The Yellow Crane Tower in Tang Dynasty in China Ancient Architecture

Yellow Crane Tower (one of the "Three Famous Buildings in the South of the Yangtze River")

Located at the top of Wuchang Snake Mountain on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, the Yellow Crane Tower is a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot, enjoying the title of "the first floor in the world" and "the best scenery in the world". The Yellow Crane Tower is a landmark building in Wuhan, and it is also called "the three famous places of interest in Wuhan" with Qingchuan Pavilion and Guqintai. This building is also called "Three Famous Buildings in the South of the Yangtze River" together with Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi.

The Yellow Crane Tower was built in the second year of Wu Huangwu in the Three Kingdoms Period (AD 223). Cui Hao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Yellow Crane Tower" on this topic, and Li Bai wrote "Yellow Crane Tower a farewell to meng haoran on his way to yangzhou" here, where scholars and poets of all dynasties left many eternal songs, making the Yellow Crane Tower famous since ancient times.

The Yellow Crane Tower is located at the top of Snake Mountain at an altitude of 61.7 meters, and the trains of Beijing-Guangzhou Railway whizzed downstairs. The building is five stories high, with a total height of 51.4 meters and a construction area of 3,219 square meters. The Yellow Crane Tower is supported by 72 columns inside, with 6 upturned corners extending outwards outside, and the roof is covered with more than 1, yellow glazed tiles.

Outside the Yellow Crane Tower, a number of auxiliary buildings, such as bronze yellow crane modeling, statue pagoda, memorial archway, porch and pavilion, set off the main building more magnificently. There are also Baiyun Pavilion, elephant pagoda, stele gallery, mountain gate and other buildings around the main building. The whole building has a unique national style, which exudes the spirit, temperament and charm of China traditional culture. It complements the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge at the foot of Snake Mountain. When you climb the building, you can see the scenery of the three towns in Wuhan.

Historical changes

The Yellow Crane Tower was built in the second year of Huang Wu, Dongwu in the Three Kingdoms Period (223 years).

During the Three Kingdoms period, the Yellow Crane Tower was just a "military building" in the corner of Xiakou City. After the Jin Dynasty destroyed Dongwu, the three countries were unified. At the same time, the building lost its military value, and with the development of Jiangxia City, it gradually evolved into an ornamental building for officials and businessmen.

According to the Records of Yuanhe County in the Tang Dynasty, Sun Quan began to build the old city of Xiakou, "the west of the city faces the big river, and the south corner of the Yangtze River is a building because of the rocky terrain, so it is called the Yellow Crane Tower." It was built for military purpose. According to Ji En Lu, it was originally a hotel opened by Xin.

In the first year of Yongtai in Tang Dynasty (765), the Yellow Crane Tower had taken shape. However, there were frequent wars and fires, and the Yellow Crane Tower was repeatedly built and abandoned. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties alone, it was destroyed seven times, rebuilt and maintained ten times. There is a saying that "the prosperity of the country is the prosperity of the building". The last one was built in the seventh year of Tongzhi (1868) and destroyed in the tenth year of Guangxu (1884). Only the bronze roof of the Yellow Crane Tower, which was left after the destruction of the Yellow Crane Tower in the Qing Dynasty, was left on the site.

From the Northern Song Dynasty to the 195s, the Yellow Crane Tower was once regarded as a sacred mountain of Taoism, and it was also the Dojo for Lv Dongbin to preach, practice and educate. "A Mirror of Taoist Scriptures, Stories, Immortals, Bodies and Taoism" says: "Lv Zu boarded the Yellow Crane Tower on May 2th and ascended to heaven at noon. Therefore, it remains a sacred relic. " It is said in Quanzhen Evening Altar Classics that the head of the Yellow Crane Tower left a sacred mark.

When the Wuchang approach bridge of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was built in p>1957, it occupied the former site of Yellow Crane Tower. When the Yellow Crane Tower was rebuilt in 1981, it was located on Sheshanfeng Ridge, about 1 meters away from the former site.

in October p>1981, the reconstruction project broke ground and was completed in June 1985. The main building is based on the Tongzhi Building in Qing Dynasty, but it is bigger and more majestic.