Jiqing Street
吉庆街
A long-established Hankou food street with open-air stalls, crayfish and street singers, the inspiration for Chi Li's novel Life Show.
Jiqing Street lies between Jianghan Road and Dazhi Road in Hankou. It was once Wuhan's most famous late-night street of open-air food stalls, and it became nationally known through writer Chi Li's novel Life Show. After renovation it retains folk sculptures and old Hankou street scenes. After dark it still serves crayfish, grilled fish, hot dry noodles, doupi (bean-and-rice pancakes) and other Wuhan specialties, and street performers sometimes sing to entertain diners. Free entry; it is liveliest in the evening, and it is about a 10-minute walk from Dazhi Road or Jianghan Road station on Metro Line 1. Check menu prices before ordering.
Opening hours
All day (restaurants often open late into the night)
Nearby sights
- Wuhan Art Museum
- Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street
- Site of the August 7th Meeting
- Bagong House
- Lihuangpi Road
- Zhongshan Avenue
- Wuhan Science and Technology Museum
- Jianghan Customs House Museum