Yellow Crane Tower
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The Yellow Crane Tower is located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. One of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan and one of the top 40 national tourist attractions. It is known as "the first building in the world". Breaking through the peaks of Bashan and receiving the Xiaoxiang Yunshui, the mighty Yangtze River meets its longest tributary, the Han River, in the hinterland of Sanchu, creating the majestic appearance of Wuhan with three towns separated by two rivers. It is located on the eastern edge of the Jianghan Plain. The remaining hills of southeastern Hubei are undulating between plains and lakes. The turtle and snake mountains are sandwiched between each other. There are a lot of boats on the river. The Yellow Crane Tower is built here. The current building was rebuilt in 1981 and was designed based on the "Tongzhi Building" in the Qing Dynasty. The building address is still at Sheshantou. The main building is 49 meters high, with five floors, spires, and cornices, making it look like one in all directions. The diameter of the outer eaves columns on the ground floor is 30 meters. There are large reliefs on the front wall of the central hall, showing the myths and legends about the Yellow Crane Tower in the past; there is a mezzanine cloister on the third floor to display relevant poems, calligraphy and paintings; Corridors on all sides allow visitors to overlook the distance; the fifth floor is the
Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower (15 photos)
The observation hall, which can be viewed here The scenery of the river; the ancillary buildings include Xianzao Pavilion, Shizhao Pavilion, Yellow Crane Returning Scenery, etc.
The Yellow Crane Tower is a famous scenic spot at home and abroad. It stands on the bank of the Yangtze River, at the head of the Snake Mountain, with Wuchang City as its back and facing the mighty Yangtze River. Compared with the Qingchuan Pavilion, it is more elegant and elegant. It is located just at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Guangzhou Line, that is, the intersection of the east-west waterway and the north-south land road. Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower, you can clearly see the beautiful scenery of the three towns in Wuhan, and you can also see the beautiful mountains and rivers of the vast China in the distance. Due to this unique geographical location, as well as the poems, rhymes, couplets, plaques, rock carvings and folk stories passed down by our predecessors, the Yellow Crane Tower has become a famous cultural tower where mountains, rivers and cultural landscapes depend on each other. It has always enjoyed the reputation of "the most beautiful scenery in the world" and "the first floor in the world".
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The Yellow Crane Tower we see today was burned down for the last time by the Wuhan Municipal People’s Government in 1984 (the Yellow Crane Tower was destroyed by nearby residential buildings in the 10th year of Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty). It was rebuilt on the occasion of the 100th anniversary since it was destroyed by fire). It is a reinforced concrete imitation wood structure building with a height of 51 meters, second only to Tengwang Pavilion. It appears to be 5 floors, but in fact there are four mezzanines, with a total of nine floors (symbolizing the Nine-Five Supreme). Due to the construction of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, Huanghuji was moved from the original Yellow Crane Tower to Gaoguan Mountain in Snake Mountain. The Yellow Crane Tower is the symbol and symbol of modern Wuhan.
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The Yellow Crane Tower was built after Dongwu recaptured Jingzhou during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 223). The original purpose of building the building was for Soochow to defend against the invasion of Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty and to serve as a lookout. There are many interesting legends about the Yellow Crane Tower in history. The most widely circulated one is that a family named Xin opened a tavern on Huanghuji. He was kind-hearted and did a good business. Once, a restaurant warmly entertained a Taoist priest wearing ragged Taoist robes and refused to accept any money. This continued for several days. One day, the Taoist priest drew a yellow crane on the wall with an orange peel after drinking. Then he clapped his hands and the yellow crane on the wall jumped to the table and danced. The Taoist priest said to the restaurant owner named Xin, paint a yellow crane to attract business for you in return for the restaurant's hospitality. From then on, more and more people came here to drink and watch cranes. For ten consecutive years, the hotel's business was booming and there were many customers. As a result, the restaurant became richer and richer day by day. In order to thank the Taoist priest, the restaurant used the silver earned in the past ten years to build a pavilion on Huanghuji. At first people called it "Xin's Tower". Later, in order to commemorate the Taoist priest and Yellow Crane, it was renamed "Yellow Crane Tower".
Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower has been a gathering place for literati and poets throughout history, and has left many immortal masterpieces. "Yellow Crane Tower" written by Cui Hao, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said: "In the past, people rode the yellow crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower was left here. Once the yellow crane is gone, it will never return, and the white clouds will remain empty for thousands of years. There are Hanyang trees in Qingchuan, and luxuriant grass and parrots. "The Yellow Crane Tower's geography, environment, legend and majestic appearance were so vividly described that the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty wanted to write a poem to praise the Yellow Crane Tower. Crane Tower, after seeing Cui Hao's masterpiece, I had to sigh, "There is a view in front of me, but Cui Hao wrote a poem on it." There are many people who climbed the tower to compose poems in the past dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty alone, there were Cui Hao, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Gu Kuang, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi, Bai Juyi, Du Mu and so on.
Like Li Bai's "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran in Guangling": "The old friend bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower in the west. Fireworks descended from Yangzhou in March. The shadow of the solitary sail in the distance was gone in the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River could be seen flowing in the sky." The whole poem is majestic and full of scenes, and has been praised by people throughout the ages.
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Since its creation, the shape of the Yellow Crane Tower has been different in each dynasty, but they all appear ancient, majestic and full of personality. Compared with Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion, the plane design of Yellow Crane Tower is an octagon with four sides, which is called "all directions". These numbers reveal the symbolic and ethical expressive functions of numbers in ancient architectural culture. Viewed from the longitudinal direction of the building, the rows of eaves on each floor are directly related to the name of the building, shaped like a yellow crane, spreading its wings to fly. The whole building is majestic yet delicate, full of changing charm and beauty.
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Most of the couplets in the Yellow Crane Tower are relatively sad:
People in the past have gone on the Yellow Crane, but I am in alliance with the white gull.
My heart is far away, the world is wide, I am leaning on the railing with wine, listening to the plum blossoms on the jade flute, will it fall now? I leave Jianghan, push the window to send a message, and ask the immortal Huanghe, when will he come back?
But there are also optimistic ones:
When the refreshing air comes from the west, the clouds and mist sweep away the regrets of the world; when the river goes east, the waves wash away the worries of the past and present.
The long couplet of the Yellow Crane Tower is still sad:
Thousands of years of history, the unrivaled beauty of the world. Look at Fenghuang Guxiu, Yuyoufangzhou, Huanghuyuji, and Qingchuan Jiege. There are so many spring flowers and autumn moons, but only the water and the mountains are left! I look at the sorrow of the past and the present. When did Cui Hao write a poem and Qinglian put down a pen? How many miles of the Yangtze River are there? After all the people are shopping, look at the setting sun in Hankou, the distant rise in Dongting, the night rain in Xiaoxiang, the morning glow in Yunmeng, and the many wine-fueled customs, leaving behind the smoke and evening light! When you think about the narrowness of the sky and the earth, they are all given to the misty low voice and the dancing crane shadow.
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In the southwest corner of the city, there is the Yellow Crane Tower. The "Illustrated Book" says: "Fei Yi ascended to immortality and tried to ride the Yellow Crane back to rest here. So it became famous as "the story of "The Immortal", and the traces of "Shu Yi". Looking at its towering structure, it has a high base, leaning against the river at the top and facing the river at the bottom. It has double eaves and wing pavilions, and the four doors are open to the sky. When you sit and look at the wells, you can take pictures of the clouds and smoke: it is the most beautiful shape of Jing and Wu. Why bother with the Nine Pillars of Sego and the Eight Odes of Dongyang? They can be used to appreciate current events and gather immortals.
The assassination envoys also served as censors, the envoys of Huaixi were rented, and the envoys of Jingyuemiao and other states were trained in regiments. The Duke Mu of Henan was named Ning. Either meandering to retreat from the official duties, or boarding a carriage to send him off to a distant place. This is where the tour is bound to be, and the banquet is bound to be there. The vastness of the Jichang River can be seen as numerous as the numerous mountains. The royal family is in the arms, thinking of Zhongxuan's talents; the fairy traces can be bowed, and the fragrance of Jia Shuwei is great. Nai sighed and said: "When the Yellow Crane comes, the city and the city are singing; when the floating clouds go away, I regret that nothing in the world is the same." If there is a fate, it will be remembered as a pure stone.
