Hayao Miyazaki Skies Over Wuhan: A Dreamy Drive to Canglong Island | July 2022

Описание: Filmed on July 22, 2022, on a journey to Canglong Island (home to Hubei Institute of Fine Arts) in southeastern Wuhan.
The sky that day possessed a dreamy, “Hayao Miyazaki-esque” quality, with low-hanging cumulus clouds and abundant light casting an animated filter over the landscape. Passing by Tangxun Lake, the largest urban lake in Asia, its expansive waters and the wetland scenery of the Jiangxia area together define the gentle, bright geographical character of southeastern Wuhan.
Names like Jiangxia, Tangxun Lake, and Canglong Island hold histories far older than “Wuhan” itself. They are not merely “incorporated by urban expansion” but the natural extension of the fabric of this “City of a Hundred Lakes.” This exploration feels like a reverse archaeology: starting from a modern art institute, crossing lakes, and ultimately arriving at the older, more constant names and breath of this land. Where do we begin to know a city? Perhaps, it lies in driving towards its seemingly “peripheral” new districts and, there, through the most dreamlike sky, recognizing its most ancient geographical genes.

#SlowDownSeeTheWorld #Wuhan #CanglongIsland #TangxunLake #UrbanGeography #JourneyOfDiscovery

拍摄于2022年7月22日，一次前往武汉东南方向 藏龙岛（湖北美术学院所在地）的旅程。
当日的天空拥有一种“宫崎骏风”的梦幻质感，低垂的积云与充沛的光线，为沿途的风景打上了动画般的滤镜。车行经过亚洲最大的城中湖——汤逊湖，这片辽阔水域与江夏区的湿地景观，共同定义了武汉东南部舒缓、明亮的地理风貌。
江夏、汤逊湖、藏龙岛这些地名，其历史远比“武汉”来得悠久。它们并非简单的“被扩城纳入”，而是武汉这座“百湖之市”肌理的自然延伸。这次探索仿佛一次逆向的考古：从现代的艺术学院出发，穿过湖泊，最终抵达的是这片土地更古老、更恒常的名字与呼吸。我们从何处开始了解一座城？或许，就在于驶向它看似“边缘”的新区，并在那里，透过最梦幻的天空，辨认出它最古老的地理基因。

#慢下来看世界 #武汉 #藏龙岛 #汤逊湖 #城市地理 #发现之旅