历史爱好者心目中的荆州这一地理概念,应该从汉朝说起。东汉将天下分为十三州,荆州是其中之一。当时的荆州地域广大,包括了今天湖北、湖南大部,以及河南、贵州、广东、广西的一部分。从水系上看,这是一片位于长江中游的大地,多河流、湖泊和肥沃的平原。而今天所谓的荆州是湖北省中南部的一座城市,回溯到三国时期,这里叫做江陵。是古代的一处重要 Jingzhou, the history of lovers of this geographical concept, we should start from the Han Dynasty. Eastern Han Dynasty will be divided into thirteen states, Jingzhou is one of them. The vast area of ​​Jingzhou at the time included a large part of Hubei and Hunan today, as well as parts of Henan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi. From the water point of view, this is a land in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, many rivers, lakes and fertile plains. Today, the so-called Jingzhou is a city in central and southern Hubei Province, dating back to the Three Kingdoms period, here called Jiangling. It is an important one in ancient times