English composition: You are a tour guide, accompanying foreign guests to visit the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan. When you arrive at the door, explain the precautions in English: 1. The visit lasts for

English composition: You are a tour guide, accompanying foreign guests to visit the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan. When you arrive at the door, explain the precautions in English: 1. The visit lasts for two hours. There are many tourists, and each other...

English guide to Yellow Crane Tower

Yellow Crane Tower, located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, is one of the "Three Famous Towers South of Yangtze River (the other two: Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi). Together with Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi, they are also known as the "Three Famous Towers in Jiangnan"

Legend has it that in Wuchang, there used to be a wine shop opened by a young man named Xin. One day, a Taoist priest, in gratitude for free wine, drew a magic crane on the wall of the shop and instructed it to dance whenever it heard clapping. Thousands of people came to see the spectacle and the wine shop was always full of guests. After 10 years, the Taoist priest revisited the wine shop. He played the flute and then rode on the crane to the sky. In memory of the supernatural encounter and the priest, the Xins built a tower and named it Yellow Crane Tower.

The beautiful name of Yellow Crane Tower comes from a beautiful mythical legend.

A long time ago, there was a man named Xin who sold wine at the top of Huanghu Mountain. One day, a ragged old Taoist came to him and asked for a drink. The old Taoist was very grateful to Xin, so he painted a picture of a crane in the hotel. The crane would come down and dance for the drinkers. After the news spread, people from three towns in Wuhan and tourists from far and near came to the store to watch the yellow crane dance. From then on, the hotel business was booming. One day, Lao Dao appeared again. In the hotel, I blew the iron flute and the yellow crane flew away immediately. For this strange encounter a few years ago, Xin built a tower and called it Yellow Crane Tower.

According to records, the tower was first built in 223 A.D during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). After completion, the tower served as a gathering place for celebrities and poets to party and compose poetry. It was estimated that up to the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing dynasty, as many as 300 poems about the tower had been found in historical literature. Cui Hao, a famous poet during the Tang dynasty (618-907), made the tower well known throughout China with his poem "Yellow Crane Tower".

According to records, the Yellow Crane Tower was built in 223 AD and went through the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). After its completion, it became a gathering place for celebrities and poets to write poems and gather. It is estimated that during the reign of Xian Tong in the Qing Dynasty, as many as 300 poems about the Yellow Crane Tower could be found in historical documents. Cui Hao, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), wrote a poem called "Yellow Crane Tower", which made the Yellow Crane Tower famous all over the world.

Destroyed many times in successive dynasties, the tower was rebuilt time and again until 100 years ago when it was, for the last time, reduced to ashes.The present tower is a complete reconstruction and is the result of four years of work beginning in 1981. Where the old tower was only 15 meters wide, the ground floor of the new structure was increased to 20 meters wide. The tower, 51.4 meters high, is five-storied with yellow tiles and red pillars, overlapping ridges and interlocking eaves, more magnificent than the old one.

The new Yellow Crane Tower is regarded as the symbol of Wuhan city.