Tanhualin, Street in Wuchang District, Wuhan, China
Tanhualin is a 1,221.23-metre east-west street in Wuchang District, Wuhan, running from Zhongshan Road to Desheng Bridge between Huayuan Hill and Pangxiejiao. It formed after Wuchang's city walls were fixed in 1371, under the Ming Hongwu emperor, and side lanes such as Gejiaying open off it. Historic buildings line it, including the 1937 Huayuan Hill pastor's house at No. 90 and the 1890 Swedish mission site at Nos. 92–108.
Tanhualin took shape after the Ming Hongwu emperor's 1371 expansion fixed the walls of Wuchang, in the old city's north between Huayuan Hill and Pangxiejiao. Its historic buildings date from 1890 to 1937, among them the Swedish Mission site at Nos. 92–108 and the Huayuan Hill pastor's house of 1937 at No. 90.
The name Tanhualin is popularly linked to a line by the Tang poet Bai Juyi, and the street appears in the novel "Spring Comes to Tanhualin" by Wuhan writer Fang Fang. The surrounding old quarter also holds the Chongzhen Christian Church, the Renji Hospital and the former residence of Cai Guangji.
Tanhualin runs east–west for 1221.23 m, from Zhongshan Road to Desheng Bridge, between Huayuan Hill and Pangxiejiao. Side lanes such as Gejiaying branch off the main street. The nearest metro stop is Wushengmen station.
Tanhualin appears in the novel "Spring Comes to Tanhualin" by Wuhan writer Fang Fang, who was born in Nanjing but grew up in Wuhan. The street's name is also written with the traditional characters 曇華林.
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