Introduction to Yueyang Tower History Documents Features

1. Introduction to Yueyang Tower

The Yueyang Tower stands at the foot of Baqiu Mountain in the northwest of Yueyang City, Hunan Province. It is one of the "Three Famous Towers in the South of the Yangtze River" in my country. It is famous for its popular "Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Zhongyan in the Northern Song Dynasty.

2. The history of Yueyang Tower

The Yueyang Tower was built around 220 AD. During the Three Kingdoms period, Soochow general Lu Su built a military parade building here to train sailors, creating the history of Yueyang Tower. . During the Western Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yueyang Tower was called "Baling Tower".

In the third year of Yuanjia in the Southern Song Dynasty (426), Yan Yan, the minister of Zhongshu and a great poet, passed through Baling on his way, and wrote the poem "Shi'an County Huandu and Zhang Xiangzhou Dengbaling Tower", which contains "Qing Atmosphere" "Ji Yueyang" is the sentence, and the name "Yueyang" appeared in poetry for the first time.

In the fourth year of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongshu ordered Zhang Shuo to expand the building again and name it the South Tower. After Li Bai wrote poems in the middle Tang Dynasty, it was first called "Yueyang Tower". Yueyang Tower also became famous.

In the fifth year of the Qingli reign of the Song Dynasty, Teng Zijing built the tower and Fan Zhongyan wrote it. The Yueyang Tower became famous all over the country.

In the first month of the third year of Jianyan (1129) in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yueyang Tower was damaged by fire. Yueyang Tower was rebuilt in the fourth year of Qingyuan (1198) in the Southern Song Dynasty. On June 21 and 23 of the 17th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (1224), the Yueyang Tower was destroyed by fire. Yueyang Tower was rebuilt in the 11th year of Chunhu in the Southern Song Dynasty (1251).

In 1961, Guo Moruo wrote a plaque with the word "Yueyang Tower". In the spring of 1962, Zhu De inscribed the name "Huaifu Pavilion" and a plaque was hung on the forehead of the pavilion. In September 1966, the "Red Guards" went to Yueyang Tower and demanded that the carved screen of "Yueyang Tower" written by Zhang Zhao and Fan Zhongyan be destroyed. The management staff skillfully protected the carved screen. On December 18, 1969, Ye Jianying visited Yueyang Tower and instructed the local government to protect the monuments.

3. Documents about Yueyang Tower

Although Yueyang Tower was built in the Three Kingdoms period around 220 AD, it became famous throughout the world during the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the fourth year of Qingwan (1044 AD), Teng Zijing was demoted to the post of magistrate of Yuezhou. He cherished the beauty of Yueyang's landscape and began to rebuild Yueyang Tower the next year. After the repair was completed, he asked someone to paint a " "Dongting Late Autumn" picture, he wrote to invite his friend Fan Zhongyan to write a note for the newly renovated Yueyang Tower.

Fan Zhongyan lived up to the trust of his friends and wrote a piece of "Yueyang Tower" with more than 360 words, each word of which is exquisite, describing the beautiful scenery of towers and water in the world, which has become a masterpiece for the ages. Among them, the famous saying "Be anxious when the world is worried first, and be happy when the world is happy later" has become an immortal saying in the Chinese nation.

It is precisely because of this richly written "Yueyang Tower" that Yueyang Tower has become famous both at home and abroad and has become a famous tower through the ages.

4. Characteristics of Yueyang Tower

As the only ancient building that maintains its original appearance among the three famous buildings, its unique helmet-top structure reflects the wisdom and skill of the ancient working people. Sophisticated design and skill.

The Yueyang Tower faces east from the west and has a simple and unique structure. The platform is surrounded by granite. The width of the platform is 17.24 meters, the depth is 14.54 meters, and the height is 0.65 meters. The height of Yueyang Tower is 19 meters. In terms of architectural style, predecessors classified it as wooden, three-story, four-column, cornice, bracket, and helmet top.

The roof of the Yueyang Tower is a helmet-top structure supported by stacked "Ruyi brackets". This arched and curved ancient general's helmet-type top structure is one of the most popular structures in the history of ancient Chinese architecture. Unique. This top is the most prominent feature of Yueyang Tower - the helmet top structure. According to research, Yueyang Tower is the only remaining ancient building with a helmet-top structure in China.

The Yueyang Tower adopts a pure wooden structure. There is no nail or rivet in the whole building, and only the wooden components are connected to each other. Its shape has graceful expressive lines due to its exposed wooden beams, columns, components, and decoration, showing the unique national style of ancient Chinese architecture.

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Renovation and protection of Yueyang Tower after the founding of New China:

In July 1949, Yueyang Tower returned to the embrace of the people. The Party and the People's Government attach great importance to the protection of Yueyang Tower, and have successively listed Yueyang Tower as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province and a key cultural relic protection unit in the country.

In 1950, the Yueyang County Government renovated the Yueyang Tower.

On May 20, 1952, Li Dongting proposed to repair it and set up special personnel to manage it. On June 9, the "Yueyang Tower Repair Project" plan was made. On December 18, the Yueyang County Government submitted the Yueyang Tower renovation budget to the Provincial Cultural Committee.

In September 1954, the Central Ministry of Culture issued an instruction on the renovation of Yueyang Tower: "The Ministry believes that the building is a famous historic site and should be preserved."

On February 15, 1955, the provincial government allocated 10,000 yuan for the renovation of Yueyang Tower.

On July 24, 1956, Yueyang Tower was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

In July 1958, the Yueyang Tower Management Office was established.

In 1983, the State Council allocated special funds to overhaul the Yueyang Tower. The components were copied and updated according to the originals. It lasted ten months and more than 55% of the original components were preserved.

On May 1, 1984, the Yueyang Tower was completed and opened to the public.

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