Yellow Crane Tower | |||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() "Yellow Crane Tower" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄鹤楼 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 黃鶴樓 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yellow Crane Tower (simplified Chinese: 黄鹤楼; traditional Chinese: 黃鶴樓; pinyin: Huánghè Lóu) is a traditional Chinese tower located in Wuhan. The current structure was built from 1981 to 1985, but the tower has existed in various forms from as early as AD 223. The current Yellow Crane Tower is 51.4 m (169 ft) high and covers an area of 3,219 m2 (34,650 sq ft). It is situated on Snake Hill (蛇山), one kilometer away from the original site, on the banks of the Yangtze River in Wuchang District.