My Plan To Visit Wuhan, China in November, 2026

I used to travel overseas on tour twice or more annually in the past. However, till now I am yet to make a single trip this year in 2026.

After deliberating on a few places to visit, I have finally decided to join a 6D4N package tour to visit Wuhan, China come November, 2026.

Tour Itinerary

According to the itinerary, the places to be visited include: Wuhan (武汉). Tianmen (天门), Jingzhou (荆州), Yichang (宜昌), Yangtze River Three Gorges (长江三峡), Xiantao (仙桃), Yueyang (岳阳) and Chibi (赤壁).

A bit of background on Wuhan city is as follows:

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province (湖北省) of China. It is the 7th-most-populous city in China. The name "Wuhan" came from the city's historical origin from the conglomeration of Wuchang (武昌), Hankou (汉口), and Hanyang (汉阳), which are collectively known as the "Three Towns of Wuhan" (武汉三镇).

Wuhan was the site of the 1911 Wuchang Uprising (武昌起义) against the Qing dynasty which ended 2,000 years of dynastic rule. Wuhan was briefly a capital of China twice, in 1927 under a left wing Kuomintang (KMT) government, and in 1937 as a provisional wartime capital during World War II.

On December 31, 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that later caused the COVID-19 pandemic, was first discovered in Wuhan and the city was the location of the first lockdown of the pandemic in January 2020.

Wuhan is considered the political, economic, financial, commercial, cultural, and educational center of Central China. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads, and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major cities.

In the winter of AD 208/9, one of the most famous battles in Chinese history and a central event in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三国演义) — the Battle of Red Cliffs (赤壁之战) took place near the Yangtze River, with the cliffs near Wuhan identified as one of the potential locations. Around that time, walls were built to protect Hanyang (AD 206) and Wuchang (AD 223).

武汉市，简称“汉”，别称江城，中华人民共和国超大城市和国家中心城市之一，湖北省省会、副省级市，是中国中部暨长江中游地区第一大城市，也是中部地区的政治、经济、金融、商业、物流、科技、文化、教育中心及交通、通信枢纽，国家历史文化名城，有“九省通衢”之称。

“黄金水道”长江及其最大支流汉江横贯市区，将武汉一分为三，形成武昌、汉口、汉阳三块区域隔江鼎立的格局，史上统称之为“武汉三镇”。

1911年，辛亥革命武昌起义发生在这里，中华民国诞生于此。1927年，北伐中的国民政府决定将武汉三镇合并为京兆区（首都），并将其设为中国的第一个直辖市。同年二月，国民政府及中国国民党中央委员会迁到武汉，中国共产党中央也随之来汉，使其短期成为全国政治、经济、文化中心。抗日战争初期，国民政府在内迁伊始曾将武汉定为临时陪都，成为第二次世界大战焦点城市。1949年以后，武汉转型成为全国重要的工业基地、科教基地和综合交通枢纽。

2019年12月，2019冠状病毒疾病疫情在武汉率先爆发，为遏制疫情扩散，武汉新冠肺炎疫情防控指挥部于2020年1月23日宣布“封城”。4月8日，武汉解除控措施，恢复对外交通。

I can’t wait to Google-search the pictures of the places in the itinerary and share as follows:

Wuhan: Yellow Crane Tower

Wuhan: East Lake Scenic Area

Tianmen

Jingzhou

Yichang - CBD Pedestrian Street

Yangtze River Three Gorges cruise

Xiantao

Yueyang

Chibi: "Battle of Red Cliffs" scenic area