The Red Building and the Days of 1911
Wuchang’s Red Building changed from a provincial assembly to the seat of the 1911 military government and later a memorial museum.
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Sixty-Five Bells, More Than One Voice
The bells of Marquis Yi connect a tomb in Suizhou with Wuhan’s Hubei Provincial Museum and the sound of an ancient court.
Mulan’s Name on a Mountain
At Mulan Mountain in Wuhan’s Huangpi District, a familiar ballad has become part of the names, shrines and memory of a local landscape.
A King’s Name on a Bronze Blade
The Sword of Goujian, excavated near Jingzhou and displayed in Wuhan, joins a patterned bronze surface to the name of a ruler of Yue.
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.
The Friend Who Understood the Music
At Hanyang’s Guqin Terrace, the story of Boya and Zhong Ziqi gives a small lakeside place a lasting word for friendship: zhiyin.
Wuhan Begins With Breakfast
Hot dry noodles and the small food stalls of Wuchang introduce guozao, Wuhan’s name for the morning meal.
The Clock Above a River Port
At Hankou, the Han–Yangtze confluence, former concessions and the 1924 Jianghan Customs House reveal a port city’s changing streets.
The Tower That Lives in Poetry
At Wuhan’s Yellow Crane Tower, successive buildings, the Yangtze Bridge and Tang poetry tell different chapters of the same riverbank.