Yangtze River, the biggest river in China, the third longest in the World, originates from Tuotuo River on the Roof of the World ——Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, takes in countless rivers, and flows eastward across the mainland of China. With an overall length of more than 6,300 kilometers, it marches permanently toward the East China Sea, singing the songs of the four seasons with its waves. Yangtze River, next only to Amazon and Nile, is the third biggest river in the world and is a cradle that breeds the ancient civilization of the Chinese nation. It cleaved a path and made its way through the mountains to have formed these uniquely beautiful, magnificent, and wonderful gorges——Three Gorges: Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, and Xiling Gorge. Three Gorges are listed on China Top Ten Landscapes and chosen to be No.1 of the 40 Areas of Best Sceneries and Historical Relics Nationwide.
Three Gorges have showed the magic workings of nature with their marvelous and beautiful mountains and waters. The grotesque peaks and rocks on the two sides of Three Gorges are accounting the great changes took place in the past billion years, and the variegated wracks of lives sleeping deeply between the rock layers are narrating the history of the evolvement of human being during the past two million years. How many visitors have been attracted here by the charming thousand-year-long history of the region, the great ancient relics of human civilization, and the mysterious folk tales! Sandwiched between the mountains on the mid part of the Yangtze River, Three Gorges runs across Fengjie County and Wushan County in Chongqing Municipality directly under the Central Government and Badong County, Zigui County, and Yichang City in Hubei Province, extending 193 kilometers. White Emperor Town in Fengjie is the vital passage of the west part of Three Gorges. Nanjinguan in Yichang is the important gateway of the east part. Along the banks of the Yangtze River, the high peaks rise in emerald verdure, overhanging rocks tower into the clouds, dangerous cliffs seem to reach the sky, rocks are jagged and grotesque, waterfalls are spraying and sparkling, clouds and mists are curling, rapids and torrents are seething, and fierce waves are deep, serene and exquisite; while Xiling Gorge perilous for its shoals and rapid currents.
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Chongqing Municipality directly under the Central Government
The history and the culture of over 3000 years infiltrated the ancestries of Chongqing and the ancestry was Ba people. The place where they lived was called Jiangzhou, Bajun, Yuzhou and Gongzhou during the history. In 1189, a man named Zhaodun ascended the throne as the emperor of Southern Song Dynasty and he renamed here Chongqing what means "double celebrations". This name has been used for over 800 years.
With the population of 30 millions, Chongqing is the biggest metropolis in the western region of China. It was set up as the municipality directly under the jurisdiction of the center government in 1977. It is the center of politics, economy and culture, as well as the key position for communications both land and river at the upper reaches of Yangtze River and western region of China.
The rivers of Yangtze and Jialing are surrounding the city and the city is built along the hill-side. Because of the rivers, the businesses are busy and because of the busy businesses, the city is thriving and prosperous. In the evening, all the lights of the city and the stars in the sky are reflecting in the water and the mountain city even presents its charming and bright.
 A great numbers of sceneries and historical remains are distributed everywhere in Chongqing region, consists of well-know Yangtze Three Gorges and Dazu Stone Carvings that have been listed in the Records of World Culture Heritage by UNESCO.
Dazu Stone Carvings
Located in Dazu County, 120 km away from the city of Chongqing, Dazu Stone Carving is the excellent representative works of the Chinese later period of stone carvings. It was started in the early of Tang Dynasty and underwent the Five Dynasties. But most of them were chiseled in Sung dynasty. At present, there are 75 remains of stone carvings in Dazu County, including over 50000 images and the inscriptions are more than one hundred thousand words. Among them, the scale of the sculptures at the hills of Baoding and Beishan are the largest. For their artistries and engraving skills are marvelous and they have been listed in the Records of World Culture Inheritance by UNESCO on December 1, 1999.
Fengdu County
