The Yueyang Tower in Hunan, known as "the water in the Dongting world and the tower in the sky in Yueyang", stands on the west gate of the ancient city of Yueyang. With its majestic momentum and majestic structure, it can be called the first of the three famous towers in the south of the Yangtze River. The world-famous Yueyang Tower has a unique structure and unique style. It has three floors, cornices, a helmet top, and a pure wooden structure. The whole building is 25.35 meters high. It is rectangular in plan, 17.2 meters wide, and 15.6 meters deep. It covers an area of ??251 square meters. The four central pillars are towering, and the eaves on the roof are pecked. They are magnificent and magnificent from a distance, just like a Kunpeng about to fly in the sky.

The Yueyang Tower in Hunan is based on the "Lu Su Military Parade Tower" in the Three Kingdoms and was developed from generation to generation. Before the Tang Dynasty, its function was mainly used for military purposes. Since the Tang Dynasty, the Yueyang Tower has gradually become It has been a popular place for tourists and romantic figures of all ages to visit, recite poems and compose poems. At this time, Baling City has been changed to Yueyang City, and the Baling City Tower was also called Yueyang Tower. Zhang Shuo, who is known as "Yan Khan's magnanimous writer", was demoted to Yueyang and fell in love with the mountains and rivers. He often moved to the building with the literati to compose poems. Later, other great poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Li Shangyin and Li Qunyu came one after another and wrote hundreds of poems. The famous poems and sentences with new meanings have cast a strong cultural connotation on Yueyang Tower.

Hunan Yueyang Tower became famous all over the world after it was rebuilt by Teng Zijing in the Northern Song Dynasty and Fan Zhongyan wrote "Yueyang Tower". Teng Zijing was worthy of being a far-sighted and famous minister. "For a long time, no writing can be written unless it comes from talented people." So he asked Fan Zhongyan, a great writer at that time, to write "The Story of Yueyang Tower", which has been passed down through the ages. As soon as it was written, it was widely recited, although only a few It has 369 words, but its content is profound, its philosophy is profound, its momentum is majestic, and its language is sonorous. It is truly unique and ingenious, and it can be called a masterpiece. Among them, it is especially "worry about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness." A sentence that has become a famous saying through the ages. Since then, Yueyang Tower has become even more famous at home and abroad. Poets and writers of all dynasties have left a large number of beautiful poems here, such as Yu Ji, Yang Weizhen, Yang Quan, Li Dongyang, He Jingming, Yuan Mei, Yao Nai, etc. Put your wine in the wind and go upstairs to chant.

In the history of more than a thousand years, the Yueyang Tower in Hunan has gone through many vicissitudes, been destroyed and rebuilt many times, and has been repaired more than 30 times in recorded history. It was sung on top of it, and the literati climbed up to look at it and wander around." When it was destroyed, "huge waves hit it, and the moved guests and poets bowed their heads and died" (Zhang Derong of the Qing Dynasty, "Rebuilding the Yueyang Tower"), to At the end of the Republic of China, the building was dilapidated and dilapidated. "When the rooster sings and the world becomes white," the Yueyang Tower ushered in the first ray of light. After the founding of New China, the party and the government cherished the Yueyang Tower and completely renovated it. The Yueyang Tower maintains its original scale and structure, as well as its original architectural art and historical features. The granite platform at the bottom of the building is increased by 30 centimeters, making the Xianmei Pavilion and Sanzui Pavilion in front of the Yueyang Tower more prominent. It is clear and well-proportioned. The floor of the building is paved with ancient green. The four large nanmu pillars in the hall are original to the old building. The four large stone piers from the Song Dynasty still stand under the pillars. They were built in the 21st year of the Republic of China. The original three brick walls were replaced with carved and gilded doors and windows imitating the Ming and Qing styles. The verandah space was enlarged on the second floor to broaden the view of visitors. On the front of the hall hangs the "Records of Yueyang Tower" written by Zhang Zhao, a famous calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty. ", composed of 12 pieces of red sandalwood. The third floor displays the poem "Climbing the Yueyang Tower" written by the great man Mao Zedong and Du Fu in handwriting. The original woodcut plaques are hung on each floor, and couplets of ancient and modern famous writers chanting the Yueyang Tower are also engraved. The first floor There is a 102-character couplet. The first couplet is "What's so strange about the first floor? Du Shaoling's five-character swan song, Fan Xiwen's two words about love, Teng Zijing's failure will prosper, Lu Chunyang will be drunk after three passes, Shiye, Confucianism, Liye, "Xianye, I have never seen the ancients before, so I burst into tears!" The second line is "Please take a look: Dongting Lake is at the south end of Xiaoxiang, the Yangtze River is connected to Wu Gorge in the north, Baling Mountain is refreshing in the west, and Yuezhou City is east of the cliff border. There is a true meaning in this, who can understand it?" And a short couplet on the third floor has only eight words: "the water and the sky are the same color; the wind and the moon are boundless," signed "Chang Geng Li Bai" Hunan. Yueyang Tower Tourist Scenic Area not only has ancient famous buildings with pure wood, helmet tops, and cornices, but also relatively completely preserves the Sanzui Pavilion and Xianmei Pavilion built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as the Huaifu Pavilion and the Poetry and Calligraphy Tablet. It has restored the Yueyang Tower models of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, including the Gallery, the Wax Museum of Celebrities of the Past Dynasties, and the Yueyang Tower Cultural and Art Center. The scenic area is surrounded by green trees and bamboos, with an elegant environment, rich cultural atmosphere, and standardized commercial outlets. The entire scenic area is natural.

Yueyang, the city where Hunan Yueyang Tower Tourist Scenic Area is located, is the only riverside port in Hunan Province. The Yangtze River, Dongting Lake, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and 107 National Highway intersect here. It is another "golden cross" in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River after Wuhan, Hubei. Convenient transportation has brought a flood of tourists to the tourist attraction. Since its completion and overhaul in 1984, it has received an average of 600,000 domestic and foreign tourists to the Yueyang Tower tourist attraction in Hunan every year. At its peak, it received tourists to the Yueyang Tower. 1.3 million people. Yueyang Tower tourist attraction has always been aiming at "safety, civilization, hygiene and orderliness", strengthening internal management and building an external image, and strives to create a safe, secure and comfortable tourism environment for Chinese and foreign tourists, so that everyone can "come here with pleasure, Return satisfied”!