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1、WUHANWuhan,composedofthethreetownsofWuchang,Hankou,andHanyang,isthecapitalofHubeiProvince.Thethreetowns,separatedbytheYangtzeandHanshuirivers,arelinkedbybridges,andbecausethesemunicipalitiesaresocloselyconnectedbywaterways,Wuhanisalsocalledthe"cityonrivers."Beingthelarg
2、estinlandportonthemiddlereachesoftheYangtzeRiverandamajorstopontheBeijing-GuangzhouRailway,WuhanisoneofChina‘smostimportanthubsofwaterandrailtransportationandcommunications.Wuhanhasanoldhistoryandrichculturaltraditions.Itbegantoprosperasacommercialtownabouttwothousandye
3、arsago,whenitwascalledYingwuzhou(Parrotbeach).Fromthefirstcenturytothebeginningofthethirdcentury,thetownsofHanyangandWuchangbegantotakeshape.DuringtheSongDynasty(960-1279),theareabecameoneofthemostprosperouscommercialcentersalongtheYangtzeRiver.BytheendoftheMingDynasty(
4、1368-1644),HankouhadbecomeoneofthefourmostfamouscitiesinChina.Today,Wuhanisthepolitical,economic,andculturalcenterofCentralChina.ItboastsofoneofChina‘sleadingironandsteelcomplexes--theWuhanIronandSteelCorporation.Wuhanisalsoacitywithastrongrevolutionarytradition.EastLak
5、eThischarmingspotisintheWuchangdistrictofthecity.Ithasavastexpanseofwater(thirty-threesquarekilometers),withwindingbanksandwillowtrees.ThesurroundingareaisdividednaturallyintoseveralscenicareasamongwhichMillstoneHill(Moshan)isthemostattractivewithflowersbloomingalltheye
6、arround-orchidsinspring,lotusinsummer,osmanthusinautumn,andplumblossomsinwinter.ThemanybeautifulbuildingsattheedgeofthelakeincludeLandofWaterandCloud(Shuiyunxiang)whichservesasateahouse,ListeningtotheWavesTower(Tingtaoxuan),wherethevisitorcangetapanoramicviewofthelake,P
7、oetry-RecitingPavilion(Xingyinge),LakesideArtGallery(Binhuhualang),theMemorialHallofQuYuan(340-278B.C.),infiniteSkyTower(Changtianlou)whichcanaccommodateathousandvisitorsfortea,andLuXunSquare.Theparkisdottedwithlotusandfishponds,aswellasfruittrees(pearandorange)andluxur
8、iantbamboogroves.Thenineteen-meter-highLakeViewPavilion(Huguangge)standsonanislandinthelakeandisafinevantagepo
