1 2021-03-12 07:55:59China Daily
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Xiang, his granddaughter and wife at the East Lake Greenway in Wuhan in 2017. （CHINA DAILY）
Late designer who recreated historic landmark in Hubei capital remembered for contributions
In 1978, little-known architect Xiang Xinran was given the job opportunity of a lifetime when he was asked to reconstruct the historic Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei province.
Xiang, then 38, had graduated from Tsinghua University and worked at the Central-South Architectural Design Institute. He was asked to help a senior colleague draw up design sketches for a new tower to commemorate the original one, which no longer existed.