upturned eaves 飞檐
night scene 夜景
Close-ranve俯瞰图
Wudang Mountain is located to the southwest of Danjiangkou(丹江口), a city on the northwest of
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Yellow Crane Tower
located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, the Yellow Crane Tower is one of the three most famous towers on the south bank of the Yangtze River. (the other two are Yueyang Tower in Hunan and
Hubei province ,occupying 400 squares. Wudang Mountain has 72 peaks with steep valleys and beautiful scenery. The main peak, Tianzhu peak (天柱峰),is 1,612 meters above sea
黄鹤楼
崔颢
• 昔人已乘黄鹤去，此地空余黄鹤楼。 • 黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。 • 晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。 • 日暮乡关何处是？烟波江上使人愁。
• Yellow crane tower is one of the most famous places of interest in China, and also one of the best ancient architectures. It is located on the She mountain of Wuchang in Hubei province. It was built 1600 years ago and was rebuilt by the government during the year 1981 to 1985. Where the old tower was only 15 meters wide, the ground floor of the new structure was increased to 20 meters wide. The tower, 51.4 meters high, is five-storied with yellow tiles and red pillars, overlapping ridges and interlocking eaves, more magnificent than the old one.
Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi)
The Legend of Yellow Crane Tower
Legend has it that in Wuchang, there used to be a wine shop opened by a young man named Xin. One day, a Taoist priest, in gratitude for free wine, drew a magic crane on the wall of the shop and instructed it to dance whenever it heard clapping. Thousands of people came to see the spectacle and the wine shop was always full of guests. After 10 years, the Taoist priest revisited the wine shop. He played the flute and then rode on the crane to the sky. In memory of the supernatural encounter and the priest, the Xins built a tower and named it Yellow Crane Tower.
Scenic spots
HuBei province
The Three Gorges Dam project is one of the most controversial international river issues. The dam would cross the Yangtze River, which is the third largest river in the world, at a point where the river is a mile wide. The 610 foot dam would create a 39 billion cubic meter reservoir that would stretch for 400 miles. Three Gorges Dam is not only the largest dam ever built, it is the
According to records, the tower was first built in 223 A.D during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). At first it was only used for warfairs. After completion, the tower served as a gathering place for celebrities and poets to party and compose poetry. It was estimated that up to the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing dynasty, as many as 300 poems about the tower had been found in historical literature.