Jingzhou China, Yangtze River
China

14 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Avalon Waterways (14 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

At the river quay, some distance from the old town. Cruise lines always organize the transfers and guided visits: the call requires no personal logistics, you simply follow your group.
For its walls: eleven kilometres of Ming-era fortifications, among the best preserved in all of China. They still enclose the old town as they did under the dynasties, between the upstream gorges and the downstream rice plains.
Yes, along the parapet walk between crenellations and upturned roofs. The walls stand about nine metres high and are backed by moats where willows are reflected. On one side the quiet ditches, on the other the city streets.
The region was one of the major stages of that third-century era, immortalized in one of the great Chinese classical novels. General Guan Yu, the legendary guardian of the city who became a deified figure of loyalty, has his temple here.
It refers to a loan you will never see again, and is still used eighteen centuries after the Three Kingdoms events that produced it. Local guides recount it with infectious enjoyment.
The legacy of the Chu kingdom, whose capital stood in this region long before the Three Kingdoms: red and black lacquers with bird motifs, ancient silks of astonishing fineness, and a remarkably preserved Han-era body found nearby.
Not at all. Local guides tell these stories of strategists, oaths and betrayals with infectious enjoyment: you do not need to have read the novel to be drawn in.
Spicy beef noodles are the local speciality, sold widely across the modern city. Excursions usually allow a free stop: a few minutes are enough to buy tea or try something on the go.
A Hubei prefecture getting on with its life: parks where people dance in groups from early morning, noodle vendors, card players under the trees along the moat. These ordinary scenes remind you that the walls protect a daily life first of all.
A double image: the grey brick of the Ming fortifications and the scarlet lacquer of the Chu treasures. Two thousand years separate them, and the Yangtze still runs at the foot of the same city. That depth of time is what gives the stop its value.