Wuchang 武昌

Wǔchāng 武昌 Other names include: Wǔchāng Prefecture 武昌府 (before 1912); merged with Hànyáng 漢陽 and Hànkǒu 漢口 in 1927 to form Wǔhàn 武漢

Nearby Locations: Hànyáng 漢陽 Hànkǒu 漢口

Central China Region

Article editor: Gregory Adam Scott

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Wǔchāng 武昌

Wǔchāng was one of three cities that straddled the confluence of the Han and Yangtze Rivers in Húběi 湖北 province. In the Qīng it was the capital of the two provinces of Húběi and Húnán 湖南 and held an important arsenal. It is also famous as the location of the first uprising that led to the overthrow of the Qīng dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.

Important Buddhist Sites

• The Wǔchāng Buddhist Seminary 武昌佛學院 was located here in the 1920s and 1930s
  • The World Buddhist Studies Center 世界佛學苑 was located at the seminary, 1929 - 1937

Resources

• Map of Hankow with Hanyang and Wuchang, published in Japan in 1915