In the first year of Emperor Yongtai's reign in the Tang Dynasty, there was a great famine, the moon was Mengxia, and the day was Geng Yin.
The origin of the folded name
Why is the Yellow Crane Tower named after "Yellow Crane"? One theory is that the original building was built on Huanghuji, and later generations pronounced "Hu" as "" "Crane", spreading lies and rumors, and word of mouth corroborates it and it becomes a fact. It is said that it is the legend of "Immortal Yellow Crane" with a magical color. Its historical development is roughly as follows:
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the theory of immortals was popular, and the fairy tales about the Yellow Crane Tower were also formed in the context of the development of fantasy novels that focused on "strange powers and chaos of gods". The legend of the Immortal Crossing the Crane first appeared in the writings of Zu Chongzhi, a scientist in the Southern Dynasties. The "Guest Riding a Crane" in his "Shu Yi Ji" was later compiled by Lu Xun in "Ancient Novels Gou Shen":
"Xunyou (guī), courtesy name Shuwei, serves his mother filial piety, I am good at literature and Taoism. I am traveling eastward, resting on the Yellow Crane Tower in Jiangxia. I look to the southwest and see something floating down from the sky. I have just arrived, and it is the guest of the crane standing beside my door. The guests sat down at the table, dressed in feathers and rainbows, and the host and guest were happy. They resigned, leaped into the sky, and disappeared. "Later, Xiao Zixian of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty said in "The Book of Nan Qi: Prefectures and Counties". : "Xiakou City is located in Huanghuji, and it is said that the immortal Zi'an rode the yellow crane and passed here." This gave the immortal the name Zi'an. Later, some people confirmed that Zian's surname was Wang, while others argued that the immortal's surname was Dou, and said that Dou Zian was from Jiangxia and had a supernatural nature. After he died and was buried, a yellow crane flew and landed on the big tree in front of his house. Call out the name of "Dou Zian". Dou Zian really appeared. He circled the roof a few times astride the crane and then floated away to the west.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, people gradually attached myths and legends to historical figures. In the Tang Dynasty, Yan Boli paraphrased the records of "Illustrations" in "Yellow Crane Tower", and "Taiping Huanyu Ji" in Song Dynasty's music history all said that Fei Yi, a minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, ascended to immortality and rode a yellow crane to rest here. Because of the name.
Yan Boli's "Yellow Crane Tower":
In the southwest corner of the city, there is the Yellow Crane Tower. "Illustrations" says: "Fei Yi ascended to immortality and tried to ride the Yellow Crane back to rest here, so he named the tower "The events are listed in the biography of "Shenxian", and the traces remain in the "Shu Yi". Looking at its majestic structure, with high standards, it leans on the river at the top and faces the river below. It has double eaves and wing pavilions, and the four doors are open to the sky. When you sit and look at the well, you can take pictures of the clouds and smoke: it is the most beautiful shape of Jingwu. Why bother with the Nine Pillars of Sego and the Eight Odes of Dongyang? They can be used to appreciate current events and gather immortals.
"Taiping Huanyu Ji":
"Yellow Crane Tower is located in the west of the county: two hundred and eighty paces. In the past, Fei Yi ascended to immortality and would rest here every time he rode the Yellow Crane, so it was named It is the Yellow Crane Tower."
Fei Yi's nickname is Wenwei, while Xunyou's nickname is Shuwei in "Shu Yi Ji". Both are from Jiangxia, which is probably why later generations confused them. Bar.
