Longzhong () is a scenic area with total area of located approximately away from

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. It is known as the former home of the

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-era strategist

Zhuge Liang Zhuge Liang ( zh, t=諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮) (181 – September 234), courtesy name Kongming, was a Chinese statesman and military strategist. He was chancellor and later regent of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. He is r ...

History

The famous statesman

from the

period of Chinese history lived in Longzhong seclusively for more than ten years. It is where

Liu Bei Liu Bei (, ; ; 161 – 10 June 223), courtesy name Xuande (), was a warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who founded the state of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period and became its first ruler. Although he was a distant relative of the H ...

met Zhuge Liang and the story of the

Longzhong Plan The Longzhong Plan is the name given to a strategic plan by Zhuge Liang, a statesman of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. Zhuge Liang presented the plan to Liu Bei, a warlord who became the founding emperor of ...

occurred. Liu Bei made three trips before he was able to see Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang showed Liu Bei the Longzhong Plan, a long-term strategy that outlined how Liu Bei could compete with

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. This episode gave the birth to a modern Chinese idiom, “San Gu Mao Lu”, which means to repeatedly request somebody to take up a responsible post ().

Description

The Longzhong scenic area consists of man-made landscapes as well as beautiful natural environments. The

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

had already formed the “longzhong Ten Scenes”, which include Caolu Ting, Gonggeng Tian, Sangu Tang, Xiao Hongqiao, Liujiao Jin, Wuhou Ci, Banyue Xi, Laolong Dong, Liangfu Yan and Baoqi Shi. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, more human landscapes have been built inside the Longzhong scenic area, like Zhuge Caolu and Guanxing Tai. In 1994, Longzhong was listed as national key scenic spots in China, and in 1996, it was designated as the national key cultural heritage protection units.

References

Geography of Hubei Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Hubei {{hubei-geo-stub