Wuhan University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, which is known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces. The school is one of the most beautiful universities in the world, sitting on Luojia Mountain and surrounded by East Lake. The history of Wuhan University can be traced back to the late Qing Dynasty when Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang, founded the School of Self-improvement at the invitation of the Qing government (1893). Later, it was renamed as National Wuhan University in July, 1928. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Wuhan University moved to Leshan, Sichuan, and moved back to Luojiashan after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
The campus of Wuhan University is most famous for cherry blossoms, including cherry blossom castle, cherry blossom avenue, cherry blossom top, Luojia Square and other related attractions. Every year in mid-March, when cherry blossoms are in full bloom, Wuhan University campus attracts millions of tourists from all over the country to enjoy the flowers. There are more than 800 species of seed plants 120 families, 558 genera, among which 1 1 family, 17 species and 13 ancient and famous trees belong to rare and endangered plants. . The campus of Wuhan University, with a variety of national first-class protected tree species, is a branch of Botanical Society of China Botanical Garden.