Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to Wuhan. My name is DuJunhui. I am from Wuhan travel service. I will be your local guide during your stay in Wuhan. This is our driver, Mr Wang. His bus number is
WH12345.On behalf of my travel agency, we hope you have a nice journey here. If you have any special interest,please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth yourway, care for your welfare, try my best to answer your question, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try to do my level best to “warm the cockles of your heart”. We highly appreciate yourunderstanding and cooperation.
Now we are on the way to Yellow Crane Tower. At first, I would like to outline the general picture of Wuhan for you.Wuhan is in the southeast of China and covers a total area of 8046 squarekilometers. In geographic, it locates at 113 degrees 41minutes east longitude and 25degrees 58minutes north latitude on the earth.
three-kingdom period.At the beginning , the tower was originally used for military to observe the enemy’s activity. When the war finished, the tower gradually became a scenic attraction wherepeople can appreciate the view of the city as well as the lake. In ancient time, many literati visited this place, and sometimes even put down poems for it . Such as Cuihao in Tang Dynasty, hewrote a famous poem which was name YELLO CRANE TOWER, and another famous poet LiBai, whose poems affected the whole dynasty in his time, also visited this beautiful place many times. In thisplace he once saw off his friend, another poet MengHaoran, and wrote a famous poem for it to show his emotion. From then on, the yellow crane tower was well know throughout China.
Over the centuries the tower had been destroyed by wars for many times, but its popularity with Chinese ensured that it was always rebuilt. The current tower was completed in 1985 and itsdesign derived from a picture of Qing dynasty. It stands 51.4meters high and has 5 floors .The appearance of the tower is the same regardless of the direction it is viewed from. The tower has60 upturned eaves layer upon layer,covered with yellow glazed tiles and supported with 72 huge pillars.The exports comment that it is an authentic reproduction of both the exterior and interiordesign, with the exception of the addition of air-conditioner and an elevator. Since ancient time, the yellow crane tower has been regarded as the symbol of Wuhan.
