Yueyang Tower is located in Yueyang, an ancient cultural city with a long history. Yueyang was called Baling in ancient times. It is located in the north of Hunan Province, where the vast Dongting Lake and the Wanli Yangtze River meet. Yueyang has mountains, water and buildings, picturesque scenery and many places of interest. The beauty of Yueyang scenery is concentrated in Dongting Lake and clock in Yueyang Tower. Baling Scenic Area, centered on Yueyang Tower and Junshan Mountain, is well known. Known as "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building", it deserves to be called "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building". Yueyang Tower in Yueyang, Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang and Wang Tengting in Nanchang are collectively called the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. Yueyang Tower stands on the east bank of Dongting Lake, on the wall of the west gate of Yueyang City, with the vast Dongting Lake in the west and the Yangtze River rolling eastward in the north. Known as "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building", it is one of the famous tourist attractions in China.
history
Yueyang Tower was built around 220 AD with a history of 1700 years. Its predecessor is said to be the "Yue Jun Lou" of Wu Dong's general Lu Su during the Three Kingdoms period, which was handed down from generation to generation. It was called "Baling Tower" in the Western Jin Dynasty, "South Tower" in the early Tang Dynasty, and "Yueyang Tower" after Li Bai wrote poems in the middle Tang Dynasty. Before the Tang Dynasty, its function was mainly used in the military. Since the Tang Dynasty, Yueyang Tower has gradually become a scenic spot for tourists and romantic poets to visit and compose poems. At this time, Baling City has been changed to Yueyang City, and Baling Building has also been called Yueyang Building. Yueyang Tower is 2 1.5m high, with three floors, cornices and pure wood structure. The roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles, which is dreamy in shape. The plaque of Yueyang Tower was written by Guo Moruo. Poets in history, such as Du Fu, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. , to visit the site, leaving many masterpieces, making Yueyang Tower famous all over the world. In a.d. 1045, Teng rebuilt Yueyang Tower in the spring of four years, and invited Fan Zhongyan, a good friend and writer, to write The Story of Yueyang Tower. Since then, Yueyang Tower has become more famous. The furnishings in Yueyang Tower are unique. Each floor is hung with couplets written by famous artists of all ages. There is a carved screen of Yueyang Tower on the first floor and the second floor, and the carved screen on the first floor is a replica of the 9th century A.D./KLOC-0. The carved screen embedded in the second floor was written by Zhang Zhao, a great calligrapher in18th century. It is a first-class treasure handed down from generation to generation with its square font, vigorous brushwork and changeable techniques. The carved screen on the third floor is Mao Zedong Du Fu's poem "Climbing Yueyang Tower", with bold brushwork and both form and spirit. The carved screen is dazzling with golden light. 1988 Yueyang Tower was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
Yueyang Tower has experienced many vicissitudes, and it has been destroyed and repaired repeatedly. The Yueyang Tower seen today was rebuilt in the sixth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1867). The whole building can be summarized in eight words: pure wood with four columns and three floors. The main building of Yueyang Tower is three stories high, with a height of15m. It is supported by four big nanmu trees in the middle, surrounded by 12 columns, and surrounded by 30 wooden columns. The whole building is integrated, without a nail or a giant beam. 12 high-toothed cornice (like a bird's beak pecking at high altitude). The roof is yellow glazed tile, resplendent and magnificent. The curve is smooth, steep and upturned, just like the helmet of an ancient warrior, called the helmet top. The wishful bucket arch under the helmet is as delicate as a honeycomb. According to ancient records, Yueyang Tower is an ancient building with "pure wood structure and helmet roof", which fully shows the unique style and brilliant achievements of ancient Chinese architectural art. It is the only existing wooden structure among the three famous buildings in Jiangnan, and the other two are reinforced concrete structures rebuilt after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
folk story
Let's talk about folk stories again. Due to its long history and important position, Yueyang Tower's architecture (as well as many times of destruction and repair) is exquisite, with a rich collection of humanities in past dynasties. Therefore, there are many legends and stories about Yueyang Tower circulating in Yueyang and Dongting Lake, which have various social values. Among them, there are famous craftsmen and immortals such as Lu Ban, Zhang, etc. who built Yueyang Tower; About the origin of Yueyang Tower, there are Lu Su military parade platform and Yueyang Tower. Regarding the carved screen of Yueyang Tower, there are "Zhang Zhao Title Screen" and "True and False Carved Screen"; Regarding the amorous feelings of Yueyang Tower, the most famous ones are Lv Dongbin Sanzui Yueyang Tower and Langyin Pavilion. If the legends about the scenery near Yueyang Tower are included, then there are Meixi Bridge, Jinque Mountain, Liu Yijing, Seventy-two Fairy Snails as Junshan, Second Concubine Tomb, Junshan Mountain and Secretariat History. It can be seen that there are so many legends and stories about Yueyang Tower, and the style displayed is so beautiful.