After the Tang and Song Dynasties, people linked the matter to Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. According to the fourth volume of Volume 8 of "Jianhu Collection" obtained by Chu people in the early Qing Dynasty:
"It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Chunyang was a guest here and lived in a restaurant tiredly. He drank several pots a day and was tired to hundreds; he did not pay for it. When the time came, he asked for a drink again, and the owner was delighted with the pure Yang, so he painted a crane on the wall. At first, the color of the melon turned yellow, and it turned into a yellow crane. Teach the boys in the restaurant to sing Taoist lyrics and knock on the board to make a festival. When they are singing, cranes fly down from the wall and dance. Thousands of people watch and drink every day, and the restaurant earns millions of dollars. , suddenly became rich. Chunyang was rewarded with money, so the building was named Huanghe Tower. "
In addition, the story that is similar to the above is from "Jiangxia County Chronicles". Quote from "Retribution Record". According to it, the person who sells wine is the Xin family, the drinker is the Taoist priest, the person who paints the crane is orange peel, and the building built is the Xin family building. This is the most well-known myth:
The original text is:
The Xin family used to sell wine, and a gentleman came. He was tall and ragged, and he calmly addressed the Xin family:
Are you allowed to drink? Mrs. Xin did not dare to refuse, so she drank from a huge cup. At this age of half a year, Mr. Xin never looked tired. One day, Mr. Xin said, "I owe you a lot of wine debts, and I have nothing to repay you." So he took a small basket of orange peels, painted a crane on the wall, which was yellow, and sat down to clap his hands and blow on it. , the yellow crane dances in harmony with the rhythm, so everyone spends money to watch it. About ten years later, when the Xin family had accumulated tens of thousands, the later master came floating in. The Xin family thanked him and said that he was willing to provide everything he wanted. After coming, Mr. Xin built a building here and called it Yellow Crane.
The general idea of ??this myth is that once upon a time there was a man named Xin who sold wine for a living. One day, a tall but ragged guest came and asked Xin calmly: "Can you give me a glass of wine?" A glass of wine is served. After half a year of this, Mrs. Xin did not show any signs of boredom because the guest could not pay for the drink, and still treated the guest to drinks every day. One day a guest told Mr. Xin, "I owe you a lot of money for wine, and I have no way to pay you back." So he took out an orange peel from the basket and drew a crane on the wall. Because the orange peel was yellow, the crane he drew was Also yellow. As long as the people in the seat clap their hands and sing, the yellow crane on the wall will dance in time with the singing and the rhythm. The guests in the hotel will pay to watch this wonderful thing. After more than ten years of this, the Xin family accumulated a lot of wealth. One day the ragged guest came to the hotel again. Mrs. Xin stepped forward to thank him and said, I am willing to support you and meet all your needs. The guest smiled and replied: Why did I come here? Then he took out the flute and played a few tunes. After a while, he saw white clouds falling from the sky. The yellow crane on the painting followed the white clouds and flew to the guest. Then he climbed on the back of the crane and flew up to the sky on the white clouds. In order to thank and commemorate this guest, Xin used the silver earned in the past ten years to build a pavilion on Huanghuji. At first people called it "Xin's Tower". Later it was called "Yellow Crane Tower".
There is another version of the myth about the Yellow Crane Tower. According to legend, an immortal transformed into a human being and was drinking wine in the Yellow Crane Tower. Unexpectedly, the immortal’s bag contained not much silver, but the shopkeeper did not look into it further. The immortal thanked the store owner for his generosity and drew a crane on the wall. And tell the shop owner that in order to repay the shop owner for leaving a yellow crane, you only need to clap your hands 4 times and the yellow crane will dance in the air for everyone's entertainment, but you must remember that the yellow crane only dances for everyone. After saying that, the immortal left. The store owner tried the method left by the immortal, and sure enough, the yellow crane danced. Everyone appreciated it. After hearing the news, a big official booked the whole place and ordered the store owner to let the yellow crane dance. Helpless, the store owner clapped his hands four times, and the yellow crane emerged from the wall, dancing heavily with its steps.
Then, as soon as the golden light appeared, the shopkeeper saw the immortal coming back. The immortal said: "The yellow crane can't dance just for pleasure." After saying that, he sat on the cloud and left, and the yellow crane also followed.
