Yuejiang building

Yuejiang tower, Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower and Tengwang pavilion are the four famous buildings in Jiangnan. It has distinct Ming Dynasty style and classical royal style. Its biggest characteristic is that there are records first and then buildings.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, decided to ascend the mountain and look far away. He thought the geomantic omen here was good, so he wrote a story about Yuejiang tower. This building is now built according to the artistic conception of Taizu's Pavilion of "Biwa Zhuying, cornice teeth rubbing into the sky, zhulianfeng flying into the clouds, Tongye opening and colorful". On the Yuejiang tower, you can have a panoramic view of the vast river scenery and Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. Back to the river, you can have a panoramic view of Jinling. The porcelain paintings in the building, including the complete picture of Zheng He's journey to the west, the double-sided embroidery of the four famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, the white jade carving of Yuejiang tower, the tripod of Yuejiang tower, and the relief of Yuejiang in Shiling, are also recorded as "the largest in China".

Yuejiang building

Yuejiang building is located on the top of lion mountain in Gulou District of Nanjing city. Standing on the Bank of Yangtze River, Yuejiang building is one of the ten famous cultural buildings in China and one of the four famous buildings in Jiangnan. It is known as "the first building in Jiangnan".

Yuejiang tower is more than 52 meters high. It has four floors outside and three floors in the dark. It has seven floors in total. It has blue tiles, Zhuying, cornice teeth, zhufengfei and Tongye. It has distinctive classical royal style and is a typical royal architectural style of Ming Dynasty. The total construction area is more than 5000 square meters.

Yuejiang tower was built in the spring of 1374, the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, ordered to build a pavilion in Shizishan, northwest of Nanjing, the capital of the state. He wrote Yuejiang tower in person, and ordered all the officials of the imperial court to write a Yuejiang tower. Song Lian, a Bachelor of Arts, wrote the best one, which was later selected as Guwen Guanzhi.

After the foundation of Yuejiang building was completed, Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, suddenly decided to stop the construction until the end of last century, when he decided to rebuild the Yuejiang building. In 1997, the Nanjing Municipal People's government officially approved the construction of Yuejiang building, which was completed in September 2001. Since then, the 600 year history of "having records but no buildings" has ended.

Historical evolution

historical background

The original intention of building Yuejiang tower began more than 600 years ago by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Before he became emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang used red and yellow banners as his name on the lion mountain to command tens of thousands of ambushes and defeat the powerful enemy Chen Youliang's 400000 strong attack, which laid the foundation for the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

In the spring of 1374 (the seventh year of Hongwu), Zhu Yuanzhang built a pavilion in Shizishan and named it Yuejianglou. Taking Yuejianglou as the title, he ordered the officials in the dynasty to write a story of Yuejianglou. There are three articles that have been handed down to the present: Yuejianglou Ji written by Song Lian, a famous writer and academician in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and Yuejianglou Ji and youyuejianglou Ji written by Zhu Yuanzhang himself. Zhu Yuanzhang also used prisoners in prison to build a "flat stone" for building on the top of the lion rock, which is the foundation.

Reasons for suspension

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly decided to stop the construction of Yuejiang building after he wrote the story of the building and laid the foundation, and explained the reasons for stopping the construction in his story of the building again: first, God entrusted him with a dream to warn him not to rush to build the Yuejiang building; second, after careful consideration, he felt that the construction of Yuejiang building should be delayed. In fact, another reason is to concentrate money and manpower to build the city walls of Nanjing and Fengyang, the capital of China. Later, even the city walls of Fengyang, the capital of China, were stopped because of the huge cost.

Completion of construction

The building was completed in 2001, It is worth mentioning that due to the lack of many ancient materials and the differences in modern architectural norms and techniques, the newly-built Yuejiang building does not use the traditional wooden structure, but uses the modern reinforced concrete structure to replace the most famous buildings in China before, so as to ensure the stability and daily maintenance of the building, but makes the famous building lack a trace of ancient charm.

building structure

Yuejiang building is an L-shaped building with the main wing facing north and the secondary wing facing west. Both wings can enjoy the scenery of the Yangtze River. The main building is located at the horns of the two wings, four on the outside and three on the inside, with a total height of 51 meters and a total construction area of more than 5000 square meters.

In the middle of the hall on the third floor of the bell tower is decorated with the largest porcelain painting of Jingdezhen in China. The painting is 12.8 meters high and 8 meters wide. It consists of 12 parts, colorful and magnificent. It describes the glorious history of Zheng He's voyages to the Western Ocean from 1405 to 1433, including the construction of treasure ships, scientific navigation, ocean conquest, peaceful diplomacy, good neighborliness and friendship, the spread of civilization, equal economy and trade, cultural exchanges, and other grand events of western countries local customs and practices. The huge porcelain painting also reflects the scene that Emperor Yongle built "Jinghai Temple" and "Tianfei Palace" and set up "Tianfei Palace" to pray for safety for Zheng He's navigation. There is a copy of Zheng He's treasure ship and a huge rusty anchor in the hall. These two objects vividly and concretely prove that Nanjing was the main shipbuilding site of Zheng He's voyages to the West and the largest shipbuilding base in the world at that time.

