Tianmen

Tianmen is a sub-prefecture-stage city in principal Hubei Province, People's Republic of China. It is on the Jianghan Plain, at the west side of Wuhan the biggest city of Central China, in addition to the capital of Hubei and the east of Jingzhou. Formerly called Jingling, it turned into renamed to Tianmen in 1726 for the duration of the Qing dynasty. The call comes from the Sky Gate Mountains which lie northwest of the city. It is the place of birth of Lu Yu, the writer of The Classic of Tea, who's reputable as "the Sage of Tea" for his contribution to the tea culture.

Tianmen has the largest population the various identical degree cities in Central China. It became honoured "National Civilized City" by Chinese government in 2014. Prehistoric historic settlements within the Tianmen area existed at least 7,000 to 8,000 years in the past as evidenced by way of Shijiahe neolithic tribal ruins which encompass current discoveries of stone gadgets, pottery, bone, mussels, in addition to bronze articles and different artifacts, which include the ones within the authentic Tao Zu patrilineal cultural history duration.