The Natural Beauty of This Province Will Take Your Breath Away

Fifty-seven days have passed since New Year’s day in 2019!

Have you started acting on the goals that you’ve set for yourself this year?

Have you planned your next travel adventures yet?

After rummaging through China’s rivers and mountains,

I finally made it to Hubei province, a low-key province with hidden, breathtaking beauty.

1

Cherry blossoms at Wuhan University in Hubei province

 武汉大学 樱花

Cherry blossoms come out in late March every year.

Take a walk along the cherry blossom avenue and watch the petals fall down with the wind.

This means a beautiful spring is coming!

Wuhan University is also known as “the beautiful university in China”.

Ticket price:free

Best time to visit: late March

Address: 湖北省武汉市武昌区珞珈山路16号

2

Shennongjia world geopark 

神农架世界地质公园

Shennongjia has 6 mountains with an altitude of more than 3,000 meters and a forest coverage rate of over 96%. It has been rated as a national forest and wildlife nature reserve, known as the “gene pool of species” and “sanctuary of endangered animals and plants”.

There are not only karst landforms and ancient glacial erosion remains, but also traces of Earth’s past orogeny.

Ticket price:RMB 22

Best time to visit: May—September

Address: 湖北省神农架林区境内

3

Yellow crane tower

黄鹤楼

Ticket price:RMB 35

Best time to visit: seasons

Address: 武汉市武昌区蛇山西山坡特1号

4

Mount Wudang

武当山

Mount Wudang is one of the most famous sacred places of Taoism in China. Others include Mount Taishan and Mount Huashan. There you’ll find a vast array of cliffs, ravines, deep caves, and springs dotted.

Ticket price:RMB 65

Best time to visit: Spring and Autumn

Address: 湖北省十堰市丹江口市武当山景区

5

Jingzhou Ancient city

荆州古城

On the horse path leading to the Dongmen Binyang building 宾阳楼 and the north big gate’s 朝宗楼, you will find that a lot of black bricks are engraved with some dense characters, which are called “text bricks”.

The text bricks show a record of the long history of a building in past dynasties in Jingzhou.

Price:free

Best time to visit: all seasons

Address: 湖北省荆州市荆州区张居正街2号

6

Three Gorges Dam

三峡大坝

The world’s largest water control project

Price:RMB 66

Best time to visit: April—December

Address: 湖北省宜昌市三斗坪镇

7

Tribe of the Three Gorges

三峡人家

In the three gorges of the Yangtze river in the most spectacular fantasy of the Xiling Gorge.

The traditional three gorges stilted buildings are dotted with mountains and rivers. The long-lost ancient sailboat and Wupeng boat are quiet.

The fishermen in this photo are using their nets to catch fish.

Price:RMB 169

Best time to visit: April—October

Address: 宜昌市夷陵区三斗坪镇

8

Enshi Grand Canyon Scenic Area

恩施大峡谷景区

It was rated as a 5A scenic spot in 2015.

The whole length of the canyon is 108 kilometers, thus extending its beautiful across magnificent lands.

The two Banks are typical and rich karst landforms.

These include sinkholes, Earth crevices, Tiansheng Bridges, karst caves and near-vertical cliffs.

Price:RMB 245

Best time to visit:April – July

Address: 恩施土家族苗族自治州恩施市

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