The gate of the "Ghost City" is 155m high. And the Palace of the King of the Hell is on the top of the mountain, 288m in height. However, the normal level of water storage will be reaching at 175 meters above the sea level in 2009. Therefore, the water of? Yangtze River will rise to the foot of the Mt Mingshan and the main temples and landscapes will not be affected.
Shibaozhai Stockade
The entrance of the stockade is located at 173m on Mt. Yuying. After water retaining, Mt. Yuying will be regarded as an integral whole with Shibaozhai Stockade, and it will become "the pearl on Yangtze River" and more convenient for the tourists to visit
Wangxian City
With its history of 2300 years, it was called "Wanzhou" in ancient time. It is the largest town along Yangtze Three Gorges and it has been known as "a gateway to eastern Sichuan". Merchants gathered here all through the ages. The city is built along the rising and falling hill-side and the river is running around it. For the construction of Three Gorges Dam, it became the first city for immigrants along Yangtze River. The new town for immigrants, Taibai Crag on the Western mountain, natural bridge, the prosperous markets and wonderful acrobatics show give the tourists infinite pleasures
The gateway of Yangtze Three Gorges
Qutang Gorge
From east to west, it measures 8 kilometers, starting from Baidicheng and ending at Daixi township. With vertical cliffs of some thousand meters high as its two flanks, the Qutang Gorge is only a few dozens of meters wide just like a narrow gateway. With swash and rumble, the surging Yangtze River pours into the gateway with great momentum. Looking up towards the tops of towering precipitous mountains along the Gorge, one sees from a boat only a narrow strip of clouds and sky, but under foot the River tears on violently.
White Emperor Town
Located at the northern bank of Yangtze River, the top of Baidi Mountain with the trees luxuriant and dark green, White Emperor Town was named in East Han Dynasty, 25 A.D. During the Three Kingdoms period, the emperor of Shu Kingdom Liu Bei sent an expedition against Wu Kingdom. He came back to guard here when he was defeated. Here, he committed his son to Zhuge-Liang, his prime minister before he died. This was a true story that won universal praise in the Chinese history.
    The place of White Emperor Town is also the starting place for the tour of Three Gorges. A great numbers of poets such as LiBai(Tang Dynasty), DuFu(Tang Dynasty), Bai Juyi(Tang Dynasty), Su Shi(Song Dynasty) and Luyou(Song Dynasty) wrote a lot of immortal poems and articles here.
    Opposite of the White Emperor Town in the Chijia Mountain, the foot prints left by the boat tracks during the history on the ancient plank road are beyond recollection. The ancient fort standing by the river seems to tell us what happened during the ancient war and the elephant fossils of Jurassic Period in the museum is telling us the great changes in Three Gorges area.
Wu Gorge
It extends 40 kilometers from the mouth of Daning River of Wushan Mountain in the west to Guandukou of Badong in the east. The Wu Gorge is gifted with exquisite peaks and lush mountains and ranges. It's deep and serene with changeable weather. The rolling River twists and turns and boats zigzag their way along, as if cruising in a fantastic gallery. The twelve peaks of Wushan Mountain all rise to the blue sky. They are endowed with various fascinating shapes. Among them, the most fabulous is the Peak of Goddess. It pierces through the heaven, and towers over the Yangtze River. A protruding rock of the Peak has the shape of a slim girl shrouded in clouds and mist faintly visible as if clad in fine gauze dress, looking attractive and exuding tenderness and love.
Lesser Three Gorges
Lesser Three Gorges refers to the three separate valleys of the Daning river with the names of Dragon Gate Gorge, Misty Gorge and Emerald Gorge. These three gorges lie on the lower reaches of the Daning river. The total length is 50km.Here sheer cliffs and steep mountains rise on either side.  Daning River is one of big tributaries along the Yangtze Three Gorges, which is originated from the south foot of Daba Mountains and pours into the Yangtze River at Xikou Town in Wuxia Gorge. The total length is 250km and 120km of them can be navigated. It is one of 40 Areas of Best Sceneries and Historical Relics Nationwide.
Xiling Gorge
It measures 75 kilometers from Xiangxikou to Nanjinguan. The whole Gorge area is covered with high mountains, gullies, dangerous shoals and hidden reefs of various sizes. The best-known perilous shoal is Qing Shoal. It's formed by collapsed craggy cliffs. Surging waves and rapid currents churn over the shoal embedded with rocks and stones here and there, and then drop two meters in elevation. Ships go downstream over the shoal at an arrow speed, but up the shoal it's as difficult as climbing a steep hill.
Shennong Stream

