NowweareonthewaytoYellowCraneTower.YellowCraneTower,locatedonSnakeHillinWuchang,isoneofthe"ThreeFamousTowersinthesouthofYangtzeRiver
Accordingtothehistory,theyellowcranetowerwasfirstbuiltin223ADduringthethree-kingdomperiod.Atthebeginning,thetowerwasoriginallyusedformilitarytoobservetheenemy’sactivity.Whenthewarfinished,thetowergraduallybecameascenicattractionwherepeoplecanappreciatetheviewofthecityaswellasthelake.Inancienttime,manyliterativisitedthisplace,andsometimesevenputdownpoemsforit.SuchasCuihaoinTangDynasty,hewroteafamouspoemwhichwasnameYELLOCRANETOWER,andanotherfamouspoetLiBai,whosepoemsaffectedthewholedynastyinhistime,alsovisitedthisbeautifulplacemanytimes.Inthisplaceheoncesawoffhisfriend,anotherpoetMengHaoran,andwroteafamouspoemforittoshowhisemotion.Fromthenon,theyellowcranetowerwaswellknownthroughoutchina
Overthecenturiesthetowerhadbeendestroyedbywarsformanytimes,butitspopularitywithChineseensuredthatitwasalwaysrebuilt.Thecurrenttowerwascompletedin1985anditsdesignderivedfromapictureofQingdynasty.Itstands51.4metershighandhas5floors.Theappearanceofthetoweristhesameregardlessofthedirectionitisviewedfrom.Thetowerhas60upturnedeaveslayeruponlayer,coveredwithyellowglazedtilesandsupportedwith72hugepillars.Theexportscommentthatitisanauthenticreproductionofboththeexteriorandinteriordesign,withtheexceptionoftheadditionofair-conditionerandanelevator.Sinceancienttime,theyellowcranetowerhasbeenregardedasthesymbolofWuhan.
Nowwearestandinginfrontofthetower.Withyellowupturnedeaves,eachfloorseemstohavebeendesignedtoresembleayellowcranespreadingitswingstofly.Let’senterthehallonthefirstfloor.Onthewall,thereisanine-meter(about30feet)longandsix-meter(about20feet)widepaintedporcelain瓷制的picturewhichdepicts描画clouds,riversandcranestorepresentaromanticmoodintheheaven.DoyouknowwhywecallthetowerYELLOWCRANETOWER?Theanswerliesinthepicture.Haveyounoticedthat,inthepicturethereisaTaoistwhoplayedaflute笛androdeacranegliding滑翔throughthesky?Itisastoryaboutkindnessandrewarding.