East Lake

Wuhan East Lake Scenic Spot

synonym

East Lake (East Lake, Wuhan City, Hubei Province) generally refers to Wuhan East Lake scenic area

Wuhan East Lake ecotourism scenic spot, referred to as East Lake scenic spot, is located in the central city of Wuhan, Hubei Province. It is a national 5A scenic spot, a national civilized scenic spot demonstration site, and one of the first batch of national key scenic spots. Mao Zedong loved the East Lake all his life and called it "the place of white clouds and yellow cranes".

East Lake is located in the east of Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, so it gets its name. Now it is one of the most extensive urban lakes in China, with an area of 33 square kilometers, six times that of Hangzhou West Lake. Located in the South Bank of the Yangtze River, it was formed by the siltation of the Yangtze River. More than 100 years ago, it was connected with other lakes in Wuchang and connected with the Yangtze River. From 1899 to 1902, Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang, ordered the construction of Wujin dyke and Wuqing dyke between the Yangtze River and East Lake, and the construction of Wutai sluice and Wufeng sluice on the dyke. Under the artificial intervention, the East Lake and its surrounding lakes were separated from the Yangtze River.

Wuhan East Lake is a scenic spot with large natural lakes as its core, lakes and mountains as its characteristics, and with tourism, leisure and popular science education as its main functions. It receives millions of tourists from home and abroad every year. It is the largest scenic spot in Central China. Before 2014, it was the largest urban lake in China. In 2014, due to the expansion of the central urban area of Wuhan, East Lake retreated to Jiangxia, Wuhan After Tangxun Lake, it is the second largest city lake in China.

With an area of 88 square kilometers, the East Lake eco-tourism scenic spot is composed of six districts: Tingtao District, Moshan District, Luoyan District, Piper District, Baima district and Luohong district. It has strong Chu style and exquisite Chu charm. The lake bank twists and turns, the Harbor Branch crisscross, the blue wave ten thousand hectares, the green mountain encircles, the island Zhu Xingluo, has been known as ninety-nine Bay's saying. Wuhan University, Huazhong University of science and technology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan Institute of physical education and other national key universities are located by the East Lake, which has become an excellent scenic spot.

The East Lake greenway opened on December 28, 2016 is a world-class greenway.

History and culture

East Lake has been a tourist attraction since ancient times. Qu Yuan chanted in the East Lake, and King Zhuang of Chu drummed and supervised the battle in the East Lake (qingheqiao ancient bridge site); during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei set up an altar to worship heaven in Moshan of the East Lake; yuan shuoyou, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, praised the East Lake with "only talking about the West Lake in the imperial capital, and Wuchang new talking about the East Lake"; Li Bai wrote poems in Yingtai beside the East Lake; Mao Zedong visited the East Lake 44 times and received 64 countries in the East Lake after the founding of the people's Republic of China Zhu De wrote a poem more than 50 years ago that "the East Lake is better than the West Lake for the time being, and will be stronger than the West Lake in the future"; Chen Yunhe, a contemporary writer, praised "how many historical stories have digested, and how strong a city has been" in his prose "the Yangtze River, the intestines of China; the East Lake, the stomach of Wuhan". In modern times, there are also such historical and cultural sites as jiunvdun, taozhulou, Quyuan memorial hall, zhubeiting, etc. Hubei Provincial Museum is a national key Museum, with more than 200000 cultural relics and 945 national first-class cultural relics (sets), gathering the cultural treasures of Hubei area. The chime bells of Marquis Yi of Zeng, the sword of King Gou Jian of Yue and the head of Yun county are the treasures of the town hall.

Mao Zedong once sighed in the East Lake Hotel: "here is the Yangtze River. You can swim in summer. The scenery of camphor trees, Osmanthus fragrans trees and bamboo in the East Lake is very beautiful. There are many willows and Metasequoia trees around the East Lake. On the other side is mouse tail. In the distance is Zhongshan Pavilion. Over there is Luojia mountain. In the dense woods is the site of Wuhan University. It's very nice to see the East Lake!"

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On April 27 and 28, 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping held an informal meeting with Prime Minister Modi of Wuhan at the Donghu Garden Hotel in India.

Location of scenic spots

Wuhan East Lake scenic spot is located between the second ring road and the Third Ring Road of Wuhan City, with an area of 73 square kilometers, of which the lake area is 33 square kilometers. It is the second largest city lake in China. In addition, the land scenic area along the lake covers an area of more than 80 square kilometers. The East Lake is known as "ninety-nine bays" because of its zigzag shores and crisscross harbors. There are more than 100 scenic spots in the East Lake scenic area. There are 12 large and small lakes, more than 120 islands and lakes, 112 kilometers of lake shoreline twists and turns, 34 peaks around the lake, more than 10000 mu of mountain forest and lush trees.

natural resources

East Lake is the second largest city lake in China (the largest city lake in China is Tangxun Lake, which is also in Wuhan). It has a national wetland park. It has 13 botanical gardens including Donghu plum garden, lotus garden and Donghu cherry garden. Donghu plum garden is China plum Research Center, with more than 320 varieties of plum, of which 152 varieties are listed in the international plant list, accounting for 60% of the registered varieties of plum in the world, ranking first in the world, with more than 100 varieties of Chimonanthus, accounting for 90% of the world.

