East Lake lies within Wuhan’s urban area, with open water surrounded by a wider landscape of wooded hills and neighbourhoods. The shore bends around a series of bays, allowing a view across water to sit close to a busy city street. Tingtao, Moshan, Luoyan and Chuidi are among the familiar names of its core scenic areas. Each offers a different relation between paths, trees and the lake.
From the journal
A City Opens Around a Lake
At Wuhan’s East Lake, wooded shores, greenways and Moshan’s modern evocation of Chu culture offer a different scale of urban life.
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Water inside the city
Moshan and the image of Chu
At Moshan, modern buildings and landscape features evoke the culture of Chu, the ancient state associated with the middle Yangtze region. Gates, decorative motifs and elevated views give that older identity a contemporary architectural presence. Trees, paths and the lake frame the structures, while nearby gardens bring another rhythm of flowering and seasonal change. The result is a cultural landscape made for walking as well as looking.
A shore to spend time on
The lake’s greenways connect water, woodland and gardens. A bend in the shore brings a new arrangement of hills; a path through trees opens again onto reflected sky. Hubei Provincial Museum stands nearby as a separate institution. Its excavated objects offer one encounter with the region’s past, while the lake provides space for the present city to spend time outdoors.