About Wuhan
Wuhan, referred to as the Han, (also known as River City), is the capital of Hubei province. It is located in the eastern part of the former Jianghan Plain, and has been an important industrial base, science and technology base and an integrated transport hub in China.
In 2015, there are 13 municipal districts and three state-level development zone in the jurisdiction of Wuhan, which covers a total area of 8594 square kilometers and has a resident population up to 10,607,700.
Wuhan is a national historical and cultural city with 3,500 years of history dating back PanLongCheng. The Qing Dynasty Westernization Movement, stimulated the rise of industrial and economic development of modern Wuhan, made Wuhan become an important economic center in Modern China. Known as the birthplace of China’s democratic revolution, Revolution WuChang is the beginning of XinHai Revolution and of great historic significance.
Yellow Crane Tower area: National 5A-class tourist attractions, state-level key scenic spots, the first of Jiangnan floor of the three (the other two are famous building Yueyang in Hunan, Jiangxi Poetic). Yellow Crane Tower is cast classical and modern, with good intentions to build a poetic quality. It is in the mountains and breathing Aura turmoil intersection, just to meet the preferences of the Chinese folk climbing and advocating the philosophical concept of the universe. Going up on Yellow Crane Tower, is not only enjoyable, but also make the soul and the universe Infiltrate, so that the spirit gets purification. This is about why the beauty of the Yellow Crane Tower charm does not weak through time.
Wuhan East Lake eco-tourism scenic spot, is a national 5A class tourist attractions, the National Scenic Area civilized demonstration sites and the first national key scenic spots. Wuhan East Lake Area takes natural lake as the core, and a set of tourism, leisure, science education as the main function of tourist attractions. Every year millions of people tour in Wuhan East Lake. It was China’s largest city lake before 2014.
Wuhan 1911 Revolution Museum is located in the northern end of the WuChang Snake Mountain. It covers an area of 28 mu and owns building area of more than 6000 square meters, It is also national AAAA tourist scenic spot. Main building of the hall is the red building on the second floor. So people say it as “red chamber”. On October 10, 1911, after the success of the WuChang uprising, the Revolutionary Party set up the military here and announced the abolition of the imperial Qing Dynasty, established the Republic of China, taking over Chinese feudal rule of 2000 years.
Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is the first bridge on the Yangtze River, as well as the first double-track railway, highway dual bridge after the founding of New China. Completion of the bridge is a landmark building in Wuhan. Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is one of 156 works of Soviet aid to China, started in September 1955 and finished in October 15, 1957. The total length of the bridge is about 1670 meters. Upper part is for highway (State Road 107), while the lower for two-lane railway bridge (Beijing-Guangzhou railway).