The four most famous towers in ancient China are Tengwang Pavilion, Yueyang Tower, Yellow Crane Tower and Stork Tower. China Post issued a set of stamps on the Four Famous Buildings in the 1990s. The Stork Tower was destroyed at that time and was not rebuilt, so it was added to the Penglai Pavilion in Shandong and became the current Four Famous Buildings.
Tengwang Pavilion, one of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, is located on the east bank of the Ganjiang River along Yanjiang Road in the northwest of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. It was built in the fourth year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty. It was named after Li Yuanying, the younger brother of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. , is famous for its poem by Wang Bo, a poet of the early Tang Dynasty, "The falling clouds and solitary swans fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky".
The main building of Yueyang Tower is 19.42 meters high, 14.54 meters deep and 17.42 meters wide. It has three floors, four columns, cornices, helmet top and pure wood structure. The four golden nanmu pillars in the building run straight through the roof, and are surrounded by corridors, beams, rafters and purlins that are interlocked with each other to form a whole. Yueyang Tower is the only ancient building among the three famous buildings that has maintained its original appearance. Its unique helmet-top structure reflects the wisdom of the ancient working people and the exquisite design and skills of skilled craftsmen. Fan Zhongyan's popular "Yueyang Tower" in the Northern Song Dynasty made Yueyang Tower famous in the world.
The Yellow Crane Tower is located on the Sheshan Mountain Peak in Wuchang on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It is a national 5A tourist attraction and is known as "the first floor in the world" and "the most beautiful scenery in the world". The Yellow Crane Tower is a landmark building in Wuhan, and together with Qingchuan Pavilion and Guqintai, it is known as the three major scenic spots in Wuhan. The Yellow Crane Tower was built in the second year of Wu Huangwu (223 AD) during the Three Kingdoms period. Cui Hao, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower" under this title, making it famous far and wide. The Yellow Crane Tower is located on the top of the Snake Mountain with an altitude of 61.7 meters. The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway trains roar past below. The building is 5 stories high, with a total height of 51.4 meters and a construction area of ??3219 square meters. The interior of the Yellow Crane Tower is supported by 72 columns, and the exterior has 60 tilted corners extending outward. The roof is covered with more than 100,000 yellow glazed tiles.
The Stork Tower, also known as the Stork and Magpie Tower, is named after the storks that sometimes perch on it. It is located on the east bank of the Yellow River to the west of the ancient city of Puzhou, Yongji City, Shanxi Province. It was built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Due to the spectacular building, ingenious structure and beautiful surrounding scenery, scholars during the Tang and Song Dynasties climbed up the tower to enjoy the scenery and left many immortal poems. Wang Zhihuan's "Climbing the Stork Tower" is the most famous.
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Throughout the ages, all dynasties, from the emperor to the state officials and county governments, have liked to build pavilions. Pavilions in ancient China were used to commemorate important events, promote political achievements, subjugate demons, or pray to gods and Buddhas.
Among the more famous ones are the Yuewang Tower, which is famous all over the world because of Du Fu's "Song of Yuewang Tower", the Yuanjing Tower, which is famous because of Su Dongpo's inscription "The Story of Yuanjing Tower in Meizhou", and the Northern Stork Tower, which is famous for Wang Zhihuan's "Climbing the Stork". The three most famous towers in the south of the Yangtze River are the Tengwang Pavilion and the Penglai Pavilion. It is famous for Su Shi's "Poetry on the Sea" and the legendary myth "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea".