It was Wu Chibi who burned Chibi in the Three Kingdoms era. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo swam through Wen Chibi. Wu Chibi in Puqi has now been renamed Chibi City. . Wen Chibi was in Huangzhou.
Red Cliff
Red Cliff has two places: Wen Chibi and Wu Chibi. Among them, Wen Chibi is located in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, and Wu Chibi is located in Puqi City (now Chibi City), Hubei Province.
Wu Chibi’s introduction is as follows:
The Chibi ruins are located on the south bank of the Yangtze River 36 kilometers northwest of Chibi City, across the river from Wulin, and the land and water flow into the Yangtze River from the east. Chibi is a famous ancient battlefield. In the 13th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (208), Liu Bei and Sun Quan joined forces to defeat Cao Cao here. This is the famous Battle of Chibi in history. Starting from Puqi City, you can take a bus directly to the Chibi Ruins, and the transportation is extremely convenient.
The Chibi ruins are composed of three hills, namely Chibi Mountain, Nanping Mountain and Jinluan Mountain. These three hills are undulating and connected, as green as the sea, and with pavilions and pavilions scattered among them, the scenery becomes even more beautiful. Its main attractions include Red Cliff Cliff, Wind Worship Tower, Fengchu Nunnery and Yijiang Pavilion. These scenic spots are not far from each other and are connected by trails, making them easy to find.
On the southwest side of Chibi Mountain, facing the river, the rock slopes more than 300 meters, with jagged rocks. The raging river water rushes straight towards the cliff, rolling up thousands of piles of snow, making a sound like huge thunder. Literati and poets have been coming here to pay their respects since ancient times, so many books have been left behind. It is said that during the fire attack on Chibi, Zhou Yu was standing in Jitou commanding. Suddenly he saw the flames soaring into the sky lighting up the cliff red. He felt so excited that he wrote these two regular script characters on the spot, which was commemorated on stone. Although this legend is unreliable, it reveals the origin of the name "Red Cliff". Next to the word "Red Cliff", there are stone carvings of portraits of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. They complement each other with the calligraphy stones, which can be said to be both calligraphy and painting.
The wind-worshiping platform at the top of Nanping Mountain is said to be the site of the Qixingtai when Zhuge Liang offered sacrifices to the east wind. The seated statues of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the back hall are extremely vivid and eye-catching.
Fengchu Nunnery on the hillside of Jinluan Mountain, it is said that Pang Tong once lived in seclusion here. The original nunnery was abandoned long ago, and the current nunnery was rebuilt in the 26th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1846). It has green bricks and black tiles, simple and elegant. The statue of Pang Tong enshrined in the main room of the nunnery is solemn and resolute, with an awe-inspiring and inviolable spirit. The nunnery is surrounded by green moss, winding paths hide secluded areas, ancient trees provide shade, and hundreds of birds sing. It really has the artistic conception of "the mountain is more secluded with the singing of birds".
The Yijiang Pavilion on the top of Red Cliff is said to be the site where Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu watched Cao Ying during the Battle of Red Cliff. The pavilion was built by later generations, with green tiles and flying eaves, and hexagonal peaks. It looks far away from the Zhongfeng Pavilion, which is said to be the site of Huang Gai's bitter meat scheme. The pavilion is surrounded by blooming mountain flowers and luxuriant grass, and the scenery is very charming. When you overlook the Yangtze River from the pavilion, you will be transported to your homeland, imagining the scene of "the soldiers and oars being wiped out in ashes" during the Battle of Red Cliff
This is another controversial place, because the location of the Battle of Red Cliff , there have been different opinions since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. One of the most powerful voices said that the ancient battlefield of Chibi was located on the south bank of the Yangtze River about 40 kilometers northwest of Puqi, Hubei (now Chibi City, Hubei), opposite Wulin in the north of the Yangtze River. In modern times, the theory of "Puqi Chibi" has become a public opinion in the field of history. Its main basis is: based on the relevant records in "Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao's march route southward was: Xinye-Xiangyang-Dangyang-Jiangling-Chibi. Cao's army failed in the first battle at Chibi on the south bank of the Yangtze River and retreated to Wulin in the north of the Yangtze River. Later, it was defeated by fire in Wulin and fled to Jiangling (today's Jingzhou City, Hubei Province) via Huarong Road. Today's Puqi Chibi, Honghu Wulin and the Huarong Ancient Road in the northeast of Jianli, Hubei are completely consistent with the terrain and orientation of the Chibi-Wulin battle recorded in the "Three Kingdoms" and the route of Cao's army's retreat to Jiangling. In recent decades, more than a thousand cultural relics such as knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, arrowheads, bronze mirrors, and copper coins have been discovered underground in Red Cliff, Puqi. After identification by archaeologists, it was confirmed that these iron weapons, bronze mirrors, and copper coins were all relics from the late Eastern Han Dynasty. These are the ironclad evidence that Puqi Chibi is the ancient battlefield of the Chibi-Wulin war.