Wuhan, abbreviated as "Han", also known as Jiangcheng, is the capital of Hubei Province, the only sub-provincial city in the six central provinces, a megacity, a central city in central China, an important industrial base, a scientific and educational base and a comprehensive transportation hub in the country, and a station of joint logistics support troops. As of the end of 2020, the city has 13 districts under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 8569.15 square kilometers, a permanent population of 12.3265 million people (the seventh national census), and a regional GDP of 1.56 trillion yuan.
Wuhan is located in the eastern part of the Jianghan Plain, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River and its largest tributary han river converge in the city, forming a pattern of three towns in Wuhan (Wuchang, Hankou, Hanyang) across the river, the city's rivers are crisscrossed, lakes and ports are intertwined, and the water area accounts for a quarter of the total area of the city. As the center of China's economic geography, Wuhan is known as the "Thoroughfare of Nine Provinces", is the largest water, land and air transportation hub in Chinese mainland and the shipping center of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and its high-speed rail network radiates most of China, and is the only city in central China that can directly sail to the five continents of the world.
Wuhan is the core city of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the strategic fulcrum of the rise of the central region, the comprehensive innovation and reform pilot zone, and one of the three major intellectual intensive areas in the country, and China Optics Valley is committed to building an innovation and entrepreneurship center with global influence. According to the requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wuhan is accelerating the construction of a national central city supported by the four major functions of the national economic center, high-level scientific and technological innovation center, commercial and trade logistics center and international exchange center.
Wuhan is a national historical and cultural city, an important birthplace of Chu culture, and the ruins of Panlong City in the territory have a history of 3500 years. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Wuhan has been an important military and commercial town in southern China, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties, it became the "first prosperous place in central Chu" and one of the four gatherings in the world. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the opening of the port of Hankou and the foreign affairs movement opened the modernization process of Wuhan, making it an important economic center of modern China, known as the "Chicago of the East". Wuhan is the place where the Xinhai Revolution was the first righteous, and has become the political, military and cultural center of the country several times in modern history.
Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower Park Management Office is the main body of management of yellow crane tower scenic spot. The Yellow Crane Tower has been destroyed many times in the past, and the current Yellow Crane Tower was rebuilt in 1985. In the beautiful river city with undulating mountains and rippling lakes, there is a picturesque thousand-year-old building, which is the Yellow Crane Tower at the top of Snake Mountain. For thousands of years, white clouds surrounded it, and the rolling Yangtze River flowed east from under her feet. The Yellow Crane Tower, together with Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion, is called the three famous buildings in Jiangnan.
The nine provinces of Hubei are thorough and geographically advantageous. The Yellow Crane Tower on the yangtze River, the first of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan, has been inscribed by countless famous artists and poems, and has naturally become a landmark and cultural business card of Wuhan. Go to Wuhan, can not not go to the Yellow Crane Tower.
There are many delicacies in Wuhan: hot dry noodles, duck neck, noodle nests, rib root soup, Wuchang fish, braised prawns in oil, three steamed dumplings, paste soup powder, oil cake wrapped in roasted wheat.
1, hot dry noodles: hot dry noodles is the most classic food in Wuhan, it can be said to be Wuhan's business card.
2, bean skin: its shape is square and thin, the color is golden and yellow, the taste is fragrant and drunk.
3, duck neck: Wuhan's duck neck is also a classic delicacy of Wuhan, although it is not unique to Wuhan, whether it is Zhou Black Duck or absolute taste, shops all over the country,
4, the noodle nest: the taste of the noodle nest is layered, the shape is a bit like a doughnut, the outer skin is crisp, the thick place is relatively soft, and the middle position is fried to be crispy.
5, rib lotus soup: on the tip of the tongue in China introduced a dish "rib root soup", Wuhan people used to be as long as it was a New Year's Festival must boil a pot of rib root soup.
6, Wuchang fish: from the traditional steaming, boiling, burning three, developed to steaming, oil stewing, mesh, slippery and other methods, especially steamed Wuchang fish is unique, characterized by smooth and tender taste, fragrant and delicious.
7, oil braised prawns: oil braised prawns are available throughout the country, but Qianjiang oil braised prawns are the most famous, every summer there are many people specially come to Wuhan to eat braised prawns.
8, Chuyang three steaming: the so-called three steaming, that is, tamales, tamales, steamed greens.
9, paste soup powder: paste soup powder soup, is made of two or three inches long wild crucian carp boiled, thick soup, with fritters, soup is all stored in the gaps of fritters.
10, oil cake wrapped roasted wheat: oil cake bun roasted wheat is not a traditional food in Wuhan, but it is now the most famous internet red food in Wuhan, and the soup is rich in roasted wheat with a layer of oil cake.