Sehnnong Stream starts at Mt. Shennongjia in Hubei Province, north of the Yangtze. It comprises of the Parrot Gorge and the Dragon Boot Gorge with breathtaking scenery. Sailing through the treacherous gorges with lush pine and translucent water, visitors can see spectacular sights like ancient plank roads, ancient suspension coffins, aqueous caves, rainbow fountain and wild lives. It is also perfect to experience the culture of Tujia minority. Visiting Shennong Stream on a pea-like boat is a sensational experience.

Yangtze Three Gorges Project
China Yangtze Three Gorges Project (TGP), as one of the biggest hydropower-complex project in the world, ranks as the key project for improvement and development of Yangtze River. The dam is located in the areas of Xiling Gorge, one of the three gorges of the river, which will control a drainage area of 1 million km2, with an average annual runoff of 451 billion m3 . The open valley at the dam site, with hard and complete granite as the bedrock, has provided the favorable topographical and geological conditions for dam construction. The double-way and five-step ship lock is characterized by the biggest water head, the most successive steps, the deepest excavation and the highest concreted side slope, and the highest and heaviest miter gate in the world.

Remarkable Power Generation Benefit
The Three Gorges Hydropower Plant (TGHP) contains twenty-six turbine-generator units, each with installed capacity of 700MW, not including the six more 700MW units in the Right Bank Underground Powerhouse under construction. Its total installed capacity amounts to 18200MW, and its expected annual average power generation accounts up to 84.7 TWH, so the TGHP ranks the biggest one in the world with remarkable power generation benefit. At present, TGHP electricity is sent unceasingly to Central China, East China, Guangdong, and Chongqing with the maximum transmission range of 1000 km.

First Target of Three Gorges Project is Flood Control
The project can effectively adjust the upstream flood of Yangtze River, which will assure a flood control standard of the Jingjiang section, a downstream reach to Three Gorges of Yangtze River, arise from currently preventing 10-year flood to controlling 100-year flood. Even in case of a rare occurrence of 1000-year flood, mass damages or injuries can still be prevented. At the same time, social problems such as environmental deterioration and epidemics related to the flood or flood diversion can also be avoided. Thus the project will protect 1.5 million hectare of farmland and towns, and 15 million of people from flood damage at Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake area. And also the project will raise the reliability of flood control in the mid and lower reach of Yangtze River, relieve the sand silt of Dongting Lake and create favorable conditions for dredge of the lake, and prevention and cure of the schistosomiasis epidemics in the lake area.

Three Gorges Power Plant will Provide Clean Energy
Compared to the coal-fired power stations with equivalent electricity generation, Three Gorges Power Plant will decrease emission of 100 million tons of CO2, 2 million tons of SO2, 0.37 million tons of nitrogen oxide and a lot of waste water and solid waste. It will bring a great benign influence in improvement of environment, especially preventing acid rain and greenhouse effect in East and Central China.
Other Benefit of Three Gorges Project??
The Three Gorges reservoir, after the project is completed, will improve the weather in this area, be favorable for agriculture, and improve water quality in the mid and lower reach, which will relieve the invasion of saline tide in the river's mouth to East China Sea.

Yichang City
In the Spring-Autumn and Warring State Periods, Yichang belonged to the State of Chu and was called Yiling at that time. Yichang enjoys the reputation of "A Gate to the Three Gorges", "throat between Sichuan and Hubei".The strategic position of Yichang was important and every troop in history tried to control it. Many historic events took place here. During the Three Kingdoms Period, the troops led by Cao Cao and the troops led by Liu Bei fought a fierce battle at Changbanpo and the State of Wu fought against the State of Shu in Yiling.During the War of Resistance against the Japanese Imperialists, here took place the famous Yichang Battle. You can also find the historical place where the famous Zhang Yide, general of the State of Shu, brandished his sword and broke the bridge with his loud shouting. Recommended spots: Yuquan Temple, Changbanpo, Guanling Tomb, Xiaoting Ancient Battlefield.
During the past few decades,Yichang has developed into a medium-sized city with a population of more than 100 thousand. The experimental dam of the TGP－Gezhouba Project is located at the lower end of the Three Gorges in the suburb of Yichang City, 38 km downstream of the TGP. The construction of the Gezhouba Project started on December 30, 1970 and ended on December 10,1988.Today,since the global super project－the Yangtze Three Gorges Project, is being built here, Yichang has become the focus of the world.

