Hankou Jiangtan (Riverside Park)

Asia's largest riverside park (1.6 million m² three-tier flood-control landscape), reed marshes (reed-flower season Nov-Dec), night cruise terminals for the two rivers. At 1.6 million square meters, Hankou Jiangtan is Asia's largest riverside park, its three-tier design balancing flood control and waterfront access: above flood level are plazas and green shade, while in the dry season you can descend to the shoals to get close to the water and watch the river. In the early morning, joggers share the scene with open-water "river-crossing" swimmers—the most vivid footnote to Wuhan's "River City" character. From November to December the reed marshes enter reed-flower season, when hundreds of thousands of square meters of reeds rise and fall in the wind like silver waves, a rare urban "sea of reed flowers" photo spot; at dusk the Two Rivers night cruise boats set off from the Jiangtan piers, gliding past the lit-up Yangtze River Bridge and Yellow Crane Tower from a water-level perspective, making the park both the citizens' living room and a starting point for night cruises.

Getting there: Within walking distance of Jianghan Road