古城宜昌,拥有2400年灿烂文明史,其地理位置,居于华中地区之中心,堪称地理中国之中心重镇。作为“川盐入鄂”的水上交通枢纽,近代以来,宜昌城市得以迅速发展。1876年,宜昌被开辟为通商口岸,中外商贾云集,作为转运港口和内外贸易市场,城区商业经济不断发展,城市初具规模。进入民国以后,宜昌城市得到一定的发展。到1937年时,已形成沿江纵约5公里,东西横约0.5公里的商埠 The ancient city of Yichang, with 2400 years of brilliant civilization history, its location, living in the center of central China, called geography of China’s central city. As the “Sichuan salt into Hubei” water transport hub, since modern times, Yichang city to rapid development. In 1876, Yichang was opened up as a trading port, where foreign and domestic merchants gathered. As a transshipment port and a domestic and foreign trade market, urban commercial economy continued to develop and cities began to take shape. After entering the Republic of China, Yichang city to get some development. By 1937, a commercial port about 5 km long and about 0.5 km east-west had been formed