Yellow Crane Tower
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"Yellow Crane Tower" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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| Simplified Chinese | 黄鹤楼 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃鶴樓 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng hè lóu |
| IPA | [xwǎŋ xɤ̂ lǒu] |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wòhng hohk làuh |
| Jyutping | Wong4 hok6 lau4 |
| Southern Min | |
| Tâi-lô | N̂g ho̍h lâu (col.) Hông ho̍k lâu (lit.) |
Yellow Crane Tower (Chinese: 黄鹤楼; pinyin: Huáng hè lóu) is a traditional Chinese tower located in Wuhan, in central China. The current structure was built in 1981, but the tower has existed in various forms since at least AD 223. The current Yellow Crane Tower is situated on Sheshan (Snake Hill), one kilometer away from the original site. It is on the bank of the Yangtze River in Wuchang District, Wuhan, in the Hubei province of central China.
The original site of the tower was on the Yellow Crane Jetty, a location situated west of Xiakou. The Yuanhe Maps and Records of Prefectures and Counties notes that after Sun Quan, founder of the kingdom of Eastern Wu, built the fort of Xiakou, a tower was constructed at this location and named after the Yellow Crane Jetty.
The tower has been destroyed twelve times, both by warfare and by fire. In the Ming and Qing dynasties alone, the tower was destroyed and rebuilt twelve times and was repaired on ten separate occasions. The last tower at the original site was built in 1868 and destroyed in 1884. In 1957, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was built with one trestle of the bridge on the Yellow Crane Tower's site. In 1981, the Wuhan City Government rebuilt the tower at a new location, about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the original site. The current tower was completed in 1985.
There are at least two legends related to the Yellow Crane Tower. In the first, an Immortal (仙人) named Wang Zi'an (王子安) rode away from Snake Mountain on a yellow crane and a tower was later built in commemoration of this story. In the second legend, Fei Wenyi (费文祎) becomes immortal and rides a yellow crane, often stopping on Snake Hill to take a rest.
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