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Published: January 24th 2014
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The geographical and historical features of Wuhan Wuhan is the capital city of Hubei Province.Wuhan is an important central city in China and the political, economic, scientific & technological, cultural and financial center in inland China. The third longest river of the world, the Yangtze River, and its longest branch, the Han River, cross here and divide the city into three parts, Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang. There are 13 administrative districts in the city. It covers an area of 8,467 square kms and has a population of 8.31 millon.
Wuhan has been known as the 'Thoroughfare to Nine Provinces'. Since it is about 1,000 kilometers away from Shanghai in the east, Chongqing in the west, Guangzhou in the south and Beijing in the north, the megalopolis is definitely aimed to be the center of China's economic geography.
Having abundant human cultural and tourist resources, Wuhan is also a famous city in Chinese history and cultural exhibition of Han Dynasty with beautiful scenes of hills, water and parks. The famous Yellow Crane Tower, The Guiyuan Temple, East Lake Scenic
Zone are all located in Wuhan. The well-known 1911 revolution also took place in Wuhan.
Introduction to the Tourist Attractions in Wuhan: when you have the chance to board on the Yangtze River and crouch on the top of the Snake Hill,the Yellow crane tower which is one of the three famous towers stands there. It was first built in 223AD and has a history of over 1700 years.”In many people’s eyes, it is not only an important scenic spot,but also a symbol of “piping times of peace” in people‘s minds.“Scholars in the past dynasties wrote hundreds of poems and scores of writings in praise of the magnificent Yellow Crane Tower.The legend about the tower has become a bright pearl of the Chinese literature.
Covering an area of about 46,900 square meters (approx. 55,812 square yards), Guiyuan Buddhist Temple is situated in the west section of Hanyang district in Wuhan City. Being one of the four best temples in Wuhan, the temple, which was originally established in 1658 in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), was initially built on the site of Wuzhangpu Kuiyuan in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The word 'Guiyuan' originates from a sutra,
meaning to surpass the circumscription of existence and extinguishment, to return to purity and tranquility.
East Lake, the biggest scenery tourist attraction in Wuhan and also the largest lake within a city in China, is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River and in the east suburb of Wuchang. It covers an area of 87 square kilometers (33 square kilometers of water area) that is five times greater than the area of the West Lake in Hangzhou .The East Lake Scenic Area was formed from many famous scenic spots along the bank. The six major ones are Tingtao (Listening to Surging Waves), Mo Hill (Millstone Hill), Luoyan (Diving Wild Goose), Baima (White Horse), Chuidi (Playing Flutes), and Luohong Hills.
Introduction to the food in Wuhan Steamed Wuchang Fish is one of the most famous dishes in Wuhan. This fresh water fish, when prepared correctly is soft and rich. The best way to prepare the fish is to steam it together with Chinese ham, mushroom, bamboo shoot, and chicken soup.
Hot-dry noodles are an essential part of the Wuhan diet, eaten by almost everyone daily at breakfast time. Hot-dry noodle are made by cooking the fresh
noodles mixed with sesame oil in boiling water,when the noodle has cooked and cooled, it becomes pliable. The noodles are then placed in boiling water again to be reheated and the process is repeated. After seasoning has been added, including spring onion and sauce, the hot-dry noodle is ready to be served.
Challenges that Wuhan has faced to develop sustainable tourism Monuments of heritage resources have not been fully utilized. Heritage treasures is a high grade of tourist resources. Wuhan cultural heritage rich of tangible cultural heritage, city-level cultural relic protection unit at 178, of which State-level 11, provincial 5. The museums in Wuhan, which have thousands of pieces of heritage at the national level. Poems and songs of the intangible cultural heritage, folk customs, and various other folk arts. Unfortunately, these precious cultural resource failed to integrate effectively with other tourism resources, small number of reception, becoming fueled tourism industry in Wuhan.
Natural scenery resources have yet to be developed. In the current census statistics of tourism resources.More than 270 locations, attractions and natural scenery resources of heritage in Wuhan can be divided into two broad categories, and some scenic spots are two kinds
of resources or both. Natural beauty has been developed, only a very small portion of the natural scenery resources in Wuhan, and massive natural scenery resources to be developed. Related statistics show that city a total of 1.43 million mu of forest land currently, both North and South florist composition of the vegetation, beautiful ecological environment and gorgeous natural scenery. Suburb of forest resources (including wetlands, wildlife, etc) as the main tourist attractions at 26, has opened more than 10 a, slightly large for less. In addition, farmland vegetable garden, Orchard, after selecting the finishing can be used for farmhouse, agriculture projects. This is just getting started, huge space for development.
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