Shennong Jia (Holy Farmer Shelf)

Shennong, the Holy Farmer (Yan Di), is said to have helped people transition from a diet of meat, clams, and wild fruits, to one based on grains and vegetables, and for developing herbal medicine. In addition to promoting agriculture (Shennong is translated as divine farmer), he is recognized for tasting hundreds of herbs-on one day, more than 70 herbs that had medicinal value-selecting those that were suitable as remedies, and describing their properties. As a result of his efforts, numerous herbs became routinely used for health care, and the knowledge was handed down by oral tradition for centuries. Shennong Jia is a place with the colour of mythology. According to legend, Shennong came here to cut down trees to build shelf and collect herbal medicine to cure disease for local people. This is why this place was called Shennong Jia.
　　Shennong Jia mountain range extends from the southwest to the northeast. The terrain of Shennong is high in the west and low in the east.? Mountains and rivers are crisscrossing and moutain ridges are rolling here. The forest zone of Shennong Jia is in the northwestern Hubei, lying between the northern Yangtze River and Han Waters, which is made up of Xin Hill in Fang County and the borders of Badong county. There are six peaks which are about 3000 metres and the highest peak is 3105.4 metres above sea level, which form "Huazhong(Central China) Ridge". Shennong Jia is a famous agricultural base and nature reserve of out country and also is the only virgin forest in Huazhong (central China).
Shennong Jia has rich wild plants. The rare plants or the plants you can only find in China are dove tree, metasequoia, beech, ginkgo, Chinese tulip tree, yew etc. There are also many exotic flowers and rare fruits like banchun, helanju, azalea, shengxiaocao, yeshangzhu and winter sweet etc. Moreover, there are a lot of precious medicinal materials such as guandin yi ke zhu, jiang bian yi wan shui, qi ye yi zhi hua, Jiu si huan yan cao, gastrodia elata, tremella, Sanjianzi, dangshen, Chinese angelice and jingchai etc. Shennong Jia acted as a refuge for living things in glacial epoch of the third and fourth century because of its advantegous geographical condition.

Jingzhou City
　　Situated on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Hubei province, Jingzhou is a transportation hub and distribution center for diverse materials. Its most famous landmark is Jing Hill, from where its name originates. The city covers an area of 14,000 sq km, and stretches 483 km along the Yangtze riverbank. Jingzhou has 6.3 million habitants.
It was in Jingzhou City that the Chu culture came into being and that Qu Yuan, prominent poet of Chu, wrote his poetic masterpieces expressing love for the motherland and its people. The State of Chu established its capital here for 411 years from the Spring and Autumn Period (770B.C.-476B.C.) to the Warring States Period (475B.C.-221 BC) , and historic relics and sites that include five ancient city ruins and over 800 mausoleums bear witness to Jingzhou's rich culture. Its Xuanmiao, Kaiyuan, and Taihui temples date back 1,300 years to the Tang Dynasty. It used to be the capital of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period for totally 20 emperors; in Northern and Southern Dynasty, the capital of Qihedi, Liangyuandi, the Later Liang; in Five Dynasties, the capital of the Nanping State
It was inscribed on “the first group of 24 historical and cultural cities” list ?issued by State Council in 1982.


Ancient City Wall
There existed the brick city wall in Five Dynasties (906A.D.-960A.D.).The Ancient City Wall was destroyed and rebuilt for several times during the wars in Song Dynasty (960-1279), Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). According to the historic records, Jingzhou is the existent best-kept ancient city in China because it was rebuilt for several times. T. It is praised as “a rare intact jade in Southern China”.
As the story goes, during the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), the army of Cao Cao, head of the State of Wei, was badly defeated by an allied force of the other two states, Wu and Shu, at Chibi. Sun Quan (of Wu) wanted to strengthen his alliance to Liu Bei (of Shu) against Cao Cao. So he lent the city of Jingzhou of Liu Bei for use as springboard to expand the latter‘s influence westwards to Sichuan. But to his dismay, Liu showed no intention of returning the town to Sun Quan once his aim was achieved. As a result, Sun devised a series of schemes to take Jingzhou back from Liu, and the two states of Wu and Shu were engaged in an intense struggle over the town. This famous episode in Chinese history has been dramatized as operas and mentioned in the one of the four China classical novels- Romance of Three Kingdoms.The original town was said to have been built by Guan Yu, a famous general of Shu. The existent Ancient City Wall was reconstructed on the original base of Ming Dynasty in 1646 during the Qing Dynasty. It is 9.3 kilometers long, 9 meters high, and 10 meters thick, with well preserved gates, watching towers, and battlements.