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The Tengwang Pavilion is located on the bank of Ganjiang River in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. After it was built, it went through many hardships. In the more than 1,300 years since the pavilion was built, it has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt. Every time it is rebuilt, it not only reproduces the charm of the ancient pavilion, but also becomes larger and larger in scale.
Tengwang Pavilion
Tengwang Pavilion
In 1926, Tengwang Pavilion was destroyed for the last time at the hands of Beiyang warlord Deng Ruzhuo. The 29th reconstruction of Tengwang Pavilion officially started on October 1, 1983, and was completed in 1989. The new pavilion has 9 floors and is 57.5 meters high. It is a large-scale imitation Song Dynasty building and the tallest pavilion among the three famous buildings in Jiangnan. On the east and west sides of the sixth floor of the pavilion, there are large plaques with the words "Tengwang Pavilion" written on them, which are the calligraphy of Su Shi, a great writer in the Song Dynasty. There are flat railings around the three exposed floors of the pavilion for tourists. Looking from a distance; on the fifth floor screen, there is also a copper stele of Wang Bo's "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" inlaid; on the doorpost of Prince Teng's Pavilion, there are also the best lines from "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion" written by Mao Zedong himself: "The setting sun and the setting sun" The solitary ducks are flying together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky."
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In the fourth year of Yonghui, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, when Li Yuanying, the younger brother of Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed as the governor of Hongzhou, the Tengwang Pavilion was built. It is a place where you can enjoy lanterns, enjoy flowers in spring, enjoy the coolness in summer, climb nine heights, enjoy snow in winter, drink tea in the pavilion, gather for meals and drinks, listen to the piano and watch paintings. Twenty-two years after the Tengwang Pavilion was built, in the second year of the Tang Dynasty (675), the famous young writer Wang Bo ascended the pavilion for a banquet at the invitation of Yan Boyu, the governor of Hongzhou, and wrote the popular "Farewell Preface to Tengwang Pavilion in Hongfu in Autumn" " (i.e. "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion"), Tengwang Pavilion has become famous all over the world. After Wang Zhongshu, the imperial censor of the Tang Dynasty, once again presided over the reconstruction of Tengwang Pavilion, he also invited the great writer Han Yu to write the ancient and modern masterpiece "Newly Renovated Tengwang Pavilion" for this pavilion; the great poet Bai Juyi's "Zhongling Farewell", Du Mu's " "Three Poems on Old Tours at Huai Zhongling", Wang Bo's "Poems of Prince Teng's Pavilion", Wang Anguo's "Feelings of Prince Teng's Pavilion", Su Che's "Inscription on Prince Teng's Pavilion", Zhu Xi's "He Xiuye ??and Liu Zhang sent poems to Nanchang", Xin Qiji's "Congratulations" The Bridegroom - Fu Tengwang Pavilion", Wen Tianxiang's "Tengwang Pavilion", Yu Ji's "Tengwang Pavilion", Tang Xianzu's "Tengwang Pavilion Farewell to Uncle Qi", Zhu Yizun's "Deng Tengwang Pavilion", etc. are still recited by people today.
The great reputation of Tengwang Pavilion is largely attributed to a popular prose "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion". Legend has it that the poet Wang Bo passed by Nanchang to visit his relatives at that time. He happened to catch up with Governor Yan after he rebuilt the Tengwang Pavilion and was having a banquet for guests in the pavilion. Wang Bo finished it on the spot and wrote this famous poem "Farewell Preface to Tengwang Pavilion in Hongfu in Autumn" (i.e. "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion"). 》). From then on, the preface became known as the pavilion, and the pavilion became known as the preface. After Wang Bo wrote the preface, Wang Xu of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Ode to Prince Teng's Pavilion" and Wang Zhongshu wrote "Records of Prince Teng's Pavilion". History books call it "Three Kings' Records of Teng Pavilion". Literary writer Han Yu also wrote an article saying that "there are many beautiful views in the south of the Yangtze River, but Tengwang Pavilion ranks first and is known as magnificent and unique", so it is known as "the first tower in Xijiang". Over the past 1,300 years, Tengwang Pavilion has been built and destroyed 28 times. It can be said that it is used to seeing spring flowers and autumn moon, and has experienced rain, snow, wind and frost.
