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
Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢cuīhào, with theme 'the past will never return'
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼yuèyánglóu in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁téngwánggé in Nanchang, Jiangxi