Yangtze River History during Warring States Period

In Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the political center of the Ba Kingdom was in Chongqing (it was named Jiangzhou in ancient). As the good management of ancestors in Shang Dynasty and West Zhou Dynasty, and it also absorbed large amount of new things from Chu Kingdom and the Qin Culture in central plain, the political, economy and culture got great development; even the military power also became stronger. In order to resist the invasion of Chu Kingdom, the Ba Kingdom set army at the midstream of Qingjiang River and west mouth of Qutang Gorge.

Yangtze River History during Warring States Period – Communication between Ba and Chu

The culture communication of Ba Kingdom and Chu Kingdom was very close and with long history, and people in the two kingdoms can marry each other. But there also had conflicts between the two kingdoms. There are many ancient books recorded the conflicts between Ba Kingdom and Chu Kingdom. In the mid of Warring States Period, the power of Chu Kingdom has stretched to west of Qutang Gorge. Archeologists have found series of Chu tombs in Yangtze River area. For example, in the tomb group of Zhongxian, there found 30 Chu tombs of Warring States Period and with some weapons in it. To sum up, in this period, the Ba Kingdom was heavily attacked by Chu Kingdom, and which made the royal of Ba Kingdom removed for several times. We can say that half of the Ba territory was occupied by Chu Kingdom at that time.

Yangtze River History during Warring States Period – Ethnic Groups

There were several ethnic groups and races lived in Yangtze River Three Gorges area in Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period. These ethnic groups and races were named "Manming" (Savage People) by the people in central plain. Among these ethnic groups, some of them were strong, while some of them were weak.

Yangtze River History during Warring States Period – Qin Controlled Three Gorges Area.

In this period, people in Yangtze River Three Gorges area have controlled some techniques about developing and making salt. But, he battle between Ba Kingdom and Chu Kingdom also affected the salt industry development.

In the late of Warring States Period, the Qin Kingdom in western area took the Ba Kingdom and Chu Kingdom. From then on, the Ba Kingdom, Chu Kingdom and Shu Kingdom in Yangtze River Three Gorges area were controlled by Qin Kingdom.

As a part of Yangtze River, the culture and events in Three Gorges area add more wonderful parts to Yangtze River history. it is attractive for visitors to take Yangtze Cruises.