Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Photography major - Analyze the geographical location of Wuhan, as well as its history, culture, folk customs and so on.

Analyze the geographical location of Wuhan, as well as its history, culture, folk customs and so on.

Wuhan (Wǔhàn), referred to as Han for short, is the capital of Hubei Province in People's Republic of China (PRC) and one of the sub-provincial cities in China. It is one of the seven central cities in China with a permanent population of 8.97 million. It is the largest city in Central China, the financial center, transportation center and cultural center in Central China of China, and a megacity in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The central city of Wuhan city circle. The Yangtze River, the third largest river in the world, and its longest tributary Hanshui divide Wuhan into three parts, forming a pattern of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang separated by a river. Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote here that "the Jade Emperor blows the Yellow Crane Tower and plum blossoms fall into the river in May", so Wuhan has been called "the river city" since ancient times.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wuhan was once the largest inland city in China, ranking among the best in Asian cities, and once had the reputation of "Chicago of the East". Wuhan is the birthplace of the Republic of China, where the famous Wuchang Uprising took place.

The evolution of administrative divisions in Wuhan is of great historical significance, which can be said to be a microcosm of the history from the Ming Dynasty to the Revolution of 1911 and even the founding of the People's Republic of China. Wuhan's position in Hubei Province can be regarded as the merger of two cities (Hankou and Wuchang) and one county (Hanyang) (hence the saying of "three towns in Wuhan"). Among them, Hankou and Wuchang began to develop into large-scale cities from the late Ming Dynasty. From 1927 to 1949, these three places correspond to Hankou Special City (the former municipality directly under the Central Government), Wuchang City (the capital of Hubei Province) and Hanyang County respectively. 1927, the national government moved its capital to Wuhan, and for the first time, Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang were merged into Jingzhao District, collectively known as Wuhan. This was the first time that the three towns were merged. So Wuhan can be said to be a close combination of a municipality directly under the central government, a provincial capital city and a county.

Wu Hanyou is rich in fresh water resources. The Yangtze River, the largest river in Asia, and its tributary Hanshui meet in this city. In addition, there are dozens of freshwater lakes belonging to the Yangtze River system in Wuhan (if you count the suburbs, there are more than 100 lakes, so it is named "the city of 100 lakes"). Among them, Wuhan East Lake is the largest lake in China, with a coastline of more than 1 10 and a water area of 33 square kilometers, which is six times that of Hangzhou West Lake. In the urban area of Wuhan, the water area accounts for about a quarter.