Due to the importance of geographical location, Baling Pagoda has always been an important military fortress during the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, where singing and dancing were peaceful and material civilization was highly abundant, the Tang people who pursued spiritual civilization and were romantic in nature changed the tower to Yueyang Tower.
In the fourth year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (AD 76), Zhang, who was known as a "big hand", was demoted to Yueyang. After that, I sent my feelings to the mountains and rivers, and often moved guests to the building with literati to write poems. During this period, Zhang decided to post a list of famous craftsmen in the former site of the parade platform to build a "world famous building". At that time, Li Luban, a young carpenter from Tanzhou was photographed by Zhang. Li Luban is good at civil design, and Zhang Limited carpenter Li designed a three-story, four-corner, five-staircase and six-door cornice bucket arch pavilion in one month. Who knows that Li Luban fiddled with it for a month, and the drawings he designed were just a passing pavilion. Zhang said he was very dissatisfied. In seven days, he must come up with a magnificent castle map that complements the Dongting water surface. Just when Li Luban was at a loss, a white-haired old man came over and asked why. He opened his backpack, pointed to the numbered wooden tuotuo and said, "If you like these gadgets, you might as well play with them. Maybe you will play some tricks. " If you have anything close, come to Liansheng Inn to find me. "Li Luban took it, released it, moved it, moved it, and released it, which really constituted a very magnificent building. Everyone is very happy, saying that the ancestors appeared, thanks to the white-haired old man. The old man said that he was Lu Ban's apprentice and his surname was Lu. Later, the old man left a wooden ruler with the words "Lu Banchi" written on it by the lake, and a gust of wind disappeared. The crowd on the construction site knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the old man's death Soon, a new building rose from the ground, towering over the lake, full of weather.
Since then, literati and poets have flocked to express their feelings here. Among them, there are many celebrities such as Li Bai, Du Fu and Li Shangyin, leaving countless poems.
Times have changed. The Yueyang Tower, which has been romantic for hundreds of years in the storm, was destroyed by the Song Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Song Dynasty (A.D. 1044), Teng was banished to Yuezhou, which coincided with the collapse of Yueyang Tower. In the fifth year of Qing Li, Teng rebuilt Yueyang Tower with the support of the people. After the Yueyang Tower was rebuilt, Teng asked someone to draw a picture of the Dongting in late autumn, and sent a commemorative album to his old friend, Fan Zhongyan, a great writer, politician and strategist at that time, and asked him to take notes for the building. At that time, Fan Zhongyan, like Teng, was exiled to the border of Dengzhou, Henan Province for offending the powerful minister. They are in the same boat. Appreciating each other, Fan Zhongyan happily wrote the famous Yueyang Tower on the Dongting Map in Late Autumn.
It should be noted that Fan Zhongyan has never been to Yueyang Tower. When he wrote the story of Yueyang Tower, he was drinking and enjoying the moon in a corner of Dengzhou Academy thousands of miles away from Yueyang Tower. However, he abruptly wrote such wonders as "swallowing the Yangtze River, making huge soup, and taking endless steps" on the impressionist painting "Dongting Late Autumn Map". Such "nonsense" also makes people have to worship.
Since then, the name of Yueyang Tower has been passed down through the ages, and Yueyang Tower is also famous all over the world.
The story of Yueyang Tower has more than 360 words, with delicate words. The article is rich in scenes, broad in content, magnificent and sonorous in tone. In particular, "worry about the world first, then enjoy the world" and "don't be happy with things, don't be sad for yourself", which are profound and widely read.
In the history of China, there are a lot of biographical inscriptions, but Yueyang Tower is the pinnacle of China ancient literature in terms of literary attainments and philosophical truth. This is a colorful stroke in the history of China literature, which has a great influence on China culture in later generations. The story of Yueyang Tower is so excellent because of Fan Zhongyan's expression. As an invited story, he didn't praise the inviter for a long time. After explaining the time, place and people in a few words at the beginning, he used the eight-character coping style of "politics and prosperity" to bring a long eulogy, but did not deliberately and skillfully use the landscape of Yueyang Tower. Most of the scene descriptions are also based on the theme of scenery, paving the way for the second half to explain their own philosophy of life, and the climax of the article is magnificent. "Don't be happy with things, don't be sad for yourself" not only tells the world about their outlook on life, but also encourages their friends.
The story of Yueyang Tower is catchy from beginning to end, and it has not degenerated into the fate of elegant words and empty contents in general biographical inscriptions. It conveys a spirit that countless people yearn for through the ages and a correct value concept, so it is still praised by people today.
Yueyang Tower has been repaired many times in later generations, but its core is still Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower", which is the treasure of Yueyang Tower today. When Zhang Zhao, a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, wrote The Story of Yueyang Tower, he used 12 pieces of huge rosewood to make a carved screen. Its articles, books, carvings and wood are all treasures and are called "four wonders". Among them, the screen carving on the first floor, The Story of Yueyang Tower written by Zhang Zhao, is undoubtedly the masterpiece of China's calligraphy. If you look closely, you will find that Zhang Zhao's regular script is short, but in the middle and late period, the pen and ink gradually drifted away, and the writing style became more fierce, becoming a beautiful running script. In this regard, some scholars explained that Zhang Zhao's later works were infected by Fan Zhongyan's lyric words, and his writing was more free and easy.
In any case, the words and calligraphy of Yueyang Tower are treasures, and their value is immeasurable. Maybe Teng didn't know that the most meaningful thing he did was to rebuild Yueyang Tower and make Fan Zhongyan a good friend, or maybe Fan Zhongyan didn't know that his greatest value was to leave this Yueyang Tower. History is like this, it always makes people smile solemnly, and then leaves people with endless topics and infinite thinking.