Like many other cities in the Three Gorges region, Yichang is blessed with a long history of almost 2,000 years. In the Warring States Period (475-221), it was the territory of the Chu Kingdom, where the Chu Culture once thrived. Celebrities such as Qu Yuan and Wang Zhaojun hail from Zigui County , and traces of the relics in the stories of Romance of the Three Kingdoms can be seen throughout the area.