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AnIntroductiontoWuhanoverviewWuhanisthecapitalofHubeiprovince,People‘sRepublicofChina,andisthemostpopulous（人口稠密的）cityinCentralChina.ItliesattheeastoftheJianghanPlain,andtheintersection（交汇处）ofthemiddlereachesoftheYangtzeandHanrivers.Arisingoutoftheconglomeration（聚集）ofthreeboroughs（市镇）,Wuchang,Hankou,andHanyang,Wuhanisknownas“thenineprovinces’leadingthoroughfare（通行）”;itisamajortransportation（交通）hub（中心）,withdozensofrailways,roadsandexpresswayspassingthroughthecity.Itisrecognizedasthepolitical,economic,financial,cultural,educationalandtransportationcenterofcentralChina.ThecityofWuhan,firsttermedassuchin1927,hasapopulationof9,785,392people(Census2010),withabout6,177,000residentsinitsurbanarea.HankouRiverbankWuyhanYangtzeBridgeOpticalValleyPedestrianStreetWuchangRailwaystationJianghanRoadGrandOceanDepartmentStoreOpticalValleySquare(nightview)OpticalValleyInternationalPlazaHistoryTheareawasfirstsettledmorethan3,000yearsago.DuringtheHanDynasty,Hanyangbecameafairlybusyport.Inthe3rdcenturyADoneofthemostfamousbattlesinChinesehistoryandacentraleventintheRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms—theBattleofRedCliffs—tookplaceinthevicinity（附近）ofthecliffsnearWuhan.Aroundthattime,wallswerebuilttoprotectHanyang(AD206)andWuchang(AD223).ThelattereventmarksthefoundationofWuhan.InAD223,theYellowCraneTower(黄鹤楼)wasconstructedontheWuchangsideoftheYangtzeRiver.CuiHao,acelebratedpoetofTangDynasty,visitedthebuildingintheearly8thcentury;hispoemmadethebuildingthemostcelebrated（著名的）buildinginsouthernChina.Thecityhaslongbeenrenowned（有名的）asacenterforthearts(especiallypoetry)andforintellectualstudies.UndertheMongolrulers(YuanDynasty),Wuchangwaspromotedtothestatusofprovincialcapital,andbythedawnofthe18thcentury,HankouhadbecomeoneofChina'stopfourmostimportanttownsoftrade.ChinaCustomYellowCraneTower1911RevolutionMuseumconcertbellset(bianzhong)GeographyandclimateWuhanissituatedinthemiddleofHubeiprovince,113°41′-115°05′East,29°58′-31°22′North,eastoftheJianghanPlain,andtheconfluence（交汇处）ofthemiddlereachesoftheYangtzeRiverandHanshuiRiver.Themetropolitan（大城市的）areacomprises（组成，构成）threeparts-Wuchang,Hankou,andHanyang,commonlycalledthe“ThreeTownsofWuhan”(hencethename“Wuhan”,combining“Wu”fromthefirstcityand“Han”fromtheothertwo).Theconsolidation（合并）ofthesethreecitiesoccurredin1927andWuhanwastherebyestablished.Thesethreepartsfaceeachotheracrosstheriversandarelinkedbybridges,includingoneofthefirstmodernbridgesinChina,knownastheFirstBridge.Wuhan‘sclimateishumid（潮湿的）subtropical(KoppenCfa)withabundant（丰富的）rainfallandfourdistinctiveseasons.Wuhanisknownforitsoppressively（烦闷的）humidsummers,whendewpoints（露点）canoftenreach26°C(79°F)ormore.Becauseofitshotsummerweather,WuhaniscommonlyknownasoneoftheThreeFurnacesofChina,alongwithNanjingandChongqing.Springandautumnaregenerallymild,whilewinteriscoolwithoccasionalsnow.TouristsitesWuchanghasthelargestlakewithinacityinChina,theEastLake,aswellastheSouthLake.TheHubeiProvincialMuseumincludesmanyartifacts（手工艺品）excavated（发掘）fromancienttombs,includingaconcertbellset(bianzhong).JiqingStreet(吉庆街)holdsmanyroadsiderestaurantsandstreetperformersduringtheevening,andisthesiteofaLiveShow(生活秀)withstoriesofeventsonthisstreetbycontemporarywriterChiLi.TheLutePlatform（古琴台）inHanyangwaswherethelegendary（传说的）musicianYuBoyaissaidtohaveplayed.Accordingtothestoryof知音(zhiyin,“understandingmusic”),YuBoyaplayedforthelasttimeoverthegraveofhisfriendZhongZiqi,thensmashed（砸碎）hislutebecausetheonlypersonabletoappreciatehismusicwasdead.TheYellowCraneTower(Huanghelou)ispresumedtohavebeenfirstbuiltinapproximately220AD.Thetowerhasbeendestroyedandreconstructednumeroustimes,wasburnedlastaccordingtosomesourcesin1884.Thetowerunderwentcompletereconstructionin1981.Thereconstructionutilizedmodernmaterialsandaddedanelevator,whilemaintainingthetraditionaldesigninthetower'soutwardappearance.CollegesanduniversitiesWuhanisthescientificandeducationalcenterinCentralChina,with35highereducationalinstitutionssuchasWuhanUniversityandHuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,whichcoverallthefieldsofscienceandtechnologyandemployelitesandexplorersinthesefields.NationalUniversities武汉大学WuhanUniversity(foundedin1893)华中科技大学大学HuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology(HUST，foundedin1953)武汉理工大学WuhanUniversityofTechnology(WHUT)中国地质大学(武汉)ChinaUniversityofGeosciences华中农业大学HuazhongAgriculturalUniversity(foundedin1898)华中师范大学(HuazhongNormalUniversity)中南财经政法大学ZhongnanUniversityofEconomicsandLaw(foundedin1948)中南民族大学South-CentralUniversityforNationalitiesPublicUniversities湖北大学HubeiUniversity武汉科技大学WuhanUniversityofScienceandTechnology江汉大学JianghanUniversity湖北工业大学HubeiUniversityofTechnology武汉工程大学WuhanInstituteofTechnology武汉科技学院WuhanUniversityofScienceandEngineering武汉工业学院WuhanPolytechnicUniversity湖北中医学院HubeiCollegeofTraditionalChineseMedicine武汉体育学院WuhanInstituteofPhysicalEducation湖北美术学院HubeiInstituteofFineArts湖北警官学院HubeiPoliceCollege武汉音乐学院WuhanConservatoryofMusic湖北经济学院HubeiUniversityofEconomics武汉生物工程学院WuhanBioengineeringInstitute湖北第二师范学院HubeiUniversityofEducationWuhanUniversityHua