the most iconic
landmark of Wuhan
it was first built in 223 A.C.
and for the next 1700+ years
has been renovated, rebuilt
over and over again
and the current version seen
was built in 1985
what makes it so iconic
is that many well-known
poets, patriots, politicians
have written poems
during their visits here
this was during
the Ching Ming long weekend
there was crowd control
i.e. from the south entrance
visitors had to queue
all the way to the north entrance
of the tower and scan their tickets
it took about 30 minutes
the queue was in good order
in fact no one had to supervise
from the data displayed
during ticket scanning
there were actually almost
5,000 people in the tower
and at 1 PM
we were actually
the 12,000th+ visitors
when i was exiting
within an hour later
there were 14,000+
the view from level 5
that’s Changjiang a.k.a.
the Yangtze River
no,
i don’t think
the view has inspired me
to write a poem
on top of views
the tower is more like
a museum of
what the tower is all about
models of
how the tower looked like
during different periods
who have been here and
what are the poems
they have actually written
about/in/inspired by
Yellow Crane Tower
we actually walked across
the Yangtze river
wait.. before that
next stop
Wubu Alley, 戶部巷
a foodie street within
walking distance
Journey to Wuhan 01: Almost Mid-night
Journey to Wuhan 02: Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓
Journey to Wuhan 03: Hubu Alley 戶部巷
Journey to Wuhan 04: Jianghan Road Pedestrian Street 江漢路步行街
Journey to Wuhan 05: Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物館
Journey to Wuhan 06: Wuhan Museum 武漢博物館