Friday, March 27, 2015

China, Hubei - Wuhan Tour (II)

Continued from previous page

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Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province which is located in central China, east of Jianghan Plain. The world's third largest river - the Yangtze River and its largest tributary running through the city center, Wuhan will be divided into three parts, forming a Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang three towns.






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Wuhan is a typical garden city. There are seven centers in Wuhan city and six distant city, area 8494.41k. Aspect of the rivers in city, lakes and harbor intertwined, hundreds of large and small hills, nearly two hundred lakes located in the city. Water area of 2217.6 square kilometers, one-quarter of the total area of the city, constitutes a very unique ecological environment of the lake waters.



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Wuhan has a long history, our ancestors have been in this thriving, with stone ware began as early as the ancient civilization dating back 8,000 years. Panlong city in northern city of Wuhan, built in the Shang Dynasty, dating back over 3,500 years.
 





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Wuhan has a story, and you never know, in the seemingly ordinary alley, it has hidden traces the history of the old house. Wuhan personality hot, but very real. There are plum and cherry blossoms in the spring, but also people watch the flowers of the season, and in March of Wuchang, it will be crowded and plugging through. Wuhan autumn is very short, but there are dispersed in the air fragrance to remind you that September has arrived.


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On my mother's old house, we can saw Hankou Marshland Park. We came out of my mother's old house, across the road to the Jianghan Road. This road is very long history.







JiangHan Road


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Jianghan Road, which has 1210 meters long, was a British concession period of the Bund in the late Qing Dynasty. It is the most engaging, is lined up various buildings: European style, Romanesque, Byzantine, Renaissance, neoclassical, modernist ...... some people say, Jianghan Road is the museum's 20th-century building in Wuhan.




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There are different styles of architecture, different bank buildings all show different poses. Jianghan Road of Wuhan, you can also see the old flavor of life, nostalgic and modern. When standing on the bridge watching the entire Strip, ancient buildings in jagged neon signs shine, so I suddenly trance, I do not know the body at that time?





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Walking in the Hankou YanJiang Avenue, from JiangHanGuang to government offices (the former German consulate), 13 styles of century-old building with sweeping arrangement. The formation of each building, there are some unchangeable history. Constitute the space between the building of a city, the past and present are all into them, but also secretly showcase the future.

 

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To go from the block to another block, like a book turned a page. This book tells the story of Wuhan has gone past the most prosperous period. As the modern history of China, Wuhan is the second largest industrial and trade center. It is second only to Shanghai, China. Wuhan is one of China's most westernized city, which witnessed all this is Hankou Marshland.



Hankou Marshland


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Hankou Marshland, in addition to a row of similar concession buildings in Shanghai Bund , the most famous of the reed on a number of late autumn. Marshland reeds mainly in the vicinity of the Yangtze River Bridge, stretching about 4km, there are more than one hundred meters at its widest point. In the heart of the city has such a spectacular reeds, which is unprecedented in China's major cities, and has become a beautiful landscape in Wuhan. Every year in late autumn (October-December), aloe blossoms, accompanied by the surging river, very spectacular, a lot of visitors, many people take wedding photos in here .

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Hankou Marshland, which is located in the north shore of the Yangtze River in Wuhan downtown. It has an area of 1.6 million square meters. It is adjacent attractions in Yanjiang Avenue. It is connected with the Dragon King Temple attractions. It joined Pedestrian Street in Jianghan Road. It is across the Yellow Crane Tower area. It is the hundred boats compete with the Yangtze River flow matched, constitute a charming landscape center in downtown area of Wuhan.