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Stork Tower 鹳雀楼Guànquè Lóu
4A scenic area · Yuncheng, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yuncheng
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Stork Tower
The Stork Tower is a modern reconstruction of a tower on the Yellow River bank made famous by a short poem of the Tang poet Wang Zhihuan, and it is counted as one of China's Four Great Towers. The original was a Northern Zhou military watchtower that was destroyed in the wars of the early 13th century; the present 73.9 m tower, built in Tang style on a steel and concrete frame, was finished in 2002. Its six interior floors carry exhibits on the history and culture of Puzhou, and the surrounding scenic area covers about 2 sq km.
How to get to Stork Tower
It stands on the Yellow River bank at the western edge of the old Puzhou city, about 16 km west of Yongji and about 75 km by road west-south-west of central Yuncheng.
Nearby
- Yongle Palace 永乐宫 40 km
Yuan-dynasty Taoist murals in a temple moved piece by piece to make way for a reservoir - Mount Hua 华山 40 km
Sheer granite peaks, stairways cut into cliffs and a notorious plank walk - Xiezhou Guandi Temple 解州关帝庙 50 km
Gateways, halls and towers honouring the deified general Guan Yu in his home district
Also within 20 km: Pujin Ferry and Puzhou Ancient City 蒲津渡与蒲州故城 (under 10 km), Pujiu Temple 普救寺 (under 10 km), Wangu Temple, Yongji 万固寺 (under 10 km), Dongyaowen Memorial Archways 东姚温牌坊 (under 10 km), Qiyan Temple Pagoda Forest 栖岩寺塔林 (10 km), Shentan Grand Canyon, Yongji 神潭大峡谷 (10 km).
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