黄鹤楼

HuánghèLóu

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes

Traditional 黃鶴樓

Meaning

HuánghèLóuhuang2 he4 lou2
  1. Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
  2. favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
  3. Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢 Cuī Hào, with theme 'the past will never return'
  4. one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼 Yuè yáng Lóu in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁 Téng wáng Gé in Nanchang, Jiangxi

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