Tag: history
All the articles with the tag "history".
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Wuhan's Temples: 300 Years of Incense
Guiyuan Temple's 500 golden arhats and Baotong Temple's 1,500-year-old pagoda are two of Wuhan's most overlooked sites.
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The Tea Port: Hankou Fueled the World
In the 1860s, Hankou was the largest tea port on Earth. Russian merchants moved millions of pounds through Wuhan to London and Moscow.
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Wuhan: The Punk Rock Capital of China
Nobody associates Wuhan with music. But this city produced China's first punk band and became the country's punk capital.
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Wuhan and the Floods: A Yangtze City
The 1931 flood drowned the city. The 1954 flood tested the new republic. The 1998 flood mobilized a nation. A local explains what shaped Wuhan.
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The Wuchang Uprising: How an Empire Ended
On October 10, 1911, soldiers in Wuchang mutinied and accidentally toppled a dynasty. A local walks you through the streets where it happened.