This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Yellow Crane Tower’s reconstruction in Wuhan, and the new Yellow Crane Tower Cultural Exhibition Hall has opened, offering a panoramic retelling of the tower’s 1,800-plus-year legend as the “first tower of Yangtze River culture.”

The hall covers more than 1,700 square meters. At the entrance, a single scene stitches together the Three Kingdoms (220–280 AD), Qing (1644–1911 AD), and contemporary periods into a cross-era landscape. Inside, the displays guide visitors through four themes: history, culture, construction, and the site’s role as a people’s park.

A poetry corridor features nearly 1,500 poems about the tower, presented through traditional calligraphy and multimedia, underscoring its depth as “China’s first poetry tower.”

Originally built in 223 AD as a military watchtower, the Yellow Crane Tower has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. It was reconstructed starting in October 1981 and completed in June 1985. Today, it stands on She Mountain as a prominent cultural landmark in Wuhan.