Chang Jiang (長江 or 长江)
Sep 2, 03:15 PM by Jimmy Sie
whenever you come to wuhan, a visit to the mighty chang jiang river (長江, means “long river”) is really a must. not that you will see something that is really fantastic or very rare, but i feel that chang jiang river (also called yang tze river) is the main part of the city that shouldn’t be missed.
the river, which is the longest in asia and third longest in the world, divides the city in two parts, hankou and hanyang on the western side, and wuchang on the eastern side.
the above is a picture of changjiang river in the morning, facing the north eastern direction. in the distance you can see the second bridge. in the morning, you can see many people exercise along the bank of the river. most of them are older people. some of them will fly the kites, fishing, jogging, practise taichi or other forms of physical exercise. i even saw a group of people who swam in the river (see the video).
there are three bridges crossing chang jiang river in wuhan, but i only managed to go to two of them, the first bridge and the second bridge.
this is the picture of taken from the first bridge facing hankou.
the tower seen in the photo is wuhan tv tower that is in hanyang.
i took this picture on my way back from the yellow crane tower in wuchang. i walked on the pedestrian path on the bridge. below is another picture taken facing the other direction.
the second bridge crosses the river at the place where the river is wider, i only pass by the bridge in a taxi ride from wuchang back to hankou, but below is a photo i took when i walked along the river in the morning.
along the river there are pubs and night clubs and at night, there are many youngsters go there. many are couples and so some small children will try to sell flowers to them. if you go there as a couple, please try to be careful as some of the children will try forcefully to sell the flowers to you. some will even cling on your body.
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