#My Hometown My Year#I'm returning today, and for her sake, she went to visit the Yellow Crane Tower that she longed for. Friends who have not been there, please come with me to see!! Friends in Wuhan, Hubei Province, please ignore the crossing!!
(The following introduction comes from the network)
The Yellow Crane Tower, located in Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, is located at the top of Snake Mountain, bordering the Yangtze River, and is a landmark building in Wuhan, famous for the poem "Yellow Crane Tower" inscribed by the Tang Dynasty poet Cui Haodenglou. Since ancient times, it has the reputation of "the best scenery in the world", and is known as the "three famous attractions of Wuhan" together with Qingchuan Pavilion and Guqintai; it is the first of the "Ten Great Scenic Spots of Wuhan", one of the four famous buildings in ancient China, one of the "Top Ten Historical and Cultural Buildings in China", and is known as "the first building in the world".
🌟 Highlights:
The main building of the Yellow Crane Tower is a four-sided set of octagonal shapes, reinforced concrete frame imitation wood structure, with a height of 51.4 meters, the bottom layer is 30 meters wide, the top floor is 18 meters wide, the cornice is five floors, the top of the building is covered with golden glazed tiles, supported by 72 columns, and there are 60 angles stretching outward on the upper floor; there are cast copper yellow crane shapes, statue pagodas, archways, Xuan corridors, pavilions and other buildings outside the building, the whole building is shaped like a yellow crane, spreading its wings, hanging plaques on all four sides of the eaves, and the front hangs calligrapher Shu with the same title "Yellow Crane Tower" three-character gold plaque.
Ground floor
The first floor is a tall and spacious hall, its middle algae well is more than 10 meters high, the front wall is a huge "white cloud yellow crane" ceramic mural, and the columns on both sides hang up to 7 meters long: cool air comes from the west, the clouds sweep away the heavens and the earth; the river goes east, and the waves wash away the ancient and modern sorrows.
Second floor
The "Yellow Crane Tower Record" written by Yan Boli of the Tang Dynasty with marble engraving on the front wall of the second floor hall records the history of the rise and fall of the Yellow Crane Tower and the anecdotes of celebrities; on both sides of the louji are two murals, one of which is "Sun Quan Built the City", which vividly illustrates the history of the birth of the Yellow Crane Tower and Wuchang City; the other is "Zhou Yu Set a Banquet", reflecting the activities of celebrities from the Three Kingdoms to the Yellow Crane Tower.
Third floor
The murals in the hall on the third floor are "embroidered portrait paintings" of Tang and Song celebrities, such as Cui Hao, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, etc., and also excerpt the famous sentences of the Yellow Crane Tower.
4th floor
The hall on the fourth floor is divided into several small halls with screens, with contemporary celebrities built in
Calligraphy and paintings are available for tourists to enjoy and buy.
Fifth floor
The top hall on the fifth floor has long scrolls and murals such as "Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River".
Architectural features
The yellow crane tower has five floors on the outside and nine floors on the inside, implying the meaning of the 95th supreme, and the crane wing shape of the eight-square cornice reflects the unique culture of the Yellow Crane Tower, making the traditional Chinese architectural characteristics and cultural meaning perfectly combined.
📝 History & Culture:
Origin of the name
Regarding the name of the Yellow Crane Tower, there are two theories of "because of the mountain" and "because of the immortal".
Inxian said
Inxian said that there are two kinds. It is said that there were immortals who rode cranes through this, hence the name. It is said that there was once a Taoist priest who painted a dancing yellow crane on the wall of the Xin restaurant in this place, and the shop business was greatly prosperous; ten years later, the Taoist priest returned, used the flute to summon the yellow crane, flew away by crane, and the Xin family funded the construction of the building, called the Yellow Crane Tower.
Insan said
According to historical research, the name of the Yellow Crane Tower was taken because it was built on the Yellow Crane Mountain; the ancient words "Crane" and "Crane" were interchangeable and common to each other, so it was named "Yellow Crane Tower".
📝 Intangible Cultural Heritage:
In May 2011, the Legend of the Yellow Crane Tower was approved by the State Council to be included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
