Yellow Crane Tower introduces:
The Yellow Crane Tower is located in Sheshanfengling, Wuchang, south bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It is a national 5A-level tourist attraction and enjoys the titles of "the first building in the world" and "the first scenery in the world". The Yellow Crane Tower is a landmark building in Wuhan, and it is also known as the three major scenic spots in Wuhan along with Qingchuan Pavilion and Guqintai.
The Yellow Crane Tower was built in the second year of the Three Kingdoms period (AD 223). Cui Hao, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Yellow Crane Tower" on this topic, which made it famous all over the world.
The Yellow Crane Tower is located at the top of the snake at an altitude of 6 1.7 meters, and the trains of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway roared downstairs. The building is five stories high, with a total height of 5 1.4m and a building area of 32 19m 2. The Yellow Crane Tower is supported by 72 columns, with 60 upturned corners extending outward, and the roof is covered with 654.38+ million layers of yellow glazed tiles.
Outside the Yellow Crane Tower, a number of ancillary buildings such as bronze yellow crane modeling, statue pagoda, memorial archway and porch pavilion set off the main building more magnificently. There are also Baiyun Pavilion, ivory tower, stele gallery, mountain gate and other buildings around the main building. The whole building has a unique national style, which complements the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge at the foot of the Snake Mountain. When you climb the building, you can see the scenery of three towns in Wuhan.
Architectural features:
The main building of Yellow Crane Tower is 49 meters high, with five floors, pyramid-shaped roof and cornices, which looks seamless. The eaves column on the ground floor is 30 meters in diameter, and a large relief is set on the front wall of the central hall to show the myths and legends about the Yellow Crane Tower in the past dynasties.
There is a mezzanine corridor on the third floor to display poetry, calligraphy and painting; There are four corridors outside the second, third and fourth floors for tourists to overlook; The fifth floor is the viewing hall, which can enjoy the scenery of the great river; Ancillary buildings include Xianzao Pavilion, Zhaoshi Pavilion, and Xiaojing of Yellow Crane Return. Looking at the whole building from a distance, it is like a yellow crane, spreading its wings and flying.
Cultural background:
Celebrities of past dynasties left a lot of poems, couplets, inscriptions and articles in the Yellow Crane Tower, among which the couplets of "majestic riverside pavilion, shrinking mountains and rivers" better wrote the momentum of the Yellow Crane Tower. In his poem, Chen Yunhe said, "The Yellow Crane Tower is majestic and imposing.".