HUBEI is Han China’s agricultural and geographic centre, mild in climate and well watered. Until 280 BC this was the independent state of Chu, whose sophisticated bronzeworking skills continue to astound archeologists, but for ne last half-millennium the province’s eastern bulk, defined by the low-lying Jianghan plain and spliced by waterways draining into the Yangzi and Han rivers, has become an intensely cultivated maze of rice fields, so rich that (according to tradition) they alone are enough to supply the national need.Click here for Hubei Introduction
Major Cities of Hubei

Hubei Transportation - Getting to Hubei and moving around.

As the Capital of Hubei - Wuhan spreads more than 10km across, and with a choice of transit points all over the place - there are two separate train stations and at least three long- distance bus stations, it’s important to know where you’re arriving before you get here; train and bus timetables usually spell out the district where services arrive, rather than just “Wuhan”.

Most people stay on the northern bank of the Yangzi in Hankou, which, as the city’s trade and business centre, contains the best ofthe services and accommodation. South across the smaller Hah River is lightly industrial Hanyang, while Wuchang, receding southeast of the Yangzi into semi-rural parkland, harbours most of the sights.

Tianhe airport lies 30km to the north of Wuhan along a good road, with a bus link from here to the China Southern airline office on Hangkong Lu in Hankou. Rail services fi’om the north tend to terminate at Hankou’s train station, up in the north of the city along Fazhan Dadao, while those from the south favour Wuchang’s station, on the other side of town on Zhongshan Lu, Arriving by bus, you could end up at ally one of the major long-distance bus stations - on Jiefang Dadao in downtown Hankou, on Hanyang Dadao in Hanyang, and near Wuchang’s train station on Zhongshan Lu - irrespective of where you’re coming from;

There are also several private bus depots outside the Yangzi ferry terminal and alongYanhe Dadao in Hankou. There’s no confusion with Yangzi ferries, however: whether you’re coming jupstream from Shanghai or downstream from Yichang or Chongqing, they all call in at the ferry terminal on Yaujiang Dadao in Hankou.

Highlights of Hubei

Yellow Crane Tower and around The road from Hanyang to Wuchang crosses the Great Yangtze River Bridge, before whose construction in 1957 all traffic - rail included -had to be ferried 1500m across the river. On the far side, Wuluo Lu curves around She Shah (Snake Hill) which, along with the river, is overlooked by the bright tiles and red wooden colunms of the fifty-metre-high Yellow Crane Tower (RMB30), no less magnificent for being an entirely modern Qing-style reproduction sited lkm from where the original third-century structure burned down in 1884. Legend has it that She Shah was once home to a Taoist hnmortal who paid his bills at a nearby inn by drawing a picture of a crane on the ,vail, which would fly down at intervals and entertain the guests. A few years later the Immortal flew off on his creation, and the land- lord, who doubtless could afford it by then, built the tower in his honour Climb the internal staircases to the top floor and see Wuhan and theYangzi at their best. On the southern slopes of She Shan, Hong Ge is a handsonre colonial- style red-brick mansion which housed the Hubei Military Government dot- mg the 1910 uprising. A bronze statue of SunYatsen stands in front, though at the time of the uprising he was abroad raising funds. Follow Wuluo Lu east for l0km from here and you’ll be standing outside the russet walls of Changchun Taoist Temple(RMB5), a Taoist complex which made its name through the Yuan-dynasty luminary Qiu Chuzi, who preached here and later founded his own sect. Only partially open to the public, the hails are simply furnished with statues of the Three Purities, the Jade Emperor, and other Taoist deities. A side wing has been co-opted as a pharmacy, where Chinese speakers can have their vital signs checked by a traditonal doctor and buy medicines collected, according to the staff, on Wudang Shan. There’s also a martial-arts training area, with rusty poleaxes and swords displayed on racks. Next door, Changchun’s vegetarian restaurant is well worth visiting at lunch time

Best Time of Travelling Hubei

Hubei has a subtropical monsoonal climate with a humid and hot summer, dry winter and strong sunlight in autumn. Annual rainfall averages 800-1600 millimeters and with average temperatures ranging from 15 C-17 C. Most places in Hubei enjoy four distinct seasons, with the best times to travel there being spring and autumn

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