1938 Old photo of Hankou, Hubei. Street view of Hankou at that time: Moon Lake, Qingchuan Pavilion, Bingtang

Share a group of old Hankou photos from about 1938, which are from the Yadong Prints Collection, recording the prosperity of Wuhan on the eve of the Battle of Wuhan

Hankou has been one of the four famous towns in China since ancient times. In ancient times, Hankou Town was the territory of Hanyang County under the jurisdiction of Hanyang Prefecture. In modern times, Hankou broke away from the jurisdiction of Hanyang Prefecture and became the first municipality directly under the Central Government in China in 1923&mdash& mdash; Hankou City stands on the river with Wuchang City. In 1927, Hankou, Wuhan and Hanyang were merged into the current Wuhan City, forming the three towns of Wuhan

Hankou is the most important part of Wuhan, the financial, trade, foreign exchange center and major transportation hub of Wuhan. It has been known as“ The first prosperous place in Chu”, With“ East Chicago” It is famous at home and abroad. At that time, including Hanyang, the population in China was more than one million, which made the comprehensive strength of Wuhan’s three towns once second only to Shanghai and in the forefront of Asia

Now let’s experience the prosperous Hankou in 1938 through the 20 urban images

俯瞰汉口街景。

武昌城俯瞰

正前方为汉江，山下为汉阳铁厂等工业场所。

繁华的汉口街道。

武昌街景，众多的人力车，停靠在街道中。

汉口中央车站，欧式建筑下的火车站，很是气派，车站大门悬挂的横幅广告为请看湖中央报。

线香屋，应是制作烧香所用的线香作坊。

抱冰堂，张之洞调任京城之后，故旧门生在蛇山南腰处为其建了一座生祠，其晚年号称“抱冰老人”，因此取名抱冰堂，其意是以清廉自律。

黄鹤楼遗址处的奥略楼，黄鹤楼始建于公元223年三国时期的吴国，作为瞭望的军事用途，后成为观赏之楼，历史上多次被毁，最后一次是光绪十年（1884年），被周边一场火灾殃及焚毁，之后一直未建，1907年，张之洞在任湖广总督18年后被调任军机大臣后，他的门生故吏，为纪念他的政绩，便在黄鹤楼原址处专门为他建造“风度楼”，后张之洞亲书“奥略楼”之匾额，改名为奥略楼，1908年建成后到1955年修建长江大桥被拆。

月湖，也就是如今的月湖公园，湖畔便是古琴台。

古琴台。传春秋楚国琴师俞伯牙便在此弹琴，遇到樵夫钟子期，相交为知己，后子期病故，伯牙毁琴不复弹，为纪念这段千古琴缘，宋朝始建古琴台，后清嘉庆年间由湖光总督毕沅重建。

晴川阁始建于明代嘉靖年间，当时的汉阳知府范之箴，在修葺禹王庙时，为纪念崔颢黄鹤楼一诗中的晴川历历汉阳树，而新建此阁。如站在阁上，观长江浩荡，对面黄鹤楼在江畔也愈加仙气夺人。

汉口租界。汉口租界位于武汉市江岸区中山大道至沿江大道之间，是汉口英租界、汉口俄租界、汉口法租界、汉口德租界、汉口日租界和汉口比利时租界的统称。

汉口的法国租界。一位巡警站在街道中间

汉口的跑马场（赛马场）

汉口江边。汉口自古是中国四大名镇之一，地处武汉市长江西北、汉江以北的地域。

汉口码头，汽船的大烟囱燃起黑烟。

汉口码头

武汉的水路码头。