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Word Definition - 黄鹤楼
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[cuī hào], with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[yuè yáng lóu] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[téng wáng gé] in Nanchang, Jiangxi