Jingzhou Museum

Jingzhou Museum, founded in 1958, is located in the Kaiyuan Temple, at the west of Jingzhou. It covers an area of 46,600 square meters.  It boasts of 120,000 historical relics, more than 200 of which are the state first grade relics and precious objects. Jingzhou Museum, custodian of China's largest collection of lacquerware, has more than 10,000 lacquerware relics dating as far back as 2,200 years ago. ?The most typical items of the Museum are ancient bamboo slips, lacquer wares and silk. Over 3,000 historical relics are displayed into six sections, of which the Sword of Goujian, King of Yue State, the soft body remains of Western Han Dynasty, are the famous and rare cultural objects.
Exhibits of the Chu Culture mainly include bronze wares, weapons, lacquer wares and musical instruments. In particular, an important collection of lacquer ware, 2,000-year-old silk garments and fabrics featured with exquisite patterns and an almost perfectly preserved male corpse of a Han-Dynasty official, are on display.

Mount Wudang

　　Mount Wudang also known as Mount Taihe, lies in the south of Shiyan City in Hubei Province. The oldest Taoist temple was built in the Tang Dynasty. In the reign of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty when the Imperial Palace had been finished, Vice-President of the board of Works Guo Jin led the former staff to gather in force in Mount Wudang and built 7 palaces, 2 Taoism temples, 36 nunneries and 72 temples and so on. It was inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage list by UNESCO in 1994.
  Mount Wudang, famous for Wudang Shadow Boxing, has been a well-known mount in the whole country form ancient times. The mount is connected with Qin Mountain Range in the north and Mount Ba in the south , which is over 400 km Range in length and breadth. Mi Fu (a famous calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty) wrote “Di Yi Shan” three big Chinese characters in bold , rigorous strokes. As a famous resort , it has three distinguishing features as follows:
  At first, ancient architectures are very magnificent. It was said that the scale of the constructions had surpassed the Five Sacred Mountains. In the reign of Zhenguan of the Tang Dynasty, about 1300 years ago, Wulong Ancestral (Five Dragons)Temple was built to spread Taoism. From then on, Taoism has been very popular and Mount Wudang has become famous for it. Taoists worshipped "Emperor Xuanwu" very piously and it was said that the mount had been named according to his name "No one can get this honor but Xuanwu" The greater parts of the old architecture were destroyed in battles at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the current buildings were built in the Ming Dynasty. In Yongle 11 year (in 1413) of the Ming dynasty, Emperor Zhu Di sent Secretary of the Palace, Guo Jin to lead 300,000 workers to go in for large-scale construction. In nearly ten years ,they built Jingle Palace,Yingen Palace, Yuxu Palace,Zhixiao Palace, Nanyan Palace, Yunong Palace, Yuzhen Palace, Taihe Palace, Fuzhen Temple and Yuanhe Temple etc, all together 33 great architectural complex. They also built 39 bridges,12 Platforms and sotne steps along the whole mount. Mount Wudang has really been a "Zhenwu Taoist Rite". According to to pographic traits, craftsmen built palaces and temples in the middle of peaks, ranges, slopes, cliffs and ravines. The constructions look elegant and unique in appropriate density, which embody the excellent traditions of ancient architectural arts of China. The current constructions include Jing (Gold) Palace, Zhixiao Palace, Yuzhen Palace, Fuzhen Palace so on and so forth.
  Secondly, mountains are green and natural scenery is very beautiful. There are 72 peaks, 36 cliffs, 24 ravines, 11 caves, 10 stones, 9 pools etc., which are blended with elegant ancient structures. There is a stone palace "Tianyi zheng Wanshou Palace" built in Yuan Dynasty, located on the precipice of Nanyan, the most beautiful cliff among 36 cliffs. A stone beam, 30 centimeters wide, extends 2.9 meters long hanging in the air. A winding dragon was carved on it and an incense burner was carved at the end of the dragon's head. "Dragon head incense" came from it. In the past, some pilgrims risked their lives to burn joss sticks there in order to express their piousness. Generally, tourists will visit Nanyan and watch this dangerous stone beam.
  Thirdly, Wudang Shadow Boxing is famous at home and abroad, The full name of the being is "Wudang Taiyi Wuxing(the five elements) Boxing " and it is an important legacy for Wushu (martial arts) of China. The founder of this boxing is Zhang Sanfeng, a famous Taoist in Mount Wudang in the Northern Song Dynasty. The boxing he created was called Taiji Thirteen Movements combining activity with calmness. In the reign of Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, the eighth master of Zhixiao Palace in Mount Wudang, Zhang Shouxing synthesized Zhang Sanfeng's Taiji Thirteen Movements and Hua Tuo's Qigong to develop a unique Chinese boxing "Neijia Boxing", which was handed down by Taoists in Mount Wudang from one to another and was spread for and wide.

