Located in Pangu Wangshan, Shiling Town, northwest of Huadu District. This gatehouse is very imposing and worth shooting. It is an advanced antique building integrating folk stories, couplets and calligraphy and painting.
The four pillars of this gatehouse are generally thick inside and thin outside, but in fact they are the opposite, thick outside and thin inside. This is based on the folk story "Pangulong Lion King". The whole gatehouse is like Pangu squatting there. The inner two columns have thin hands and the outer two columns have two feet, so they are thick. He turned the evil dragon and lion into a dragon and lion for the benefit of the people. Let's take another look. This gatehouse has five faces. Generally, a gatehouse has four pillars, three sides or seven sides. Why five sides? This is what King Pangu became after he created the world. These things can be summarized as gold, wood, water, fire and earth, which are called the five elements. These five heavenly faces represent the five elements.
Let's take a look at the banners and couplets of this gatehouse, which are also rich in connotation. The front banner "Pangu King Park" was inscribed by Guan Shanyue, a master of Lingnan School of Painting, which was vigorous and powerful. The couplet was written by Mr. Huang, president of the Furong Poetry Society in Huadu District, and Mr. Chen, chairman of the Guangdong Calligraphers Association, proudly waved it. On the back, the banner and couplets of "Merit Matches Heaven" were inscribed by the famous poet Mr. Liu Yisheng and personally by Tang Yao, president of Huadu Calligraphy Society. They are simple and elegant.
This gatehouse was designed by Chen, consultant of Guangzhou Folk Writers Association. He personally invited Liu Yisheng, Chen, Huang and others to write couplets, inscriptions and poems for him. Therefore, this gatehouse can be said to be a masterpiece of famous artists from all walks of life, which is extraordinary!