The Meaning of "Tianya" in Yueyang Tower

The meaning of "boundless horizon" in Yueyang Tower is vastness.

The boundless horizon comes from Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower": "Take the distant mountains, swallow the Yangtze River, make a vast soup, the boundless horizon; It is sunny in the morning and cloudy at night. "

Interpretation of the whole sentence: it (Dongting Lake) is connected with the distant mountains and swallows the current of the Yangtze River; The water is vast, the water is vast, vast and boundless; It's sunny in the morning, gloomy at night and changeable.

Introduction:

Yueyang Tower, located in Dongting North Road, Yueyang District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, is located on the west gate wall of Yueyang Ancient City, adjacent to Dongting Lake, overlooking Dongting and Junshan ahead; Founded in the 20th year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (2 15), it has been rebuilt many times. The existing buildings follow the shape and pattern rebuilt in the sixth year of Guangxu reign (1880).

Because Teng Zongliang rebuilt Yueyang Tower in the Northern Song Dynasty, he asked his friend Fan Zhongyan to write the biography of Yueyang Tower, which made Yueyang Tower famous all over the world. Since ancient times, it has been known as "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building", and it is also known as "the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River" with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei and the Wangtengting Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi. It is one of the "Top Ten Famous Historical and Cultural Buildings in China" and is known as "the first building in the world".