Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture (郢州) was a ''

zhou Zhou may refer to: Chinese history * King Zhou of Shang () (1105 BC–1046 BC), the last king of the Shang dynasty * Predynastic Zhou (), 11th-century BC precursor to the Zhou dynasty * Zhou dynasty () (1046 BC–256 BC), a dynasty of China ** West ...

'' (prefecture) in imperial China in modern

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The pr ...

, China, seated in modern

Zhongxiang Zhongxiang () is a county-level city of Jingmen, central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. The name ''Zhongxiang'' means "Blessed with propitious omen", and was given to the city by the Jiajing Emperor in the Ming dynasty. History Zhon ...

. It existed (intermittently) from 551 until 1278.

Geography

The administrative region of Yingzhou in the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

falls within modern

Jingmen Jingmen () is a prefecture-level city in central Hubei province, People's Republic of China. Jingmen is within an area where cotton and oil crops are planted. The population of the prefecture is 2,873,687 (2010 population census). The urban area ...

in central

. It probably includes parts of modern: *

Jingshan County Jingshan is a county-level city of Jingmen City, in central Hubei Province, People's Republic of China. It is named after nearby Mount Jingyuan (). It is bordered on the north by the Dahong Mountain and on the south by the Jianghan Plain. The ...

References

* Prefectures of Western Wei Prefectures of Northern Zhou Prefectures of the Sui dynasty Prefectures of the Tang dynasty Prefectures of Later Liang (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Tang Prefectures of Later Jin (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Han (Five Dynasties) Prefectures of Later Zhou Prefectures of the Song dynasty Prefectures of the Yuan dynasty Former prefectures in Hubei {{China-hist-stub