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Heptachord Terrace (Gu Qin Tai)

Heptachord Terrace is located on the west side of Tortoise Hill. The terrace is also named Boya Terrace after a popular story about friendship that took place here during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 B.C.). A famous musician named Yu Boya was once stranded here by a sudden heavy...
Heptachord Terrace is located on the west side of Tortoise Hill. The terrace is also named Boya Terrace after a popular story about friendship that took place here during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 B.C.). A famous musician named Yu Boya was once stranded here by a sudden heavy rain. He played a song named “High Mountains and Flowing Steams” on his boat. Another musician named Zhong Ziqi heard the music. Yu Boya discovered that Zhong Ziqi deeply understood his music, so Yu Boya invited him to come into the boat, and the two discussed the music for the whole night. The following day, they made an appointment to meet at the exact same place a year later. Unfortunately, Yu Boya only saw the grave of his friend one year later. He was so depressed that he played the same bit of music in front of the grave and then smashed his heptachord. After that, he never played music again.  The legendary story about their friendship touched many people, so Heptachord Terrace was built to memorize their friendship.
 

A visitor can easily get to Heptachord Terrace by any bus going to Hankou or coming to Wuchang. You can also take bus No.1.

 

Jiefang Park

The liberation park is located in the northern section of hankou liberation avenue. Formerly known as the English, French, Russian, German, Japanese, and foreign countries of the six countries, commonly known as the western merchants' racecourse. The park was built in 1953 and opened on May 16, 1...

The liberation park is located in the northern section of hankou liberation avenue. Formerly known as the English, French, Russian, German, Japanese, and foreign countries of the six countries, commonly known as the western merchants' racecourse. The park was built in 1953 and opened on May 16, 1955 (the sixth anniversary of the liberation of wuhan).

It is located in the northwest corner of hankou, wuhan city, the south bound liberation park road, and the great courtyard of the western neighborhood municipal party committee, covering 38 hectares. Founded in 1952, the park has become one of the largest parks in wuhan.

The park covers an area of 460,000 square meters, of which water is 7. 60000 square meters, verdant trees, green grass, mountains and rivers, flowers. There are plum blossom mountain, osmanthus ridge, sakura slope, potted garden, Chinese name tower garden, etc. Have entertainment for visitors to the cinema, tennis court, swimming pool and ferris wheels, spaceships, flying carpets and other modern amusement projects, and form a complete set of food, tea houses and other ShangFu outlets, is one of the largest natural ecological park in downtown.

Wuhan Botanical Garden

Wuhan botanical garden, Chinese academy of sciences was established in 1956, is the collection scientific research, the species preservation, popular science education and leisure tourism in one of the country as one of the three core, collecting plants planted in huazhong area resources and our ...

Wuhan botanical garden, Chinese academy of sciences was established in 1956, is the collection scientific research, the species preservation, popular science education and leisure tourism in one of the country as one of the three core, collecting plants planted in huazhong area resources and our country inland aquatic plant all kinds of more than 10293 kinds of plants, is one of the most abundant plant species diversity and base for the preservation of germplasm resources, has the world's largest aquatic plant nursery and kiwi fruit germplasm resources nursery. As the national AAAA level scenic area, wuhan botanical garden has been appraised as the national popular science education base, the national youth science and technology education base, and the popular science education, environmental education, and wuhan in hubei province patriotic education base. (1) the tulip flower show, the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of tulip in central China, will be held at the wuhan botanical garden on the eve of Spring Festival. In ones' night queen ', 'prince', 'angel', 'the prius',' city flower, 'YiLunNi princess' new varieties, such as more than 60 Europe millions flowers red like fire, yellow like gold, white like snow, beautiful, elegant noble tulip fragrance garden, and lakeshore windmills, distinctive modelling of wooden shoes are an ornament, let you see, swimming in a sea of flowers, take you into the ocean the other shore library Ken hoff of fairy tales in the spring. The flower show will last until April.

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$120 Per Day

"Zombie Lion" dance & dragon parade during Chinese Lantern festival

D1 Drive to Huangpi- the country side from Wuhan downtown(appro 1.5hr), because it's sstill in the spring festival holiday ,  the event  will be start in the afternoon in some villages, but most of the village will do it after dinner. Drive back to Wuhan in the evening.


ONLY last for 4 days every year.
"Zombie Lion" activity
It was a lively and bustling scene with loud fire crackers, fireworks
sparkling in the sky, and crowds of people watching the Lion show with
music from drums and gongs. The "Zombie Lion", a local custom that
originated from the Tang dynasty (618-917), is played nightly from 1-2
days before to 1-2 days after the lantern festival. It is a very
mysterious activity of sacrifice. The "roler" [I cannot find this word
in the dictionary. Maybe you can define it in the text.], the person
who takes on the role of the sacrificed, performs the ritual ceremony
at the altar table, where he smells the smoke of the incense and burns
the yellow sign paper. Then he enters a trance and goes into a crazy
state. Despite the chilly winter weather, the "rolers" are usually
naked from the waist up while they dance misty-eyed under the lion's
coat. The "rolers" will visit every family, and the family will set
fireworks and firecrackers to welcome them. Usually it's the header's
home [I am confused. The rolers visit only the header's home or visit
every family's home?]. The "header" is the person who arranges this
activity. The header is selected in turn each year from among the
possible headers of which there are currently 8. This village of 140
households is named Peng jia gang or Peng's family because everyone
here has the surname Peng. We interviewed a 59-year-old roler who
started when he was in his 20s. It is said that this role is not
arranged by the people but by the heavens. But how do people know who
will be a roler? A potential roler is one who is normally a strong
man, but who has trouble eating and sleeping during the New Year
holidays. After playing the lion he will be normal again. It is
claimed that there was a roler who recovered even though the hospital
told his family that his condition was incurable. Although these
stories are based on superstition, the tradition remains year after
year. However, this tradition is slowly disappearing because the
younger generation no longer believe the stories, so they are
unwilling to continue the traditions.

$100 Per Day

Yichang half day tour

Disembark the Yangtze River Cruise ship

 Guide and driver will  wait for you at the  main exit holding a sign with guest name 

After they pick you up , transfer guests to the Sanyou Cave .  

Sanyou Cave is a huge cave on the cliff of North Xiling mountain. It is backed by the Xiling Gorge (one of the Three Gorges ) of the Yangtze River

the three statues are the three famous poets in Tang Dynasty: Baijuyi, Baixingjian and Yuanzhen. they visited this area in the year 819. Baijuyi wrote an introductory on the cave 's cliff. and that is how the name" Sanyou "  came from , which in Chinese means three people were touring this area. 

later in Song Dynasty, Sudongpo, Suxun, Suzhe three famous poets also visited this cave. and they wrote another poems on the cave. 

After touring, transfer to Yichang (YIH) airport for flight to other cities .