Water Pavilion

Yanshui Pavilion, located in Gantang lake on the South Bank of the Yangtze River in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is one of the famous scenic spots in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is said that it is the former site of dianjiangtai of Zhou Yu, a famous general in the Three Kingdoms period. Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, began to build a pavilion in the lake, which was named "the moon dipping Pavilion" according to his poem "Pipa line". When Zhou Dunyi, a deputy scholar of the Song Dynasty, was lecturing in Jiujiang, he built another Pavilion on the lake bank, which was named "Yanshui Pavilion" after the poem "the water on the mountain is thin and smoke is in the cage". As time went on, both pavilions were destroyed. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Yanshui pavilion was rebuilt on the site of Jinyue Pavilion.

Water Pavilion

Yanshui Pavilion, located in Gantang lake on the South Bank of the Yangtze River in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is one of the famous scenic spots in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province. It is said that it is the former site of dianjiangtai of Zhou Yu, a famous general in the Three Kingdoms period.

Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, began to build a pavilion in the lake, which was named "the moon dipping Pavilion" according to his poem "Pipa line". When Zhou Dunyi, a deputy scholar of the Song Dynasty, was lecturing in Jiujiang, he built another Pavilion on the lake bank, which was named "Yanshui Pavilion" after the poem "the water on the mountain is thin and smoke is in the cage". As time went on, both pavilions were destroyed. At the end of Ming Dynasty, Yanshui pavilion was rebuilt on the site of Jinyue Pavilion.

Celebrities have come

In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi, Sima of Jiangzhou, once sailed here to see the scenery of lakes and mountains, and was interested in writing poems. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhou Dunyi, a neo Confucianist, saw that the island was like a moon, so it was named "Jinyue". Later generations built the "moon dipping Pavilion" on the island, which contained the scenery in Bai Juyi's poem "the moon dipping in the boundless river at another time" in his poem "Pipa line", and also reposed the memory of Bai Juyi and Zhou Dunyi. Later, Zhou Shou, Zhou Dunyi's son, came to Jiangzhou from Hunan to guard his father's tomb. When he saw that there was "no thin Valley at the top of the mountain" in the area of Gantang lake, he built a pavilion called Yanshui Pavilion on the lake bank. In Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, both pavilions were abandoned. In 1593, Huang tengchun, the governor of Jiujiang pass, rebuilt the Yanshui Pavilion at the site of Jinyue Pavilion, which is the origin of Yanshui Pavilion. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Yanshui pavilion was built and abandoned repeatedly. In 1868, it was rebuilt by monk Gu Huai. It was only during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty that the existing scale of Yanshui pavilion was formed. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was maintained year by year, and a Jiuqu bridge was built to lead to the lakeshore.

Composition and combination

The building complex on Jinyue island is divided into three parts: left, middle and right. People used to call the whole building on the island a water Pavilion. In fact, each building has its own name. On the left are Cuizhao Pavilion, Tingyu Pavilion and Yiting Pavilion; on the right are Jinyue Pavilion and chuanting Pavilion; in the middle are Yanshui Pavilion, Chunyang hall, Wuxian Pavilion and Guanyin Pavilion. These three groups of buildings have their own characteristics and are connected with each other. There are various forms and styles. Courtyard, patio, flowers and trees Fu Shu, stone exquisite, fresh and elegant, people enjoy, is a typical Jiangnan Water Garden.

Historical accumulation

The Yanshui Pavilion is a place for literati and poets to feast and visit. There are couplets and plaques of different styles in the pavilion, or narrative landscape painting, or freehand Lyric. Couplets come from the scenery, and the culture and scenery blend together. You can visit the pavilion and view couplets, which is full of elegance.

In the old days, Yanshui pavilion was a place where people worshiped their ancestors. The five sages and officials commemorated in Wuxian pavilion are: pastoral poet Tao Yuanming, Jiangzhou governor Li Bo, Jiangzhou Sima Bai Juyi, song and Ming Neo Confucianism master Zhou Dunyi and Wang Yangming. Now the halls and rooms of Yanshui pavilion have been turned into Jiujiang cultural relics exhibition rooms, where you can see the unearthed cultural relics with local characteristics.

According to the official records, Lu Dongbin, one of the eight cave immortals, once served as the magistrate of Xunyang county and did many good deeds for Jiujiang people. The statue of Lu Dongbin in Chunyang hall has been destroyed in the war, leaving behind a tablet with the word "Shou" written by Taoist Lu. Douda's word "Shou" means "nine turns into Dan". The font is ancient. At first glance, it's the word "Shou", but at a closer look, it's the word "Dan". It is said that this tablet, which looks like "longevity" and "Dan", expresses LV Dongbin's best wishes for the longevity of Jiujiang people.

There are a pair of sword stone boxes on both sides of the stone steps of Yanshui Pavilion. Standing on both sides of the stone steps in front of the pavilion, there is the meaning of sword hiding in Nafeng. It is reported that Jiujiang is often harassed by slaughterers and bandits. According to the Yin Yang family, it is caused by the county facing the double sword peak of Lushan Mountain. "Between the Song Dynasty and the Qian Dynasty, the governor Tang fangnai built two cities in front of qiaolou, and the Jialou stands on it, which is called Xialou, which is called" Xiashi cangjian ". And then it was destroyed. The stone was chiseled in 1873 when Chen Nai, the magistrate of the county, expanded the Yantai Pavilion.

