10 Days in Jingmen
Ten days over Jingmen's museum, Zhongxiang's UNESCO Xianling, caves and reservoirs, Jingshan's uplands and Qujialing's Neolithic site, closing at the Three Gorges Dam and Jingzhou's old city.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Jingmen?
10 days lets you go beyond Jingmen's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Jingmen guide
10-day Jingmen itinerary at a glance
Use our full Jingmen travel guide as the base and adapt it to 10 days. Keep the city's three signature attractions as the backbone; fill the rest with neighborhood walks, food markets, and an easy day trip.
City museum & Longquan hill
The Guodian slips unearthed in 1993 — about 800 strips, some 2,300 years old, with the earliest manuscript Laozi — open the trip, followed by the 1754 Longquan Academy below Xiangshan.
- jingmen museum
- jingmen longquan park
Zhongxiang — Xianling & Mochou Village
The UNESCO tomb of 2000 covers 183 hectares after more than 40 years of work, twin burial mounds joined by a stone terrace; Mochou Village brings food and folk opera in the evening.
- jingmen xianling mausoleum
- jingmen mochou village
Huangxian Cave & Shuimeiping
2.5 kilometres of passage at Kedian under a mouth near 100 metres tall; the exit faces Shuimeiping, the hamlet sitting in its own sinkhole fields.
- jingmen huangxian cave
Zhanghe reservoir day
Dam begun in 1958, water now near 100 square kilometres and storage beyond 2 billion cubic metres — island boats run all day from the piers west of Jingmen.
- jingmen zhanghe reservoir
Jingshan — Lülin Mountain & Yuanyang Stream
East about 100 kilometres, Lülin Mountain raised its banners in AD 17; walk the old stockade and, in season, raft Yuanyang Stream's mild rapids.
- jingmen lvlin mountain
Jingshan — Meiren Valley & Kongshan Cave
A gentler day on the green-water gorge of Meiren Valley, then the lit chambers of Kongshan Cave nearby — both inside Jingshan county.
- jingmen meiren valley
- jingmen kongshan cave
Qujialing Neolithic site
The site that named the Qujialing culture, first dug in the 1950s and dated around 5,000 years back — museum hall, excavation pits and rice-field scenery in the southeast of Jingmen.
- jingmen qujialing site
Zhongxiang old town — Yuanyou Palace & Wenfeng Pagoda
Back in Zhongxiang, the Yuanyou Palace compound dates to the Jiajing reign of the Ming, and the slender Wenfeng Pagoda stands on its hillock by the Han river banks.
- jingmen yuanyou palace
- jingmen wenfeng pagoda
Neighbouring Yichang — Three Gorges Dam
An honestly labelled neighbouring-city day — at Sandouping the dam runs about 2,309 metres on its axis to a 185-metre crest, finished in 2006; viewing terraces at Tanziling open the whole works. Night back in Jingmen.
- jingmen sandouping dam
Neighbouring Jingzhou — wall, museum & departure
A second honest neighbour day — Jingzhou's 11-kilometre wall with six gates, the 1975-unearthed Western Han gentleman at the museum, then departure from Jingzhou station.
- jingmen jingzhou wall
- jingmen jingzhou museum
Budget for 10 days in Jingmen
| Tier | Per day | 10 days total |
|---|---|---|
| Backpacker | USD $50–$80 | USD $500–$800 |
| Mid-range | USD $100–$200 | USD $1,000–$2,000 |
| Luxury | USD $300+ | USD $3,000+ |
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