10 Days in Jingzhou
Ten days from the old city through its counties — Honghu, Shishou's milu, Songzi's Guishui — then honest neighbour days at Qianjiang and the Three Gorges Dam before the last wall walk.
Quick Answer
Is 10 days enough for Jingzhou?
10 days lets you go beyond Jingzhou's core into neighborhoods, food markets, and one or two day trips at a relaxed pace.
Source: NihaoVisit Jingzhou guide
10-day Jingzhou itinerary at a glance
Use our full Jingzhou 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.
Museum & east gate wall
The Western Han gentleman buried around 167 BC and unearthed in 1975, the 1982 Mashan silk, then the wall at the east gate for the moat panorama.
- jingzhou museum
- jingzhou city wall
Chu chariot formation & Jinan ruins
The covered pit at Chuantian runs past 130 metres with dozens of chariot burials; the rammed-earth ramparts of Jinan, Chu's capital for some 400 years, finish the loop.
- jingzhou chariot formation
- jingzhou jinancheng ruins
Fanta oriental-heritage park
A full day at the 2021-opened Fanta park north of the old city — Chu-legend dark rides, live shows and fireworks on selected nights.
- jingzhou fantawild
Zhang Juzheng, Guandi Temple & Jing street
The chief councillor's residence of 1572-1582, then the south-gate Guandi Temple — a working shrine linked to Guan Yu's decade in Jingzhou before 219 AD, so visit quietly — and Jing street at dusk.
- jingzhou zhangjuzheng mansion
- jingzhou guandi temple
Shashi — Wanshou Pagoda & old docks
The 1552 seven-storey pagoda now sits below the levee crest; the docks quarter keeps its river-gate walls and cotton-market history.
- jingzhou wanshou pagoda
- jingzhou shashi old docks
Honghu — Cujiaowan old street
East about 1.5 hours to Honghu lake, near 350 square kilometres of water — Ming-Qing lanes at Cujiaowan, marsh boat lines and lake-fish lunch.
- jingzhou honghu cujiaowan
Shishou — milu deer at Tian'ezhou
South to Shishou's Tian'ezhou reserve, set up in the early 1990s, where reintroduced milu deer now number well past a thousand on the oxbow grasslands.
- jingzhou shishou milu
Songzi — Guishui reservoir
West to Songzi for the Guishui reservoir begun in 1958, its long S-shaped earth dam rising about 43 metres — island boats, shoreline walks and a slow afternoon among the coves.
- jingzhou guishui
Neighbouring Qianjiang — Cao Yu & crayfish
An honestly labelled neighbour day — Qianjiang is a province-administered city, home to the Cao Yu memorial honouring the playwright with family roots here (born in Tianjin in 1910) and the crayfish-processing capital's big food street. Return by evening bus.
- jingzhou qianjiang day
Neighbouring Yichang — Three Gorges Dam & departure
A second honest neighbour day — the dam at Sandouping runs about 2,309 metres on its axis to a 185-metre crest, finished in 2006; coach back to Jingzhou for the final wall stroll and departure.
- jingzhou yichang dam
Budget for 10 days in Jingzhou
| 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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