The renovated Tengwang Pavilion stands tall in the west of Nanchang City, on the bank of the Gan River. Stepping into the pavilion, you feel as if you are in an art palace with the theme of Tengwang Pavilion. In the main hall on the first floor, there is a large white marble relief "The Wind Sends the Pavilion of Prince Teng" written by Wang Bo, which cleverly integrates the moving legend of Prince Teng's Pavilion with historical facts. The main hall on the second floor is a large-scale 23.90×2.55-meter fine brushwork and heavy-color mural "Picture of Outstanding People", which depicts 80 famous Jiangxi celebrities from Qin to Ming Dynasty. This and the "Earth Spirit Map" on the fourth floor, which expresses the essence of Jiangxi's mountains and rivers, are a pair of gems. The fifth floor is the best place to lean on the railings and gaze at your sights. Entering the hall, you are greeted by Su Dongpo's handwritten masterpiece "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" written by Su Dongpo. Each floor has a theme and is related to the pavilion, so it is breathtaking.
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Climb the pavilion and have a panoramic view of the spring breeze and autumn moon. You can see the twists and turns of the antique commercial street in the distance. The Ganjiang River and Fujiang River converge in the west, and the long distance in the distance The sky is thousands of miles away, the West Mountain is green, the Nanpu is flying clouds, the long bridge is lying on the waves, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
The Tengwang Pavilion was first built in the Tang Dynasty and was rebuilt and abandoned several times. During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty (1450-1456 AD), Han Yong, the governor of the capital, rebuilt it. Its scale is: three floors, 27 meters high and about 14 meters wide. Today's Tengwang Pavilion has four floors including the basement, is 57.5 meters high, and covers an area of ??47,000 square meters.
Tengwang Pavilion was the place where feudal literati and officials of past dynasties welcomed and entertained guests. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also held a banquet in the pavilion and ordered ministers and literati to compose poems and lyrics and watch the lights.
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From a quantitative point of view, the couplets of Tengwang Pavilion have incomparable advantages, because Wang Bo's "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion" is parallel prose, and the two paragraphs describing the scenery can be regarded as Couplet in Tengwang Pavilion: The time is September, and the sequence belongs to Sanqiu. When the water is gone, the cold pond is clear, and the smoke condenses and the mountains are purple at dusk. I'm on the road, looking at the scenery in Chong'a. Visit Changzhou, the emperor's son, and find the immortal's old pavilion. The mountains are towering with greenery, and the sky rises above; the flying pavilions flow with elixir, and there is no ground below. Crane Ting and Fuzhu are the lingering memories of poor islands; Guidian Orchid Palace is the shape of hills and mountains.
It is draped in embroidery and looks down upon the carved beast. The mountains are wide and wide, and the rivers and lakes are so vast that they are horrified. Lu Yan flutters to the ground, the bells ring and the cauldrons are home; the boat is in the water, and the boat is the green bird and yellow dragon. The clouds are gone and the rain is clear, and the color is bright. The setting clouds and the solitary owl fly together, and the autumn water and the long sky are the same color. The fishing boat sings late, and the sound is heard on the poor Pengli shore; the wild geese are frightened by the cold, and the sound is broken by the Hengyang Pu.
The most classic couplet is of course "The falling clouds and the solitary owl fly together, the autumn water is the same color as the sky."
Other famous couplets include:
The ups and downs are all related to each other. Look at the sunset, the solitary ducks, the long autumn water, and the long sky. Fortunately, the lakes and mountains here are intact; the past and present have only passed in a blink of an eye. I asked the talented people on the river and the emperor's son in the pavilion, how does the scenery compare with the past?
Famous cities, famous pavilions, famous poems, famous prefaces and famous couplets, collected by Chinese and foreign celebrities; looking at the sky, the water, the clouds, the ducks, the splendor, the ancient and modern sights are all at the same time.
