Keywords: An Zhengwen - Yellow Crane Tower.jpg Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk 162 5 × 105 5 cm Shanghai Museum http //www cbl ie/china/Item aspx itemId 1 Yellow Crane Tower Dublin Chester Beatty Library 中国古代书画鉴定组 2000 中国绘画全集 Volume 10 Beijing 文物出版社 object history exhibition history credit line 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 accession number place of creation China during the Ming dynasty http //www cbl ie/china/ Telling Images of China exhibit Dublin Chester Beatty Library <small><small>http //www cbl ie/china/app_themes/exhibit/img/exhibits/large/img1 jpg direct link </small></small> <gallery>File HuangHeLou by An Zhengwen jpg</gallery> PD-Art-100 Yellow Crane Tower An Zhengwen |