
The following day we took a bus from Chibi to Yue Yang (岳陽) and we were greeted at the Chibi bus station by a gigantic Mao-era wall painting that must have been installed there at the bus station since the 60s', take a look !