There are four famous buildings in ancient China

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-29

Project Tinder

Yueyang Tower: Located in Yueyang City at the northern tip of Hunan Province, it is said to be a parade platform built by Lu Su to train sailors in Dongting Lake. In the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shuo was stationed in Yuecheng and officially named Yueyang Tower. In the fourth year of the Song Dynasty, Yueyang Tower was rebuilt, and Fan Zhongyan wrote the famous article "Yueyang Tower". Yueyang Tower, built on the city wall of the west gate of the ancient city of Yueyang City, overlooking Dongting Lake and looking at Jun Mountain in front, because of its unique geographical location, it has the reputation of "Dongting Tianxia Water, Yueyang Tianxia Tower" since ancient times. Yueyang Tower was built around 220 A.D., its predecessor was the parade building of Lu Su, the general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and has a history of nearly 1800 years.

Yueyang Tower is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national 5A-level tourist attraction, it is known as the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River together with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and the Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi. The pure wooden structure of Yueyang Tower is the only ancient building among the three famous buildings that maintains the original appearance, and the main building is 1942 meters, depth 1454 meters, width 1742 meters.

In addition, the couplet hanging in the main building of Yueyang Building is "Qi swallows the clouds and dreams;Sound of Yueyang City", as well as the carved railings and red lacquer columns on the upper floors all show the charm of ancient Chinese architectural art.

Zhenhai Building, also known as Wanghai Building, five-storey building, is located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Yuexiu Mountain (Yuexiu Park) Xiaopanlonggang, was built in the Ming Dynasty Hongwu 13 years (1380), has been destroyed five times in history. Its overall height is 28 meters, and the structure is the top of the mountain, with five layers of double eaves;The first level is 31 meters wide and 16 meters deep.

Zhenhailou has experienced a history of nearly 600 years. Zhenhai Tower is very spectacular, climb the building and overlook, the whole city is overlooked.

Zhenhai Tower integrates the functions of urban establishment, military defense, ship navigation beacon and ascending and entertainment, and has always been a significant sign and a cultural attraction in Guangzhou, and the Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Yanyu Tower are listed as the four famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, and are the feng shui treasure land in the minds of Guangzhou people. At the end of the twenties of the twentieth century, it was turned into the Guangzhou Museum, which became a public cultural place for the collection, display and research of cultural relics. At present, the number of cultural relics in the collection of Guangzhou Museum is abundant, reaching 43,767 pieces (sets), of which 1,067 pieces (sets) are precious cultural relics.

In addition, Zhenhai Tower has also been listed as a national cultural relics protection unit and has been undertaking the mission of cultural dissemination.

The Yellow Crane Tower, located on the top of the Snake Mountain by the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, is one of the landmark buildings in Wuhan. It was built in the second year of Wu Huangwu of the Three Kingdoms (223 years), repeated renovations in successive dynasties, and the existing building was designed as the prototype of the Qing Dynasty "Tongzhi Building", and was rebuilt in 1985.

The original site of the Yellow Crane Tower is on the Yellow Crane Rock at the foot of the Snake Mountain on the Yangtze River in Wuchang, Hubei. It was built in the Three Kingdoms period, and it became a tourist attraction during the Southern Dynasties. There are various theories about this building: one says that the ancient immortal Zi'an once rode a yellow crane over this building: one says that Fei Wenyi became an immortal, and often rides a yellow crane to this building to rest: one says that Xin's sells wine, and there is a taxi drinking parting, taking orange peel and painting cranes on the wall, telling the guest to clap his hands and lead him, and the crane should fly to persuade him to drink, and Xin became rich. One day, the Taoist priest came back, played the flute, and the white clouds flew from the sky, and the crane also flew down, and the Taoist priest floated away by the crane. So Xin built a building here.

The Yellow Crane Tower is famous all over the world because of the poem "Yellow Crane Tower" inscribed by the Tang Dynasty poet Cui Hao. The first couplet of this poem uses allusions from the immortal to return by crane to lead out of the Yellow Crane Tower;The jaw couplet closely followed the first couplet, saying that since the immortal left, the Yellow Crane Tower has gone through thousands of years;The couplet is poetic and far-reaching, expressing the poet's deep longing for his hometown.

In addition, the Yellow Crane Tower is also one of the symbols of Wuhan, a famous cultural city in China, and is a national 5A-level scenic spot. The entire area of Snake Mountain is 403 hectares with a green area of 356 hectares, the greening rate of the whole park is 8834%。

Yanyu Building: In the South Lake of Jiaxing County, Zhejiang. Five generations of Wu Yue Qian Zhiqiong built. Originally on the lakeside, moved to build in the small island in the center of the lake during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the smoke and rain building is surrounded by water, the morning smoke and twilight rain, the scenery is Qinghua, and it is beautiful everywhere. Yanyu Tower is the main garden building on the island, and it is also the general name of the entire garden on the island. The name of Yanyulou originates from the poem of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu "Four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain", this poem depicts the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River in the smoke and rain, and expresses the poet's love and nostalgia for the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

The architectural style of Yanyu Building is elegant and solemn, the main building has two floors, about 20 meters high, the construction area is more than 640 square meters, the heavy eaves painting building, the Zhu Zhu Ming window, the green trees are more majestic under the shade. The eaves in front of the building are hung with the plaque of "Yanyu Building" written by Dong Biwu. The whole park covers an area of 11 acres, the building, hall, pavilion and pavilion in the park are staggered, the short wall around the garden is surrounded by curved railings, and the long causeway is looped on all sides. There are ponds in the lake and embankments in the islands, which make up a beautiful picture.

In addition, Yanyu Tower is also known as one of the top ten famous buildings in China, alongside Yueyang Tower, Yellow Crane Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, etc., all of which are famous for their profound historical heritage and cultural connotation.

Related Pages