The high pavilion is even more brilliant, with three floors of light and seven floors of darkness. It is famous all over the world. It has lasted for more than 1,300 years and been abandoned and rebuilt 29 times; anecdotes *** appreciation, a hundred lines of preface, eight poems Xing, famous in five continents, covering 100 million square kilometers, affects the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.
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The Yueyang Tower is located on the west bank of Dongting Lake in Yueyang City, Hunan Province. General Lu Su built it in order to fight against the general Guan Yu of Shu who was stationed in Jingzhou.
The parade platform built was called the Parade Tower at that time. According to records, this is the earliest prototype of Yueyang Tower, and it is also the earliest pavilion built among the three famous towers in Jiangnan.
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In the fourth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (716 AD), Zhongshu ordered Zhang Shuo to be demoted and banished to Yuezhou (today's Yueyang City). The following year, Zhang Shuo rebuilt a pavilion on the former site of Lu Su's Yueyang Tower and officially named it Yueyang Tower.
In the fourth year of Qingli in the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 1044), minister Teng Zijing was marginalized and demoted to Yuezhou, so he rebuilt the Yueyang Tower. After it was completed, Teng Zijing asked Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister and great writer at the time, to write a popular "Yueyang Tower", in which the line "worry about the world's worries first, and rejoice after the world's happiness" has been widely recited at home and abroad and has been passed down forever. Never fade. Yueyang Tower is also famous together with Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower". Therefore, there is a couplet about Yueyang Tower in Hunan: "Surrounded by lakes and mountains, thousands of families are filled with joy and sorrow."
There is a story about this "Yueyang Tower". Now there is a piece of "Yueyang Tower" carved in red sandalwood in the halls on the first and second floors of Yueyang Tower. But why are there two inscriptions with the same article in one building? It is said that "Yueyang Tower" was written by Zhang Zhao, a great calligrapher during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. His calligraphy, carvings and high-quality wood are among the best in the world. Later, there was a local county magistrate who was good at calligraphy. In order to show himself and make himself famous through the Yueyang Tower and Fan Zhongyan's article, he imitated Zhang Zhao's handwriting and re-copied an article "Yueyang Tower". It is also engraved on a wooden board with the same texture. Even the size and shape of the font are exactly the same as Zhang Zhao's "Yueyang Tower". However, the engraver was dissatisfied with the county magistrate's behavior of substituting pillars, and did not dare to disobey, so he deliberately carved the word "ju" in it very finely, which means "if you live high in the temple, you will worry about the people". It is distinguished from normal characters.
The ambitious county magistrate took down Zhang Zhao's "Yueyang Tower" and replaced it with his own. Then he put Zhang Zhao's handwriting on the boat and tried to transport it elsewhere. Unexpectedly, when the boat was sailing into Dongting Lake, there was a strong wind and waves, and the boat capsized in the lake. The county magistrate and the inscription "Yueyang Tower" written by Zhang Zhao both fell into the water, and the ambitious magistrate was drowned. Later, during the dredging of Dongting Lake, people salvaged Zhang Zhao's "Yueyang Tower". Because it was carved on good wood, Zhang Zhao's handwriting was not greatly damaged by blisters. Since the handwriting of the two "Records of Yueyang Tower" by the county magistrate and Zhang Zhao are so similar that they can both be treasures of calligraphy, the two authentic and fake inscriptions of "Records of Yueyang Tower" are hung on the first and second floors of Yueyang Tower at the same time.
In addition, great writers such as Du Fu have also written famous sentences about Yueyang Tower.
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The Yueyang Tower we see now is the only one with a wooden structure among the three famous towers in Jiangnan. After being renovated in the Qing Dynasty, it took more than a hundred years and dozens of years to Despite years of war, it was not destroyed. Although the height of the building is only 19.72 meters, which is much smaller than Tengwang Pavilion and Yellow Crane Tower, this ancient building standing on the edge of Dongting Lake can be said to be the only one of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan that was not rebuilt after the founding of the People's Republic of China. , and it is a well-preserved ancient Chinese
Yueyang Tower
Yueyang Tower
traditional architectural style pavilion.