The thoroughfare of nine provinces is another name of Wuhan in Hubei Province. In ancient times, traveling from Wuhan along the Yangtze River waterway, you can go to Bashu in the west, Wuyue in the east, Henan Shaanxi in the north, Hunan and Guangxi through Dongting, so it is called the thoroughfare of nine provinces. Some people say that Wuhan has very convenient transportation to the outside world, not nine provinces; Some people also say that Wuhan can be connected with Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces through land and water transportation. Both in general and in fact, it means that Wuhan is a transportation hub in the hinterland of our country.
Wuhan is located at the intersection of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and the Beijing Guangzhou railway artery. It is the largest inland water, land and air transportation hub in China. It is about 1000 kilometers away from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an and other major cities in China. It is the "heart" of China's economic geography and plays a role in connecting the east and west, connecting the north and south, and maintaining the four directions.