Legend has it that in Wuchang, a young man named Xin opened a hotel. One day, a Taoist priest painted a crane on the wall of a shop to thank for the free wine, and instructed it to dance as soon as it heard the clapping. Thousands of people come to see this spectacular scene, and the hotel is always crowded with guests. 10 years later, Taoist revisited the restaurant. He played the flute, and then rode a crane into the sky. To commemorate this immortal encounter and priest, the Xin family built a tower and named it Yellow Crane Tower.
According to records, this tower was built in the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in 223 AD. When completed, the tower became a gathering place for celebrities and poets to meet and write poems. It is estimated that up to 300 poems about the pagoda were found in historical documents during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Cui Hao, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty (6 18-907), was famous in China for his poem "Yellow Crane Tower".
This tower was destroyed many times in successive dynasties, and then it was rebuilt. Until 100 years ago, it was reduced to ashes for the last time. The present tower is a complete reconstruction, which is the result of four years' work since 198 1 The old tower is only 15 meters wide, and the bottom of the new structure is increased to 20 meters wide. The tower is 5 1.4 meters high, with five floors, yellow tiles and red columns and overlapping ridges and cornices, which is more magnificent than the old tower.
The new Yellow Crane Tower is considered as the symbol of Wuhan.