On the second floor of Yuejiang tower, there are 16 portraits of Zheng He's emperors during and after his voyages to the West. The top ones are Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Taizu, and Zhu Di, Ming Chengzu. At the same time, it also shows the splendid culture of the Ming Dynasty, including the territory of the Ming Dynasty, famous calligraphers and painters, science and technology, and introduces in detail China's advanced science and culture during Zheng He's voyages to the West.

The internal layout of Yuejiang building centers on the political opinions of the two emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. At the bottom of the building, what is most worth seeing is a chair, a wall and a plaque. Placed in front of the wall is a "mahogany dragon chair". Although it is an imitation, it is made of high-quality mahogany and weighs more than 1000 Jin. There are nine dragons carved on the back of the Dragon chair, which are exquisite and vivid.

A plaque on the east side, "Zhilong Tang Song", was written by Kangxi. There was a boat and a painting on the second floor. Zhu Di, Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty, lifted the sea ban and expanded trade and cultural exchanges. At that time, there was a shipyard in Xiaguan area of Nanjing. Many ships were built in the shipyard. The longest ship was 138 meters long and 56 meters wide. It had nine masts and 12 sails when sailing. Its carrying capacity was 7000 tons, which was the highest in the world 600 years ago. This giant porcelain painting reflects the history of Zheng He's seven voyages to the west between 1405 and 1433. The picture is composed of 12 parts. It describes in detail the grand occasion of Zheng He, a navigator, who built treasure ships according to Emperor Yongle's will and went to western countries to publicize Chinese civilization. The picture also reflects the Emperor Yongle's imperial edict to build "Jinghai Temple" and "Tianfei Palace" and personally bestow "Tianfei palace stele", ringing Jinghai temple bell to commemorate the sea god Tianfei empress who protects the safety of navigation.

On the top floor of Yuejiang tower is a Panlong caisson. The Golden Dragon on the roof is carved from the whole camphor wood. The dragon is made of 24 K gold and Jiangning gold foil. The inside and outside of this building share 11 kg of 24 K pure gold, so it is particularly brilliant.

Decoration layout

The internal layout of Yuejiang building centers on the political opinions of the two emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.

bottom

The most prominent furnishings are a chair, a wall and a plaque.

Placed in front of the wall is a "Zhu Yuanzhang dragon chair". Although it is an imitation, it is made of high-quality mahogany and weighs more than 1000 Jin.

There are nine dragons carved on the back of the Dragon chair, which are exquisite and vivid.

A plaque on the east side, "Zhilong Tang Song", was written by Kangxi.

Second floor

On the second floor of Yuejiang tower, there are 16 portraits of Zheng He's emperors during and after his voyages to the West. The top ones are Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Taizu, and Zhu Di, Ming Chengzu. At the same time, it also shows the splendid culture of the Ming Dynasty, including the territory of the Ming Dynasty, famous calligraphers and painters, science and technology, and introduces in detail China's advanced science and culture during Zheng He's voyages to the West.

three layers

There is a boat and a painting.

Zhu Di, Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, lifted the sea ban and expanded trade and cultural exchanges. At that time, Xiaguan area in Nanjing was a shipyard, which built many ships. The longest ship, 138 meters long and 56 meters wide, had nine masts and twelve sails when sailing, with a carrying capacity of 7000 tons, which was the largest in the world 600 years ago.

The giant porcelain painting reflects the history of Zheng He's seven voyages to the West from 1405 to 1433. The painting is 12.8 meters high and 8 meters wide. It consists of 12 parts. It describes in detail the grand occasion when Zheng He, a navigator, built a treasure ship according to the will of Emperor Yongle to publicize Chinese civilization in western countries. The picture also reflects the Emperor Yongle's imperial edict to build Jinghai temple and Tianfei palace, and personally bestow "Tianfei palace stele", which rings Jinghai temple bell to commemorate the sea god Tianfei empress who protects the safety of navigation.

top floor

On the top floor of Yuejiang tower is a Panlong caisson. The Golden Dragon on the roof is carved from the whole camphor wood. The dragon is made of 24 K gold and Jiangning gold foil. The inside and outside of this building share 11 kg of 24 K pure gold, so it is particularly brilliant.

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Stone lions -- this is the largest pair of male lions in China. It is 4.8 meters high and weighs about 30 tons. It is carved from Jinshan stone in Suzhou. The style is in the period of emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, and it is carved according to the guard lions in the mausoleum of emperor Mingzu of Xuyi County. The two lions are powerful and royal.

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