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1、MyHometownWuhan1.Location2.Famous&BeautifulPlaces3.Culture4.PopularFoodsWuhan,composedofthethreetownsofWuchang,Hankou,andHanyang,isthecapitalofHubeiProvince.Thethreetowns,separatedbytheChangjiangandHanshuirivers,arelinkedbybridges,andbecausethesemunicipalitiesaresocloselyconne
2、ctedbywaterways,Wuhanisalsocalledthe"cityonrivers."BeenregardedasAThoroughfaretoNineProvinces,WuhanisoneofChina‘smostimportanthubsofwaterandrailtransportationandcommunications.Today,Wuhanisthepolitical,economic,andculturalcenterofCentralChina.Andy←YellowCraneTowerBorderingont
3、heChangjiangRiverandcrouchingonthetopoftheSnakeHill,theYellowCraneTowerisoneofthethreemostfamoustowersonthesouthbankoftheChangjiangRiver.(theothertwoareYueyangTowerinHunanandTengwangTowerinJiangxi)Firstbuiltin223AD,thetowerhasahistoryofover1700years.GuiyuanTempleThisfour-hundr
4、ed-year-oldBuddhisttemplestandsinawoodedareaoftheHanyangdistrict.Thepicturesquecompoundofthetempleincludesahugehallthathousesfivehundredskillfullyscrlpturedarhatstatues,eachdifferentfromtheotherinbodilypostureandfacialexpression--sitting,sleeping,laughing,angry.Thetemplealsobo
5、astsofarichcollectionofstonecarvings,paintings,andBuddhistscriptures.EastLakeTheEastLakeistheprideandjoyofthepeopleofWuhan,andtheworldbiggestlakeinthecity.Millionsofresidentsheregetalotoffunoutofgoingforawalkalongthelakesideinspring,swimminginsummer,appreciatingsweetlaurelinau
6、tumnandadmiringpluminwinter.Thelakecovers33squarekilometersandstretchesfarintothedistance.Ancientpagodasandtemplesscatteredin34verdanthillsaroundthelakemakethescenicspotmorehistoricandimposing.YangtzeRiverBridgeThiswasthefirstmodernrivercrossingatthislocationandisstillknownas"
7、TheFirstBridge",ItwasbuiltunderthedirectionofRussianengineersusingChinesematerialsandconstructioncrews.Beforethiswasavailable,railroadtrainswouldbebargedacrosstheriver,takinguptoanentiredaytocross.Thisbridgecarriestwotracksofrailroadbelowandfourlanesofvehiculartrafficaboveandj
8、oinsSnakeHillwithitsYellowCraneTowerontheSouthtoTurtleHill.Ma
