Xinglong Water Control Hub

　　    As one of the supporting projects of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the Xinglong Water Control Hub is known as the “First Dam on the Jianghan Plain.” This project is a low-head sluice dam-type reservoir on a plain river, with a hub axis stretching 2,835 meters—longer than that of the Three Gorges Project. The Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project includes four supporting components: the Xinglong Hub, the Hanjiang-to-Jing River Diversion, the renovation of some sluice stations along the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, and the local waterway regulation project in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, setting multiple national records in hydraulic engineering construction. In December 2009, the Hanjiang River was dammed here, marking the fourth time in Hubei Province’s history that the river has been cut off. The spectacular view of the “First Dam on the Jianghan Plain” presented by the Xinglong Hub, along with the artificial canal of the Hanjiang-to-Jing River Diversion, and the surrounding pristine metasequoia forests, ancient dwellings, and rich folk culture, make it a renowned tourist destination on the Jianghan Plain.