Tortoise Mountain TV Tower

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View from the Yellow Crane Pavilion (Huanghe lou Pavilion) on She shan Hill, TV tower in distance on Guishan Hill

Tower stands well behind the ancient temple topping the hill

Tortoise Mountain TV Tower(Guishan TV tower) is a 311.4 metre high TV Tower at Wuhan, China. It is a concrete tower equipped with an observation deck in a height of 210 metres. It does not stand directly upon the hill, which is occupied by an ancient temple(Three kingdoms era of ancient China). Guishan TV Tower is China's first self-developed TV tower. You can find rows of sculptures of ancient warriors on the hill with detailed introduction. The two hills of Turtle Hill and Snake Hill (with the Yellow Crane Tower) face each other across the Yangtze river; each has many historic ruins.