黃鶴樓

wong4 hok6 lau4

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 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4]{ceoi1 hou6}, with theme 'the past will never return'

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Meanings

  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 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4]{ceoi1 hou6}, with theme 'the past will never return'
  4. one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2]{ngok6 joeng4 lau4} in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2]{tang4 wong4 gok3} in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Written Forms

黃鶴樓Traditional · Main Form
黄鹤楼Alternate Form

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