Places held in image, memory, and landscape
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan
One of the Three Great Towers south of the Yangtze, sung by Cui Hao and Li Bai; the present tower was rebuilt on Snake Hill in 1985, about a kilometre from its old site.
Related Literature
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- Yellow Crane TowerPoetryCui Hao
As the sun sets, where is my home village? Mist and waves on the river make one sorrow.
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- Seeing Off Meng Haoran to Guangling at Yellow Crane TowerPoetryLi Bai
The far shadow of his lone sail fades into the blue void; I see only the Long River flowing to the edge of the sky.