China's Jiangcheng joke

"Jiangcheng" is the laudatory name of Wuhan, which originated from the eternal quatrains of Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, "The Jade Emperor blows the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall into Jiangcheng in May". Yuan Shuoyou, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote in "A Tour of East Lake in Wuchang": "Why not paint the Qiantang scenery instead of the Jiangcheng".

Thousands of years ago, Wuhan was called Jiangcheng. This title is also because the development of Wuhan is closely related to the Yangtze River and Hanshui River, so among the nine cities along the Yangtze River, only Wuhan enjoys the nickname of "Jiangcheng". ?

Wuhan is called Jiangcheng because the Yangtze River, the largest river in China, and the Hanjiang River, the largest tributary, meet in this city. Located in the middle of China, Wuhan is a megacity in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the capital of Hubei Province, an important industrial, scientific and educational base and comprehensive transportation hub in China. The land area is 8494 square kilometers, and the population is120,000. ?

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Wuhan is located in the east of Jianghan Plain and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River and its largest tributary, the Han River, meet in the city, forming a pattern of three towns in Wuhan separated by a river. Rivers, lakes and ports crisscross the city, and the water area accounts for a quarter of the city's total area.

As the economic and geographical center of China, Wuhan is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, the largest land, sea and air transportation hub in China and the shipping center in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Its high-speed rail network radiates more than half of China, making it the only city in Central China that can fly directly to five continents.

Wuhan is the headquarters of the Joint Logistics Support Force, the core city of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the strategic fulcrum of the rise of central China, and the experimental area for comprehensive innovation and reform. It is also one of the three intellectually intensive areas in China. 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 four functions: national economic center, high-level scientific and technological innovation center, business logistics center and international exchange center.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wuhan