Hankou, a prosperous international metropolis, is an important part of Wuhan. As the financial, commercial, foreign exchange center and major transportation hub of Greater Wuhan, it has been known as "the first prosperous place in Chu" and "Oriental Chicago" at home and abroad since ancient times. ?

Hankou has been one of the four famous towns in China since ancient times. Located in the northwest of the Yangtze River, north of the Han River, facing Wuchang in the southeast and Hanyang in the southwest.

Hankou Town in ancient times belonged to Hankou Town, Hanyang County, Hanyang Prefecture. In the old society, Hankou was once the first of the "Four Meetings in the World", with Shi Jing in the north, Foshan in the south, Suzhou in the east and Hankou in the west.

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Hankou appears as a place name in Historical Records. Today's Hankou actually has only a history of more than 500 years, which began with the diversion of Hanshui River during Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. The Hanshui River was originally injected into the Yangtze River from the south of Guishan, and its mainstream was injected into the Yangtze River from Jijiazui in the north of Guishan during Chenghua years.

After the diversion of the Hanshui River, the low-lying wasteland developed into Hankou, which is also known as the four famous towns with Zhu Xian in Henan, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Foshan in Guangdong.

Hankou has been open to trade since the Opium War. There is a land of about 2.2 square kilometers in the middle section of Jiang Yan Road in Hankou, north of Jianghan Road, south of Taikoo Gorge Pier in Mayang Street and southeast of Zhongshan Avenue, where there are various European-style buildings such as Gothic, Rococo and Baroque.

This is the remains of Hankou Concession 19 from the 1960s to the first half of the 20th century. It is geographically arranged from southwest to northeast and divided into five concessions: Britain, Russia, France, Germany and Japan.

The number of Hankou Concessions is second only to Tianjin, ranking second in the country, the area is second only to Shanghai and Tianjin, ranking third in the country, and its influence ranks first among foreign concessions in the mainland.

According to the unequal treaties, foreign powers implemented another system in the concession, which was independent of the administrative system and legal system of the China government and became a country within a country.

But objectively, it has also promoted the modernization process of Wuhan, and left us many experiences for reference in urban planning, urban infrastructure construction, urban transportation, public health management and so on.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hankou (one of the three towns in Wuhan)