BUS FROM JINGZHOUI TO WUHAN Leaving Our third stop for the day after leaving Jingzhoui was for a meal and hotel lodging.

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain at the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities. Because of its key role in domestic transportation, Wuhan was sometimes referred to as "the Chicago of China" by foreign sources. With a 3,500-year-long history, Wuhan is one of the most ancient and civilized metropolitan cities in China.

Wuhan is recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational and transportation center of central China. The city of Wuhan has a population of 10,607,700 (2015). In the 1920s, Wuhan was the national capital of a leftist government led by Wang Jingwei in opposition to Chiang Kai-shek. It was also wartime capital in 1937