The Jingzhou City Wall Among China’s seven ancient city walls, Jingzhou City Wall is rated as the second best. The wall is the largest and best preserved compared with other famous city walls.

The Walls were rebuilt in 1646 and measure 9 metres high and 10 metres thick. The perimeter of the wall extends for 10.17 kilometres. The city walls, city gates, watchtowers, and battlements have all been well maintained. Many of the towers on top of the majestic city gates have been damaged or rebuilt, leaving only the Chaozong Tower which was rebuilt in 1838 on the Gongji Gate. 

The wall is divided into three parts. The outside part is a city moat; the middle part is brick wall and the inner part is earth wall. The city moat has a total length of 10,500 meters, and is 30 meters in width and 4 meters in depth. It connects Taihu Lake in the west and Changhu Lake in the east. There are six old entrance gates along the City Wall. A large number of precious cultural relics were unearthed around the ancient city wall -- some displayed in the Wall's interior rooms and many others in the nearby museums.

Since we were due to book into our hotel in Wuhan there was no way we had time to see all the many sights offered by Jingzhou.