Jiangxia County and Hanyang County were established in Sui Dynasty, with Wuchang and Hanyang as their governing places respectively. In the Tang Dynasty, Jiangxia (Wuchang) and Hanyang were promoted to the state capitals of Ezhou and Mianzhou respectively, and became commercial centers along the Yangtze River. The name of Jiangcheng also began in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote here that "the Jade Emperor blows the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall into the river in May", so Wuhan has been known as the river city since ancient times. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the state governments ruled.
During the Song Dynasty, Wuchang belonged to Ezhou, and Hanyang and Hankou belonged to Hanyang Army. Yue Fei, the general who fought against gold in the Southern Song Dynasty, was stationed in Ezhou (now Wuchang) for eight years. From Yuan Shizu to the eighteenth year of Yuan Dynasty (128 1), Wuchang became a province of Huguang province. This is the first time that Wuhan has become an administrative office of a first-class administrative unit (equivalent to a modern provincial level).
In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhen, the sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was enfeoffed to Wuchang as king of Chu. Due to the diversion of Hanshui River from the north of Guishan to the Yangtze River during Chenghua period, a new Hankou town was formed on the north bank (concave bank) of Hanshui River during Jiajing period. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Hankou, Zhuxian Town, Jingdezhen Town and Foshan Town were also known as the "four famous towns" in the world, becoming a national land and water transportation hub and enjoying the reputation of "thoroughfare of nine provinces".
In the late Qing Dynasty, Hankou was built as Xiakou Hall (the same county), which made the three towns in Wuhan famous in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and it was even more rare for the three cities to stand out.
In the eighth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1858), Tianjin Treaty, an unequal treaty signed by Qing government and Britain, added 1 1 trading ports, including Hankou. 186 1 Hankou officially opened in March. In the lower reaches of Laohankou Town, five concessions were successively opened along the Yangtze River: Hankou British Concession, Hankou German Concession, Hankou Russian Concession, Hankou French Concession and Hankou Japanese Concession. These concessions are independent of the jurisdiction of the China government, and set up administrative institutions different from China's political system, such as the Ministry of Industry, the Inspection Institute, and the Consular Court. In the third year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (191), 10, the Revolution of 1911 took place in Wuchang for the first time, announcing its separation from the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China and its military government, and Wuhan became the center of the revolution.