Best Traditional Chinese Hubei Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower Three Gorges Yangtze Wudang Mountains Unesco 1994 Shennongjia Unesco 2016 And Hubei Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: China travel | Asia destinations Best Traditional Chinese Hubei: Wuhan Yellow Crane Tower, Three Gorges Yangtze, Wudang Mountains UNESCO 1994, Shennongjia UNESCO 2016, and Hubei Deep Heritage Tour Destinations Hubei sits in the middle reach of the Yangtze, holding 58 million people across 185,900 square kilometres of river plain, lake country, and limestone mountain. The province name means "north of the lake," referring to Dongting Lake on its southern border, but the defining geography is the Yangtze River itself, which cuts west to east through the centre and gathers the Han, Qing, and dozens of smaller tributaries before pushing out toward Anhui. Two UNESCO World Heritage sites anchor the cultural map. Wudang Mountains entered the list in 1994 for its Taoist temple complex and its role as the cradle of Tai Chi. Shennongjia followed in 2016 for primary forest, endemic species, and a 736 square kilometre core that shelters the Sichuan golden snub-nos...