Located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River in China, the three towns in Wuhan are collectively called Wuchang (now Wuchang District, Qingshan District and Hongshan District), Hankou (now Jianghan District, Jiang 'an District and Qiaokou District) and Hanyang (now Hanyang District), covering seven central urban areas in Wuhan today. The three towns are located at the intersection of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River, facing each other across the river, so they are called "Three Towns in Wuhan".
The history, scale and speed of the development of the three towns in Wuhan have their own characteristics. Hanyang, the earliest rising place in China, has a long history and is the industrial center of China. Hankou began to rise strongly in the Ming Dynasty and became an international metropolis after Shanghai in the early 20th century. Now Hankou has a good industrial and commercial foundation and has developed into the economic and financial center of Wuhan. Wuchang focuses on education and tourism.
The three towns in Wuhan not only have their own unique historical development tracks, but also play different roles in the functional division of labor in Wuhan. Although the administrative merger of the three towns has been nearly 60 years, this situation has not fundamentally changed. 1992 The first stop of Deng Xiaoping's southern tour is Wuchang.
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The name of Wuchang began at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms. In order to seize Jingzhou with Liu Bei, Sun Quan moved the capital from Jianye (now Nanjing) to Hubei County in 22 1 A.D., and renamed it Wuchang, which means "ruling the country with martial arts and prospering people", and soon built a city in Sheshan, named Xiakou; Wuchang's name can be interchanged with Ezhou today.
In 280 AD, the Jin Dynasty changed Jiangxia County to Wuchang County, which is the beginning of the name of wuchang city today, and later changed its name to Jiangxia until the late Qing Dynasty. Wuchang House was founded in Kangxi. After the Revolution of 1911, Jiangxia County was changed to Wuchang County, and Wuchang became the official name.
According to archaeological excavations, Wuchang is the place where the ancients lived, such as Yingtai of Fruit Lake in Neolithic Age, Laoren Bridge in Nanhu Lake, Xujiadun and Qidun in Huashan Township, Hongshan District, etc.
In the old society, Wuchang handicraft industry was developed, mainly in shipbuilding, metallurgy and coinage. Wuchang's ceramics are called Inselaton. In addition, the most noteworthy thing in Wuchang is the repeated rise and fall of the Yellow Crane Tower, which has gone through more than ten times since the Three Kingdoms period, and each reconstruction presents a different style, reflecting the architectural styles and characteristics of different times.
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Baidu encyclopedia-three towns in Wuhan