1. To the west of the Stork Tower is a hundred-foot-high roof, and there are countless clouds and trees in Tingzhou.
Translation: There are hundreds of feet of masts to the west of the Stork Tower, and there is a vast expanse of towering trees on Tingzhou.
Source: Li Yi of the Tang Dynasty, "Ascending the Stork Tower with Cui Ying"
2. Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to the pavilion; Embrace the terrain and engage in intrigues.
Translation: A building is built every five steps, and a pavilion is built every ten steps. The corridors are long and winding, and the protruding eaves poke upward like a bird's beak. Each one follows the terrain, the four directions converge to the core, and compete with each other for supremacy.
Source: "Ode to Afang Palace" by Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty
3. Yunzhe Temple on Jiuhuashan Road, Liufu Bridge in Qingyijiang Village.
Translation: On the roadside of Jiuhua Mountain shrouded in clouds and mist, temples appear and disappear. Next to Qingyijiang Village, willows blow in the spring breeze on the bridge deck.
Source: Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty, "When Xuanzhou sent Judge Pei Tan to Shuzhou, Mu wanted to go to the official position and return to the capital"
4. The high pavilion forced the heavens to climb to the edge of the sun.
Translation: The tower in charge is so high that it reaches into the sky. When you climb up to the tower, you feel like you are close to the sun.
Source: Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty, "Climbing the General Cabinet"
5. Far away from the hundred-foot tower in the high city, beyond the green poplar branches lies Tingzhou.
Translation: Climb up the hundred-foot-high Anding Tower and have a panoramic view of the green poplar trees in the distance and Zhouzhu beyond the green poplar trees.
Source: "An Ding Tower" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty