Yueyang Tower by Dongting Lake

It took about 1.5 hours to take the green train from Changsha to Yueyang Station (￥23.5), and finally I saw the Dongting Lake in the book. Unfortunately, the thick clouds made the lake gray and hazy. I wanted to go around the shore of Dongting Lake first, but I was not allowed to enter the city wall, so I had to go straight to the Yueyang Tower Scenic Area (ticket ￥70) Yueyang Tower became famous because Fan Zhongyan wrote an immortal "Yueyang Tower Record" at the request of his friend Teng Zijing, who was the governor of Baling County at the time. Interestingly, Fan Zhongyan had never been to Yueyang, but he wrote Yueyang Tower Record based on paintings Yueyang Tower is actually a tower on the west gate (Yueyang Gate) of the ancient city of Yueyang, with its back against Yueyang City and overlooking Dongting Lake Lake, facing Junshan Island in the distance, with the Yangtze River to the north and Xiangjiang River to the south. You can see everything from the tower (unfortunately it is foggy) Yueyang Tower was first built in the Tang Dynasty. The existing main building was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. It is 19.42 meters high, with a three-story helmet roof, flying eaves and brackets, a pure wooden structure, and four nanmu gold pillars running straight through the roof. The beams and pillars are all connected by mortise and tenon without using iron nails. It is a rare ancient building that can maintain its original appearance The entrance Five Dynasties Tower is a modern brass casting with a scale of 200 based on ancient paintings and materials. It reproduces the Yueyang Tower with different styles in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It is really quite historical and artistic #5月好去2025