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Yellow Crane Tower (Huang He Lou)

The Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan was originally built during the Three Kingdoms Period for military purposes. It was destroyed and rebuilt many times in successive dynasties. The present tower consists of a five-storey building with a height of 50.4 meters (165.4 ft). Murals, statues of great po...
The Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan was originally built during the Three Kingdoms Period for military purposes. It was destroyed and rebuilt many times in successive dynasties. The present tower consists of a five-storey building with a height of 50.4 meters (165.4 ft). Murals, statues of great poets, poems, and paintings decorate the interior of the tower. Taking in the view from the top of the grand tower, one can enjoy the beauty of Wuhan City as well as the remarkable Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River passing by.
 
A legend goes that there was once a young man named Xin who ran a wine shop at the site of Yellow Crane Tower. A Taoist priest asked for wine one day, and Xin served the priest for free. The grateful Taoist priest painted a crane on the wall, which would dance whenever people clapped. People were amazed by the supernatural crane, so they swarmed to the wine shop. Ten years later the Taoist priest revisited the shop and rode the crane off into the sky. In memory of the immortal Taoist priest, Xin built a tower named Yellow Crane Tower.
 

Take tourist bus No. 401 or any bus going to Hankou or coming to Wuchang.

Hubei Provincial Museum (Hubei Sheng Bo Wu Guan)

Hubei Provincial Museum was established in 1953 and covers an area of 2,400 sq meters (0.59 acres). The museum boasts great collections of musical instruments, bronze wares and lacquer wares.
 
In 1978, a huge tomb, dating to 475-221 B.C., was discovered in Sui...
Hubei Provincial Museum was established in 1953 and covers an area of 2,400 sq meters (0.59 acres). The museum boasts great collections of musical instruments, bronze wares and lacquer wares.
 
In 1978, a huge tomb, dating to 475-221 B.C., was discovered in Sui County, Hubei. More than 15,000 relics were excavated from this tomb, including bronze ritual vessels, musical instruments, weapons, lacquer ware and more. Among these artifacts, the 65 chime bells are the most famous. The biggest bell is 153.4 cm (60.4 inches) in dimater with a weight of 203.6 kg (448.9 pounds). Even though the bells had been buried for more than 2,000 years, they can still be used to play music.
 
16 national treasures as well as 645 first class cultural relics are also preserved in the museum.
 

Take Bus No. 402

East Lake (Dong Hu)

The East Lake scenic spot is the largest lake within a city in China. The lake covers an area of 330,000 sq meters (about 81.6 acres), which is six times the size of the West Lake (Xi Hu) in Hangzhou.

The East Lake consists of six scenic areas: Ting Tao (听涛), Mo Shan (磨山), L...
The East Lake scenic spot is the largest lake within a city in China. The lake covers an area of 330,000 sq meters (about 81.6 acres), which is six times the size of the West Lake (Xi Hu) in Hangzhou.

The East Lake consists of six scenic areas: Ting Tao (听涛), Mo Shan (磨山), Luo Yan (落雁 Diving Goose), Bai Ma (白马 white horses), Chuidi (吹笛), and Luo Hong Hills (珞洪). Ting Tao is famous for the memorial of a great poet named Chu Yuan (475-221 BC). It is located at the northwest side of East Lake.
 
Mo Shan hill lies to the southeast of East Lake with an altitude of 118 meters (387 ft) high above sea level.
 
78 cherry blossom trees donated by the former Japan Premier Minister Tanaka Kakueiare are growing prosperously in this area.

Visitors can enjoy many varieties of fish, water birds and plants in East Lake. The famous Wuchang fish is a unique product of East Lake. Orchids, lotus, cherry bay and plum blossoms also highlight the marvelous lake.
 

Take bus No. 401 or tourist bus No.1.

Plum Blossom Festival (Mei Hua Jie)

From late February to early March each year, the Plum Blossom Festival is held at the scenic East Lake. The plum blossom is also the city flower of Wuhan.  Over 200 varieties of plum blossoms from different regions of China are exhibited. Activities such as Chinese calligraphy and pai...
From late February to early March each year, the Plum Blossom Festival is held at the scenic East Lake. The plum blossom is also the city flower of Wuhan.  Over 200 varieties of plum blossoms from different regions of China are exhibited. Activities such as Chinese calligraphy and paintings, plum mini-garden design contests, music and dance performances take place during the festival. Citizens whose names have the Chinese character of plum (梅) may visit the whole East Lake scenic area for free.
 
 
 
Date:  February – March (18th February to the first week of March, 2006).


East Lake, Wuchang. take bus No.1 or No. 401.

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.