Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985; favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes; Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi