Hubei province is a popular tourist destination in Central China, and the core area of the Yangtze River International Golden Tourism Belt. A four-hour high speed rail ride from Hubei can reach over 70 percent of cities across China.

People visit the area to admire cherry blossoms in spring, red lotus flowers that dot lakes and ponds in summer, the sweet-scented Osmanthus flowers that fill the air in autumn and the early plum blossoms that usher in another year of hope in winter.