The capital of Chu during the Warring States period is now the present-day city of Jinan, northwest of Jingzhou District (the former Jiangling), Jingzhou City, Hubei Province.

Yingdu was the capital of the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Chu people have the habit of naming the capital city as Ying, due to historical reasons, the capital of Chu had several migrations, the number of its moved capitals, the frequent relocation of the capital, is difficult to compare with other early Zhou dynasty vassals.

The state of Chu began to rise to power in the reigns of Wen and Wu of the Zhou Dynasty, and in 704 BC, Xiong Tong arrogated to himself the title of King Wu of Chu. At the time of King Cheng of Chu, the state of Chu became even stronger under the governance of Yin Ziwen. When King Zhuang of Chu appointed Yu Qiu Zi, Sun Shu Ao and other wise ministers, he asked for the center of the plains, and defeated Jin in the Battle of Bi Bi and became the hegemony, which created the most prosperous era of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Warring States period, King Mourning of Chu appointed Wu Qi to change the law, which made his army strong and his horse strong, and showed the trend of dominance.

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The Chu people are diversified, in the Yellow River and Yangtze River Basin in the ancient ancestors of the long-term interaction, fighting and integration, in the Jingchu region to form a *** with the same language, *** with the same economic life, *** with the same culture and *** with the same psychological quality of the Chu people. The Chu people are named after the Chu land.

The origin of the Chu people from where, or originally is the Chu native peoples, has always been a diversity of opinions, no one is sure. The ancestors of the Chu lived in the lower reaches of the Huai Shui River and belonged to the Eastern Kingdom together with the Amans and Xu people. Xiong Tong's son, King Wen of Chu set his capital at Ying, and since then, in order to expand its territory, Chu often fought with other vassal states. At the time of King Cheng of Chu, Chu was more powerful under the governance of Yin Ziwen.

Chu King Cheng forty years (632 years ago) Jin Chu Cheng Pu battle, Chu defeated, Jin division "three days Pavilion Valley", to the Zhou Emperor offered Chu Jie "team of 100 rides, the apprentice soldiers thousand", but the war did not deplete the strength of the state of Chu, the Chu Central Army retreated, the state of Chu The war was not a loss of strength, the Chu army retreated in one piece, and Chu still continued to expand its power to the Central Plains, and Chen, Cai, Xu and Zheng did not turn their backs on Jin, for example, Chen still pays tribute to Chu, and a few years after the war, King Mu of Chu began to expand his power to the north again.

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