Hankou / 汉口
Hankou is the central urban case in 65.龙王之怒：1931年的长江洪水. The episode describes it as a modernizing treaty-port and commercial city inside the larger Wuhan / 武汉 setting, with factories, warehouses, railways, electricity, rental housing, foreign concessions, and dense waterfront communities.
The flood made that modernity dangerous. The source highlights chemical and fuel leaks, fires on water, electric-shock deaths, collapsing houses, rising rents, crowded shelters, and market breakdown as examples of Modern Urban Disaster Risk.
Hankou also carries the episode’s religious and political layer. Dragon King temples, anti-superstition campaigns, rituals, and public anger over failed defenses make the city a case for Folk Religion Disaster Politics and Disaster Sensory History.
Connections
- Wuhan / 武汉, Hubei / 湖北, Yangtze River / 长江, and Han River / 汉江 - geographic setting.
- Modern Urban Disaster Risk - core city-disaster frame.
- Folk Religion Disaster Politics, Disaster Sensory History, and Disaster Relief Mismatch - social experience and response frame.