The historical evolution of Du Fu Jiangge in Changsha

Du Fu Jiangge was built in memory of Du Fu. It is located on the Xiangjiang River scenery belt where Changsha West Lake Road and Xiangjiang Avenue intersect. It forms a cultural belt with Tianxin Pavilion, Yuelu Mountain Daolin Temple and Yuelu Academy. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, some famous scholars in Changsha proposed to build a river pavilion, a poetry stele, and a statue for Du Fu to commemorate the poet.

The Du Fu Memorial Hall faces Xiangjiang Avenue in the east, with square-level steps in front of the entrance; facing the Xiangjiang River in the west, the main building is 5 meters away from the Xiangjiang embankment, and the first-floor terrace floats 5 meters above the Xiangjiang River. The north and south corridors of Du Fu Jiang Pavilion are poetry stele corridors. On both sides of the columns are stone steles inscribed with Du Fu's poems for people to learn. The poetry stele corridor has fan-shaped corridors and winding corridors, and is decorated with stone steles. Du Fu Jiang Pavilion is planned to have a hexagonal stele pavilion in the north direction, with a double eaves roof and a central monument, which records the origin and process of the construction of Du Fu Jiang Pavilion by the Changsha Municipal Government. To the south of Du Fu Jiang Pavilion, a square pavilion is built on the side of the pedestrian passage of Xiangjiang Avenue. It is connected to the Poetry Stele Gallery and is the secondary entrance of Du Fu Jiang Pavilion. The square pavilion has a single-layer roof with a four-slope roof. Jiangge is a four-story building with a height of 15.9 meters from the outdoor ground (jiangdi floor) to the bottom of the eaves and about 19.5 meters to the top of the roof ridge. The second floor of the building is the Du Fu Memorial Hall, with a statue of Du Fu in the center. The exterior wall is 2.1 meters high with high windows. Paintings on the real walls are used to introduce the poet's life. The third and fourth floors are poetry and painting clubs, where famous people gather to gather poetry and paint. The first floor is a poetry, calligraphy and painting souvenir shop. The building facade is a traditional Chinese imitation of Tang Dynasty architectural form, with vermilion columns, antique grille windows and white walls. The stair railings of the colonnade are moiré stone columns and stone panel railings. The roof rests on the top of the mountain, has a far-overhanging cornice, and has a curved roof with blue and black tiles. The curves are stretched and reflect the basic characteristics of simple, majestic and heavy architecture in the Tang Dynasty. The east and west facades facing Xiangjiang Avenue and Xiangjiang River are both main facades. Under the eaves of the roof, there is a horizontal flat with the four characters "Du Fu Jiang Pavilion" written on it. The Du Fu Jiangge Calligraphy Stele Gallery project is located in the scenic area of ??Xiangjiang River at the entrance of West Lake Bridge in Changsha City. It has invested more than 1 million yuan and will be completed in February. 59 poems selected from Du Fu's works during his time in Hunan will be presented to people. The Calligraphy Stele Gallery is part of the Du Fu Jiang Pavilion and is written by nationally renowned calligraphers Shen Peng, Li Duo, Yan Jialong, Li Li, He Manzong and others. Du Fu composed more than 100 poems when he was in Hunan in his later years. Only 59 poems were selected to commemorate his 59th year of life.