Wuhu is Anhui’s second city — a dynamic, confident Yangtze River port that has transformed itself from a heavy industrial center into one of the most vibrant mid-sized cities on the river, with a waterfront renovation that has created one of the finest Yangtze promenades in the province and a creative culture built around its most distinctive art form: iron painting (铁画, tiehua). This uniquely Wuhu craft — hammering softened iron wire and sheet into black silhouettes of landscapes, flowers, and figures with a refinement that belies its material — has been practiced in the city for over 300 years and produces artworks of genuine beauty that combine the visual language of Chinese ink painting with the permanence and texture of forged metal.

Wuhu is also the headquarters of Fantawild — China’s largest theme park operator, whose Fantawild Adventure and Fantawild Oriental Heritage parks on the city’s outskirts have become among the most visited theme parks in the world, drawing millions of domestic visitors annually with Chinese mythology-themed rides and shows of extraordinary production quality. For families visiting China, Wuhu’s Fantawild parks offer a specifically Chinese theme park experience that no Western operator has replicated.

The city’s Yangtze River waterfront — particularly the Zheshan scenic area on a small hill above the river — provides pleasant walking, river views, and the Zheshan Scenic Area temple complex that has offered the same panorama of the river since the Song Dynasty. The ancient Jinghu Lake in the old city center and the network of historic streets around it preserve a more intimate character of old Wuhu.