Yellow Crane Tower, located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, is one of the "Three Famous Towers South of Yangtze River (the other two: Yueyang Tower in Hunan and Tengwang Tower in Jiangxi).
Legend has it that in Wuchang, there used to be a wine shop opened by a young man named Xin. One day, a Taoist priest, in gratitude for free wine, drew a magic crane on the wall of the shop and instructed it to dance whenever it heard clapping. Thousands of people came to see the spectacle and the wine shop was always full of guests. After 10 years, the Taoist priest revisited the wine shop. He played the flute and then rode on the crane to the sky. In memory of the supernatural encounter and the priest, the Xins built a tower and named it Yellow Crane Tower.
According to records, the tower was first built in 223 A.D during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). After completion, the tower served as a gathering place for celebrities and poets to party and compose poetry. It was estimated that up to the Tongzhi Reign of the Qing dynasty, as many as 300 poems about the tower had been found in historical literature. Cui Hao, a famous poet during the Tang dynasty (618-907), made the tower well known throughout China with his poem "Yellow Crane Tower".
Destroyed many times in successive dynasties, the tower was rebuilt time and again until 100 years ago when it was, for the last time, reduced to ashes. The present tower is a complete reconstruction and is the result of four years of work beginning in 1981. Where the old tower was only 15 meters wide, the ground floor of the new structure was increased to 20 meters wide. The tower, 51.4 meters high, is five-storied with yellow tiles and red pillars, overlapping ridges and interlocking eaves, more magnificent than the old one.
The new Yellow Crane Tower is regarded as the symbol of Wuhan city.
【扩展阅读篇】
一篇完整的导游词，其结构一般包括习惯用语、概括介绍、重点讲解三个部分。
1.习惯用语
习惯用语又分为两个部分——见面时的开头语和离别时的告别语。
开头语包括问候语、欢迎语、介绍语、游览注意事项和对游客的希望五个方面，放在导游词的最前面。
a、开头语
(1)介绍自己和旅行社
(2)介绍司机和车型、车号
(3)介绍旅游时间、地点和形成安排
(4)表示欢迎。
b、告别语
(1)总结旅游情况
(2)感谢游客配合
(3)希望提出意见
(4)表示依依惜别
2.概括介绍
概括介绍是用概述法介绍旅游景点的位置、范围、地位、意义、历史、现状和发展前景等，目的是帮助旅游者对景点先有个总体了解，引起游览兴趣，犹如“未成曲调先有情”。
概括介绍应根据时间和游客情况，可长可短，可详可略(可根据需求所变)。
3.重点讲解
重点讲解是对旅游线路上的重点景观从景点成因、历史传说、文化背景、审美功能等方面进行详细的讲解，使旅游者对旅游目的地有一个全面、正确的了解，同时要提醒旅游者注意自己携带的东西，保管好自己随身的物品，这是导游词最重要的组成部分。
功能
1.引导游客鉴赏
导游词的宗旨是通过对旅游景观绘声绘色地讲解、指点、评说，帮助旅游者欣赏景观，以达到游览的最佳效果。
2.传播文化知识
传统文化知识即向游客介绍有关旅游胜地的历史典故、地理风貌、风土人情、传说故事、民族习俗、古迹名胜、风景特色，使游客增长知识。
3.陶冶游客情操
导游词的语言应具有言之有理、有物、有情、有神等特点。通过语言艺术和技巧，给游客勾画出一幅幅立体的图画，构成生动的'视觉形象，把旅游者引入一种特定的意境，从而达到陶冶情操的目的。
此外，导游词通过对旅游地出产物品的说明、讲解，客观上起到向游客介绍商品的作用。
编辑本段特点
其主要特点是口语化些，此外还具有知识性、文学性、礼节性等。和蔼，亲切，自然轻松
编辑本段易出现的问题
1. 缺乏鲜明主题和观点
2. 内容太单薄。
3. 结构层次不清楚，逻辑性不强，条理不清晰。
4. 导游词不是散文，书面语太重介绍，口语化注意不够;
5. 应该有自我介绍以及导游惯用语，同时要注意与游客进行交流，尽量有互动节目。
6. 没有处理好“景”与“事”的关系，讲故事或者事理往往游离景点内容。
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