Wuhan, also known as Jiangcheng, is located in the east of Jianghan Plain and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River and its largest tributary, the Han River, meet in the city, forming a pattern of three towns in Wuhan separated by a river.

Rivers, lakes and ports crisscross the city, and the water area accounts for a quarter of the city's total area.

As the economic and geographical center of China, Wuhan is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, the largest land, sea and air transportation hub in China and the shipping center in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Its high-speed rail network radiates more than half of China, making it the only city in Central China that can fly directly to five continents. ?

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"Great Wuhan" is the laudatory name of Wuhan, Hubei Province. In the early years of the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen put forward that "Wuhan should be slightly larger than new york and London" in the General Plan for the Founding of the People's Republic of China.

With the success of the first meaning of 1911, Dr. Sun Yat-sen marveled: "Wuhan shouted and the Quartet responded", revealing Wuhan's important strategic position in controlling the Quartet. During the Battle of Wuhan, the slogan of "Defending Great Wuhan" resounded throughout the country, showing the great influence of Wuhan.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Wuhan once became the second largest city in China after Shanghai, and "Great Wuhan" and "Great Shanghai" brought out the best in each other, becoming the only two cities in the history of China that were once labeled as "Big".