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Introduction of Wuhan East Lake Brief Introduction of Wuhan East Lake Eco-tourism Scenic Area

1, Wuhan East Lake Eco-tourism Scenic Area, referred to as East Lake Scenic Area, is located in the east of downtown Wuhan, Hubei Province. It is a national AAAAA-level tourist scenic spot, a national civilized scenic spot demonstration site and the first batch of national key scenic spots.

2. The East Lake Eco-tourism Scenic Area covers an area of 88 square kilometers and consists of six areas: Tingtao, Moshan, Luo Yan, Piper, Baima and Luohong. Once on the banks of Qugeze River, Liu Bei grinded the suburbs of Shan Ye, and Li Bai set the eagle on the lakeside; Chairman Mao visited 48 times and distinguished guests from 64 countries left footprints. History has left traces again and again, accumulating the "famous lake temperament" of East Lake. Chairman Mao loved East Lake all his life and called it "the place where white clouds and yellow cranes fly". National key universities such as Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and China Geo University (Wuhan) are located on the lakeside of East Lake, which has become an excellent landscape.

3.2065438+February 28th, 2006, 65438+2006, a world-class greenway, Donghu Greenway, was put into operation, with a total length of10/0.98km, which is the longest greenway around the lake in the core area of domestic 5A cities. On August 18, 2020, the "Eye of the East Lake" Ferris wheel in Wuhan East Lake Scenic Area was officially opened to the public.