Stork Tower, Yongji, Shanxi 山西永济鹳雀楼
The Stork Tower stands on the east bank of the Yellow River near the old city of Puzhou in Yongji. Wang Zhihuan’s Tang poem “On the Stork Tower” – “The white sun sets behind the hills, the Yellow River flows into the sea” – made it famous for ever after. The original tower was destroyed in the early Yuan; the present one is a recent rebuilding in Tang style.
