Climbing Stork Tower (登鹳雀楼)
Wang Zhihuan's Tang-dynasty poem — to see a thousand miles, climb one story higher.
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白日依山尽，The white sun sets along the mountains,黄河入海流。the Yellow River flows on to the sea.
欲穷千里目，To see a thousand miles to the horizon,更上一层楼。climb one more story higher.
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