China, Hubei - Wuhan Tour (V)

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Military Governor of Hubei Xinhai Uprising

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This is also the Hubei Military Government of the Republic of China government site, the end of China's feudal monarchy, republic of China to the beginning.

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October 10, 1911, Hubei revolutionaries fired the first shot of the Revolution, so Wuchang as the "Uprising of the area," Red House is revered as the "Republic of the door."

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Red House is actually relying on the ROC military government Hubei Military Government site (ie, the site of the Wuchang Uprising military government) and the establishment of the memorial museum. Red walls and red tile because of the site, people living in Wuhan, known as the Red House.

Hubei Provincial Museum

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A high pedestal, wide eaves, large slope roof antique Chu building, it is the Hubei Provincial Museum. It has the world's largest musical instrument bronze bells. China's oldest Goujian sword. Geological time early human skull, the Yuan Dynasty blue and white "four love picture" plum bottles. It is to show the world China's long history, but also to the Chinese people to understand the essence of our own culture.

 

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Yunxian skull: as the Paleolithic period, about 100 million years of geological time. In 1989 unearthed skull length 26 cm, width 19 cm, height 12 cm, is an ancient human skull fossil was first discovered in Hubei.
 

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Bianzhong, relics of early Warring States, it was about 2400 years ago. In 1978 unearthed in Hubei Province with the county. It is a huge musical instrument made of bronze bells sixty-five composition. It's across the five and a half octave range, twelve semitones available. It is superb casting technology and good music performance, rewrite the history of world music.
 

 

Bianzhong unearthed, shocked the world of archeology, two thousand years ago because there is such a beautiful instrument, so magnificent band in the history of world culture is extremely rare.

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Sword of Goujia, it is bronze and manufactured in 2400 years ago. Because Sword of Goujia be plated with a layer of chromium metal and stainless millennium. Its main component is an alloy of copper, tin, lead, iron, and sulfur. Pattern at high sulfur, copper sulfide can cause rust.

Sword of Goujia, it is a bronze sword, beautifully produced. Sword of Goujian 55.7 cm long, 8.4 cm long handle, 4.6 cm wide Sword of Goujia. Sword first rolled into a round hoop outside, inside the cast of only 0.2 mm spacing 11 concentric circles. Sword of Goujia is covered and rules, those black diamond and dark lattice pattern. Crossguard inlaid with blue glass on the front, the back of the set with turquoise.

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Yuan Dynasty blue and white "four love map" plum vase: during the Yuan Dynasty (1206 -1368). Excavated in 2006, it is 38.7 cm high, 6.4 cm diameter, and bottom diameter of 13 cm. There are pictures of the bottle shoulder, it is the Phoenix through peony; there are blue and white bottle in the abdomen, it is "four love picture." That Wang loved orchids. Tao Yuanming favorite chrysanthemums. Zhou love lotus. Lin Hejing favorite plum and crane. Foot painted cover lotus pattern. Three patterns with curly grass lines, weigela pattern is bounded. White glaze slightly green, crisp and bright colors, is a rare quality blue and white in the Yuan Dynasty.

Wuhan University

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Wuhan University, one hundred years of history, it is famous for cherry blossoms. It sits on Luojia Mountains, close to East Lake, the lake and the mountains, side by side. Quaint building hidden among the trees, seasonal flowers, walking in the campus, floral and birds, take a book, find a quiet place to relive youth time.

Chu He Han Street

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Chu He Han Street is a 1.5 km-long Pedestrian Street in the south bank of the Chu. Han Street architectural style is very unique, ancient and modern hybridity different styles. Most of the buildings restored Republican style, including red and gray brick, carved architrave, black door, brass doorknobs, slate tiles, heavy doors, old wooden window frames, etc. Han Street but there are also many modern Western-style buildings.

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