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The Four Great Towers of China(Chinese: 中国四大名楼) are four historically renowned towers in China. The list usually includes the following: The list usually includes the following: Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼), Wuhan , Hubei province - ( 30°32′49″N 114°17′49″E / 30.54694°N 114.29694°E / 30.54694; 114.
The tower and its surroundings have been marked as Yellow Crane Tower Park. There are tour services that can be hired for a fee at the entrance. The top of the tower has a broad view of its surroundings and the Yangtze River. Yellow Crane Tower is considered one of the Four Great Towers of China.
Penglai Pavilion or Penglai Pagoda (simplified Chinese: 蓬莱阁; traditional Chinese: 蓬萊閣; pinyin: Pénglái Gé) is a famous tower in Penglai, Yantai, Shandong.It is noted as one of the Four Great Towers of China, although it is occasionally not listed due to lacking a famous literary piece associated with it.
The Stork Tower had reached unprecedented heyday in the Tang dynasty (618-907) due to an eternally famous poem "On the Stork Tower" (《登鹳雀楼》) written by poet Wang Zhihuan (688-742). Alongside the Pavilion of Prince Teng, Yueyang Tower and Yellow Crane Tower, it is one of the Four Great Towers of China. [1] [2]
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The original pavilion dates back to the 8th century, founded by Yuan Jie, a poet and official of the Tang dynasty (618–907). [2]In 1377, at the dawn of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), local officials built a Taoist temple named "Xuanwu Palace" (玄武宫) on the former site. [2]