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Exploring merchant boats depicted in Wuhan Museum's ancient painting
Updated: Jun 24, 2026
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Can you spot how many boats appear in the painting Highlights at the Confluence of the Yangtze and Han Rivers collected by Wuhan Museum?
The answer: more than 120! Large and small, these boats carried various kinds of goods along the busy waterways of Wuhan. It was this endless flow of merchants and boats that helped Wuhan earn its reputation as the "thoroughfare linking nine provinces".
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