Donghu lotus garden is China Lotus Research Center, with more than 700 kinds of lotus, accounting for more than 80% of the world. It is the world's largest and most complete lotus variety resource garden. East Lake Sakura garden, Hongqian Sakura garden in Japan and Washington Sakura garden in the United States are known as the world's three major Sakura resorts. There are more than 50 kinds of cherry blossoms and more than 10000 plants are planted, among which Guanshan cherry and Yunnan cherry are the best. The plant kingdom has various plant types, rare and unique landscape. In particular, the number of hydrophyte families accounts for 40.37% of the total number of hydrophyte families in China and 29.87% of the total number of hydrophyte families in the world.

The abundant aquatic plant resources play an important role in maintaining the ecological stability of the scenic area. There are 234 species of 5 types of rare birds. Among them, there are 2 species of endangered birds, 9 species of secondary protected birds and 10 species of provincial protected birds, which are excellent places for bird watching tourism.

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There are Tingtao Scenic Spot, Yuguang scenic spot, Baima scenic spot, Luoyan scenic spot, Houhu scenic spot, Piper scenic spot, Moshan scenic spot and Yujiashan scenic spot in Wuhan East Lake scenic spot.

Tingtao Scenic Spot

One of the core scenic spots of the East Lake scenic spot is located on the northwest Bank of Guozheng lake, the largest lake in the East Lake. Formerly known as haiguang farm, the private garden of national capitalist Zhou Cangbai, it is also the first open scenic spot in the East Lake scenic spot. The main scenic spots are xingyin Pavilion, Quyuan memorial hall, Canglang Pavilion, Changtian tower, Lu Xun square, jiunvdun, Huguang Pavilion, chufeng garden and the largest East Lake Yinhai beach in inland China. The area is a narrow peninsula.

Moshan District

Moshan is an important part of East Lake, a national key scenic spot. It is surrounded by water on three sides and meandering with six peaks. It has both beautiful natural scenery and rich cultural landscape of Chu (Moshan Chu City). It receives more than 1 million tourists from home and abroad every year. It is the most beautiful tourist and leisure resort in Wuhan. The four characteristics of Moshan scenic spot are beautiful landscape, rich plants, unique garden in garden and rich Chu customs. The abundant rainfall and light make there more than 250 kinds of ornamental tree species, with a total of more than 2 million trees. It is known as "green treasure house" in Wuhan (East Lake cherry garden). In the scenic area, the mystery of the fallen trees in Moshan, which is thousands of kilometers long, can be described as an eternal mystery, adding a layer of mystery to the East Lake scenic area.

Luohong District

Wuhan University is hidden in the mountains. The simple and elegant campus buildings are scattered among cherry blossoms, osmanthus and other flowers and trees, attracting countless visitors. Hongshan is also a good place with luxuriant trees and many historic sites. There is a gujia mountain in Luoyan district. It is said that it was the place where King Zhuang of Chu attacked douyuejiao during the Warring States period. In one battle, douyuejiao shot an arrow at King Zhuang of Chu, but it was shot on the gujia. Therefore, this mountain is called gujia mountain.

Baima District

To the north of Luoyan district is Baima scenic spot, in which there is a Baima island. It is said that after the battle of Chibi in 2008, Lu Su went back to Xiakou and rode across the island. His horse fell into the mud and died. Lu Su buried his horse in tears, so this place is called Baima island. To the east of Luoyan district and Moshan district is Chuidi mountain. It is said that Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty, once played flute here when he was granted the title of Wuchang.

Luoyan District

Located in the east section of the East Lake, the valley of Ma'anshan Forest Park, Jiufeng, Nanyuan, faces the Moshan scenic spot across the lake. With more than 30 ancient and famous trees and their follow-up resources, it is the most concentrated ancient and famous tree community with the most ornamental value in Wuhan.

Flute area

Ma'anshan Forest Park has six scattered natural villages. The highest elevation of Ma'anshan is 136 meters. There are 17 mountains and the forest coverage rate is as high as 80%. It is said that Jiang Taigong, King Zhuang of Chu, Zhao Zilong, Zhu Yuanzhang and other historical celebrities have left footprints and beautiful legends in this area.

Forbidden Development Zone

The East Lake scenic spot in Hubei Province is classified into forbidden development areas, including nature reserves, scenic spots, cultural and natural heritage, forest parks, geoparks, wetland parks and flood storage and detention areas, with a total of 233 places in the province.

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East Lake Greenway

The 101.98 km long East Lake greenway is now fully connected. The first and second phases of the East Lake greenway are connected in series into seven theme greenways.

The first phase of Donghu greenway is 28.7 km long, connecting three scenic spots of East Lake, namely, Moshan, Tingtao and Luoyan. It will build four theme greenways, namely Huzhong Road, Hushan Road, Moshan road and country road, as well as four portal landscapes

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