汉阳在武汉三镇中,城市文明进展最迟缓。民国时期,汉口早已是九省通衢之商业口岸,又是灯红酒绿的十里洋场,号称“小上海”;武昌则是历史悠久的“江夏”古城,近代之革命圣地,又是湖北省的政治、文化中心。惟独汉阳却貌似乡镇:城区小,人口少,几条用青石条铺路的狭窄街巷歪歪斜斜,两旁的小店铺 Hanyang three towns in Wuhan, the slowest progress of urban civilization. In the period of the Republic of China, Hankou was already the commercial port of the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and was also a flourishing foreign exchange market known as “Little Shanghai.” Wuchang was the ancient city of “Jiangxia” with a long history and the revolutionary place in modern history. It was also the political and cultural center of Hubei Province. Hanyang alone, but looks like a township: small urban area, small population, with a few bluestone paving narrow streets crooked, small shops on both sides