1 D trip to Chibi 赤壁

Last year, during the Labor Holiday (1-3 May 2010) we went to Hubei province. We visited 2 cities, Chibi, which is famous for the battle area prior to the Three Kingdoms period and Wuhan, which is the capital of Hubei province.


Little introduction about Chibi and the Battle of Chibi:

Chibi City (赤壁市, Chìbì Shì ) was originally named Puqi (蒲圻). On 11 June 1998, the State Council renamed it to "Chibi" to tie the city to the famous historical Battle of Chibi.
The Battle of Red Cliffs, otherwise Battle of Chibi,known as the  was a decisive battle at the end of the Han Dynasty, immediately prior to the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. It was fought in the winter of 208/9 AD between the southern warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan and the numerically superior forces of the northern warlord Cao Cao. Liu Bei and Sun Quan successfully frustrated Cao Cao's effort to conquer the land south of the Yangtze River and reunite the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The allied victory at Red Cliffs ensured the survival of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, gave them control of the Yangtze (de Crespigny 2004:273), and provided a line of defence that was the basis for the later creation of the two southern states of Shu Han and Eastern Wu.(Source: en.wikipedia.org)

Morning - Leaving to Chibi
We took D train (Guangzhou-Wuhan line) from Changsha to Chibi. We are used to take a hard seat train in China but since this was our first time on D train, so taking photo is a must! It only took less than 2 hours from Changsha to Chibi.

 Chibi train station. Chibi is a small town. It was only us who get off from the train that day.

After you get off from the train, you will meet small buses which can take you to the city. And the historical sites. It takes almost an hour to reach the battle area. (U need to know Chinese to go there!)

 At the gate of Chibi Battle Area. It was.....HOT!! that day.

 

They have a lot of Three Kingdom's heroes there. Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, and Zhu Ge Liang!! 

OK, I forgot the rest.. But it was fun to see the statues since we had Chinese history class at school.

 Finally, the famous spot. Actually there is a engravings on the cliff-side which has been engraved for at least a thousand years.

Na!! any idea where these people come from?! :p

We finished the visit in the afternoon. We went to the Buxingjie, but it was closed -_-"
It wasn't even 6 P.M.
But, as a compensation.... we found a cheap, luxury restaurant!!

Less than 30 kuai for pizza and steak!

Next: from Chibi to Wuhan