Wuhan
East Lake located on south bank of the Yangtze River
and east of Wuchang, is one of the major tourist attractions
in Wuhan and the biggest lake in a city within China. The
lake covers an area of 330, 000 sq. m. Characterized by its
lucid water, abundant plants, and the influence of the
unique gardens, the lake, with over 120 bends in the branch
streams and 111.5 km shoreline, is famed as "a lake with 99
curves". This is a great spot for good photography, so don't
forget your camera.
Guiyuan Buddhist Temple (Temple of Original Purity)
situated on Cuiwei Street, is one of the four biggest
temples for Buddhist meditation in Hubei as well as an
important Buddhist temple in China. It was first built in
the early Qing Dynasty 1644-1911) by two monks named
Baiguang and Zhufeng on the base of Sunflower Garden owned
by a poet. The temple got its name form Buddhist chants:
"With purity kept in mind, one has the thoroughfare
everywhere." Guiyuan Temple has survived through more than
300 years of repeated cycles of prosperity and decline and
there are many historic items to view and discover in the
temple and surrounding buildings that make a visit
worthwhile.
Heptachord Terrace, also named Boya Terrace, is located on the bank of Moon Lake, western foot of Tortoise Hill in Hanyang district.
Hubei Provincial Museum is one of the most important research and collection institution in the province. More than 140,000 collections, mainly from a big tomb excavated in 1978, are well preserved here, including 645 pieces of first class cultural relics and 16 pieces of national treasures.
Yangtze River Bridge Wuchang and Hanyang are linked by this great bridge - it's more than 1100m long and 80m high. The completion of the bridge in 1957 marked one of Communist China's first great engineering achievements, because until then all road and rail traffic had to be laboriously ferried across the river. A second Trans-Yangtze bridge in northern Wuhan was completed in mid-1995.
Yellow Crane Tower, located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, is one of the "Three Famous Towers South of Yangtze River. The other two are the Yueyang Tower in Hunan and the Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi.
