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Is the pavilion in ancient Chinese architecture beautiful?
Seetao 2020-09-02 16:35
  • In the ancient architectural complex, the pavilion was used for distant viewing, recreation, book collection and for the Buddha
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A pavilion is a building similar to a building. The heavy house is the building and the four open buildings are the pavilion. There are windows on all sides of the pavilion, and there are also doors. There are flat seats on all sides for viewing, recreation, book collection and for the Buddha.

Tianxin Pavilion

Tianxin Pavilion is located in the southeast corner of the downtown area of Changsha, Hunan Province. It is a tower in the ancient city of Changsha. The three-story pavilion, with a construction area of 846 square meters, is composed of green tiles, cornices, and Zhuliang painted buildings. The pavilion is ingeniously integrated with the ancient city wall and other buildings in Tianxin Park. The base site occupies the highest terrain in the city, and is located on the city wall more than 30 meters high, with a wonderful peak near it.

The name "Tianxin Pavilion" was first seen in the poem "Tianxin Pavilion Overlook" by Yu Yi in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Tianxin Pavilion was rebuilt during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. "The grand prosperous of the southern part of the city is gathered in Si Pavilion", which is well-known in the world and has become the opposite place for literati and ink poets.

Penglai Pavilion

Penglai Pavilion is located at the top of Danya Mountain in Penglai City, Yantai City, Shandong Province. It is composed of 6 single-unit and auxiliary buildings, including Penglai Pavilion, Tianhou Palace, Dragon King Palace, Lvzu Hall, Sanqing Hall, and Mi Tuo Temple. Square meters.

Penglai Pavilion is one of the four famous buildings in ancient China. It is known as the "Wonderland on Earth". Its legend of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and "mirage" wonders are well-known at home and abroad.

Tengwang Pavilion

Tengwang Pavilion is located on the banks of the Gan River in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. It has four floors with a basement. It is 57.5 meters high and covers an area of 47,000 square meters. It is the first of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan.

The prestige of the Tengwang Pavilion is attributed to the preface of the Tengwang Pavilion by Wang Bo, one of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty.

Tianyi Pavilion

Tianyi Pavilion is located in the urban area of Ningbo, Zhejiang, covering an area of 26,000 square meters. It was built under the presided over by Fan Qin, the retired military minister in the Ming Dynasty. Because he likes to read and collect books, he has collected more than 70,000 volumes of various books in his lifetime. After he returned from his job, he built a library to keep these books. Therefore, Tianyi Pavilion is the earliest private library in China, the oldest existing library in Asia and one of the three earliest family libraries in the world.

It is said that Fan Qin named the new library "Tianyi Pavilion" in accordance with the phrase "Tian Yi Jing Zhu" in "I Ching Zhu" by Zheng Xuan, and adopted "Tian Yi Pavilion" in the architectural layout. In the layout of “Land Six”, a pool is built outside the building for fire prevention and “fire is made with water”. At the same time, various anti-moth and insect repellent measures are adopted to protect books.

Look, these magnificent and breathtaking ancient buildings, don't you want to take a look? Editor/He Yuting

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