黄鹤楼中英文介绍
黄鹤楼
巍峨耸立于武昌蛇山的黄鹤楼，享有“天下绝景”的盛誉，与湖南岳阳楼，江西滕王阁并称为“江南三大名楼”。黄鹤楼始建于三国时期吴黄武二年（公元223年），传说是为了军事目的而建，孙权为实现“以武治国而昌”（“武昌”的名称由来于此），筑城为守，建楼以嘹望。至唐朝，其军事性质逐渐演变为著名的名胜景点，历代文人墨客到此游览，留下不少脍炙人口的诗篇。 唐代诗人崔颢一首“昔人已乘黄鹤去，此地空余黄鹤楼。黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。日暮乡关何处是，烟波江上使人愁。”已成为千古绝唱，更使黄鹤楼名声大噪。
黄鹤楼的形制自创建以来，各朝皆不相同，但都显得高古雄浑，极富个性。与岳阳楼、滕王阁相比，黄鹤楼的平面设计为四边套八边形，谓之“四面八方”。这些数字透露出古建筑文化中数目的象征和伦理表意功能。从楼的纵向看各层排檐与楼名直接有关，形如黄鹤，展翅欲飞。整座楼的雄浑之中又不失精巧，富于变化的韵味和美感。
Yellow Crane Tower
According to the history, the yellow crane tower was first built in 223AD during the 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.
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 its design derived from a picture of Qing dynasty. It stands 51.4 meters high and has 5 floors .The appearance of the tower is the same regardless of the direction it is viewed from. The tower has 60 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 interior design, 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.
With yellow upturned eaves, each floor seems to have been
designed to resemble a yellow crane spreading its wings to fly. On the wall, there is a nine-meter (about 30 feet) long and six-meter (about 20 feet) wide painted porcelain picture which depicts clouds, rivers and cranes to
represent a romantic mood in the heaven. Do you know why we call the tower YELLOW CRANE TOWER? The answer lies in the picture. Have you noticed that, in the picture there is a Taoist who played a flute and rode a crane gliding through the sky? It is a story about kindness and rewarding.
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.
Each floor has its fun and significance, so it is a good choice to view Yellow Crane Tower .