Best places to visit in Hubei

Hubei Province Essentials

Hubei Province serves as a central hub of Chinese civilization, anchored by the mighty Yangtze River. The region features the UNESCO-listed Wudang Mountains, renowned for Taoist architecture and martial arts. Modern engineering is represented by the Three Gorges Dam and the record-breaking Sidu River suspension bridge. Cultural highlights include the Hubei Provincial Museum, home to the 2,400-year-old Marquis Yi bells, and the historic city of Jingzhou. From the Cold War-era Project 131 tunnels to Wuhan’s landmark Yellow Crane Tower, the province spans thousands of years of history.

Hubei Province Essentials — Map

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Yellow Crane Tower

Yellow Crane Tower is a traditional Chinese tower located in Wuhan. The current structure was built from 1981 to 1985, but the tower has…

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Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang,…

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Mount Wudang

The Wudang Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China.

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Hubei Provincial Museum

The Hubei Provincial Museum is one of the best known museums in China, with a large amount of state-level historic and cultural relics.

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Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge

The Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge, commonly known as Wuhan First Yangtze Bridge, is a double-deck road and rail bridge across the Yangtze…

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East Lake

East Lake is a large freshwater lake within the city limits of Wuhan, China, the largest or the second largest urban lake in China.

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Guiyuan temple

Guiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple located on Cuiwei Road in Hanyang District of Wuhan, Hubei, China.

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Chu River Han Street

Chu River and Han Street is a street and a river in Wuhan, which is developed as a project of the Phase 1 of Wuhan Central Cultural Zone.It…

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Sidu River Bridge

The Sidu River Bridge is a 1,222 m-long suspension bridge crossing the valley of the Sidu River near Yesanguan in Badong County of the…

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Jīngzhōu history museum

This museum houses over 130,000 artifacts from the ancient Chu State, including well-preserved silk textiles, lacquerware, and a 2,000-year-old Han Dynasty mummy discovered in the region.

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Project 131

Underground Project 131 is a system of tunnels in Hubei province constructed in the late 1960s and the early 1970s to accommodate the…

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Baotong Temple

Tucked away in the trees, this temple will impress you by its size and ornate architectural style.

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