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Yellow Crane Tower   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
An Zhengwen (late 14th–early 15th century)
Title
Yellow Crane Tower
Medium Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions 162.5 × 105.5 cm
institution QS:P195,Q1051293
Place of creation China during the Ming dynasty
Notes The Yellow Crane Tower stands on Snake Mountain, overlooking the Yangzi River, at the city of Wuchang in Hubei Province. The original tower was built for the king of Wu in 223 AD during the Three Kingdoms period. It was intended to serve as a military lookout tower for the protection of the town below. By the eighth century during the Tang dynasty, it had become a popular venue for literary gatherings of the aristocracy and educated elite.
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Source/Photographer Yellow Crane Tower. Telling Images of China (2010 exhibit). Dublin: Chester Beatty Library.
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