Wuhan City

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, is perched at confluence of the Yangtze and the Han rivers and is composed of three towns of Wuchang, Hanyang and Hankou. With its long history Wuhan is listed as one of the famous cities of history and culture in China and the center of tourism of Hubei Province. Wuhan is an important hub of land, water and air communications in China.
One of the advantage of a stay in Wuhan is the range of interesting and exciting places, only a couple of hours or so away, where you are able to spend great days out. Also, an excellent public transportation system means that there is no need to worry about your travel comfort. The following are our recommended places of interests for your adventure.

The main scenic spots and sites of historical interests include the Yellow Crane Tower, the East Lake, Hubei Provincial Museum of Chime Bells, Museum of China Rarer Stones and Guiyuan Buddhist Temple. Wuhan is one of the most exciting cities in China, and demands to be explored. Even for the frequent visitors, there is always something new to enjoy.

Yellow Crane Tower

　　Yellow Crane Tower, located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, is one of the “Three Famous Towers on South of Yangtze River (the other two: Yueyang Tower ?in Hunan province and Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi province).
Legend has it that in Wuchang, there used to be a wine shop opened by a young man named Xin. One day, a Taoist priest, in gratitude for free wine, drew a magic crane on the wall of the shop and instructed it to dance whenever it heard clapping. Thousands of people came to see the spectacle and the wine shop was always full of guests. After 10 years, the Taoist priest revisited the wine shop. He played the flute and then rode on the crane to the sky. In memory of the supernatural encounter and the priest, the Xins built a tower and named it Yellow Crane Tower.
According to records, the tower was first built in 223 A.D during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). After completion, the tower served as a gathering place for celebrities and poets to party and compose poetry. It was estimated that up to the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing dynasty, as many as 300 poems about the tower had been found in historical literature. Cui Hao, a famous poet during the Tang dynasty (618-907), made the tower well known throughout China with his poem “Yellow Crane Tower”.
Destroyed many times in successive dynasties, the tower was rebuilt time and again until 100 years ago when it was, for the last time, reduced to ashes. The present tower is a complete reconstruction and is the result of four years of work beginning in 1981. Where the old tower was only 15 meters wide, the ground floor of the new structure was increased to 20 meters wide. The tower, 51.4 meters high, is five-storied with yellow tiles and red pillars, overlapping ridges and interlocking eaves, more magnificent than the old one.

Guiyuan Buddhist Temple

　　Guiyuan Temple, situated on Cuiwei Street, is one of the four largest Buddhist meditation temples in Hubei as well as an important Buddhist temple in China.
The temple was first built in the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) by two monks named Baiguang and Zhufeng on the base of Sunflower Garden which was owned by a poet. The temple got its name from the Buddhist chant: “When guided by purity, one can go anywhere.” Guiyuan Temple has survived through more than 300 hundred years of repeated cycles of prosperity and decline. Above all others, it has always led the other temples in Wuhan with prosperous public worship, flourishing Buddhist ceremony, and welcoming many pilgrims.
The temple was destroyed and rebuilt several times in its history and the present temple dates from the early Republic of China (1912-1949). Covering an area of 46,900 square meters with a floor space of 20,000 square meters, the temple mainly consists of Daxiongbaodian Hall, Arhat Hall, and the Sutra Collection Pavilion.

East Lake

　　East Lake, the biggest scenery tourist attraction in Wuhan and also the largest lake within a city in China, is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River and in the east suburb of Wuchang. It covers an area of 87 square kilometers (33 square kilometers of water area) that is five times greater than the area of the West Lake in Hangzhou. Because of its winding banks and crisscrossing ponds and brooks, it is called “a lake with 99 bays”. The East Lake Scenic Area was formed from many famous scenic spots along the bank. The six major ones are Tingtao (Listening to Surging Waves), Mo Hill (Millstone Hill), Luoyan (Diving Wild Goose), Baima (White Horse), Chuidi (Playing Flutes), and Luohong (Landing Swans) Hills.
Among the six scenic areas, Tingtao and Mo Hill scenic areas are the most two notable and are open to visitors.