Songzi (Chinese: 松滋市; pinyin: Sōngzī Shì) is a city in the southwest of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, located in the middle reach and southern bank of the Yangtze River.

Situated in the crossing point between Jiaoliu Railway and Yangtze River, it is a newly flourishing city prospering from industry, agriculture, commerce and trade, tourism, etc.

Songzi has a long and splendor history, as far as back to Palaeolithic period (the Old Stone Age) when the primitive human beings had already settled down here.

It already has the famous brands like Weishui siniperca shuatsi (洈水鳜鱼), Mashui sweet pomelo (麻水蜜柚), Shangming-brand mandarin orange (上明牌柑桔), Babao cotton (八宝棉), etc.

The total products of cotton, animal husbandry (pork, beef, mutton) make Songzi to have entered into the rank of Top 100 counties and cities in its kind in China.

The exploitable ones include crude oil, coal, halite (rock salt), canbyite, barytes, limestone, and others, 22 kinds in total.

There is the state-level scenic spot – Weishui Resort (洈水风景区), which integrates the mountains, waters, caves, forests, springs into one natural wonder.

It is located within the Golden Triangle for Tourism among the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Jingzhou Ancient City (荆州古城), and Zhangjiajie Scenic Area.

Meandering through the green hills and blue waters, Weishui Waterdam has a total length of 8969m and is said to be the longest earth-filled man-made dam in Asia.

Besides Weishui Lake there is a Buddhist Temple famous in Southern Chu ("楚南名刹") – Lingjiu Si (灵鹫寺), whose history can be dated back to Jin dynasty (晋朝).

Have come into being at Cambrian system about 500 million years ago, with its "one superb, three wonders, ten focal points" and close to one hundred geological scenic spots, the New God Cave incorporates the charm, danger, queerness, rareness and magnificence altogether.

Even there were reports of sighting Southern China Tiger, Leopard (panthera pardus), White Swans and other rare animals in the forest.

In the Three Kingdom period, it belonged to Wu (吳) State, under the administration of Chanling (孱陵), but with a Lexiang Magistrate (樂鄉督治) being appointed to rule the area.