Zhou Lang's general

It is said that Jinyue island was also the commanding station of Zhou Yu, the governor of the water army of the eastern Wu Dynasty. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chaisang was a territory of the eastern Wu Dynasty, where Sun Quan's palace was located. In the 13th year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao led 830000 people to leave Xuchang and head south to catch up with Liu Bei and look down upon Dongwu. Sun Quan appointed Zhou Yu governor of Dadu and ordered him to lead the water army to practice day and night in Gantang lake to meet Cao's army.

In ancient times, Gantang lake was connected with the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake, and its waters were wide. It was a water fortress in the eastern Wu Dynasty. In those years, warships gathered on the lake, and the troops were in line. Zhou Yu, a brilliant and brilliant man, combined with Liu Bei and defeated Cao Bing in Chibi. In the ancient military history of China, he created an example of how to win more with less and how to win the strong with the weak. Therefore, it is also known as Zhou Yu's dianjiangtai. There is a "exhibition hall of Zhou Yu's battle traces" in the Yanshui Pavilion, which introduces Zhou Yu's life. In the middle of the hall is a 3-meter-high statue of Zhou Yu, carrying books and swords, which reproduces the valiant and heroic posture of the Confucian general.

Walking down from the front of the Yanshui Pavilion and across the bridge, there is a Square Pavilion. In front of the pavilion, there is a worship platform surrounded by white stone railings. This is Zhou Yu's commanding platform during the Three Kingdoms period. On May 1, 1988, the Municipal Department of culture held a "Zhou Yu ordering generals" antique tourism activity here: with a blundering sound, a group of Dongwu guards with distinctive armor and helmets came out from the Yanshui Pavilion of Yaqi hunting. Then Eight maids in Hanfu, holding palace lanterns, came out of the pavilion and went all the way to the worship platform. On one side of the pavilion, an apricot yellow flag with the word "Zhou" fluttered in the wind, and four red lanterns of "commander of the navy" hung high on both sides. Zhou Yu, with a silk scarf on his head and a sword on his waist, came to the stage with a tiger's stride and sang: "the east of the Yangtze River is thousands of miles wide, the soldiers are good enough, the heroes are happy with their work, and they should go all over the world to get rid of the mutilation and impurity of the Han family....". The ancient city of Xunyang is full of smoke and salt, and the golden daggers sing together. It reproduces the historical picture of Zhou Yu's commanding general and Chibi Zhuzhan.

Poetry of Yanshui Pavilion

You Yanshui Pavilion

Gan Tang wave green apple complex, a warbler cry several see.

Song to the pavilion to receive evening photos, dance low willow with autumn hairpin.

The short oars of guipeng startle the white crane, and the long corridor of Lanfang paints the blue beach.

If you look at the clouds and smoke for several miles, you will find it difficult to overcome the difficulties in the four seasons.

Practical information

Ticket information

The pavilion has been opened to the citizens of Jiujiang, Jiangxi province (only local residents). When you visit, please bring your ID card (ID number: 3604), visit the entry hall, and non local tourists need to buy tickets. The fare is 20 yuan / person.

Opening Hours

9:00-17:00 every day throughout the year

Best travel time

Visit time: one hour

Traffic information

Walk about 60 meters from Jiujiang bus station to the bus terminus, take bus No. 29, pass 11 stops to yanshuiting station (or take bus No. 102), and walk about 180 meters to yanshuiting.

Main attractions

In Gantang lake, the building is far away from the secular world. Walk through the zigzag bridge and enter the cave gate, which is to the Yantai Pavilion surrounded by water. Surrounded by pink walls, towering buildings, rich green trees and flat lake. It's like reaching paradise. The pavilion is a waterside pavilion with boat hall, cuizhaoxuan, jingbolou, Chunyang hall, etc. On the left wall of Chunyang hall, there is a stone tablet inlaid with the word "Shou" in big cursive script, which is composed of the four characters "Jiu Zhuan Lian Dan" and is said to be written by LV Dongbin. Among the cultural relics displayed in the hall, the sand bowl marked by Donglin temple is the most attractive. In front of the pavilion, the stone fence is pasted with water, and the weeping willows and cypresses are interspersed with it. There are stone chisels on both sides of the sword box. It is said that because the blade of shuangjianfeng in the north of Lushan Mountain is straight to Jiujiang City, people chisel stone boxes for collection. Looking south from the Yanshui Pavilion, in the far distance between the shimmering lake and the water bank, the green and black mountains rise and fall, which is the famous summer resort at home and abroad. You can have a different view from the Yantai Pavilion.

Address: Xunyang Road, Xunyang District, Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province

Longitude: 115.985894

Latitude: 29.72193

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: walk about 60 meters from Jiujiang bus station to the bus terminus, take bus No. 29, pass 11 stops to yanshuiting station (or take bus No. 102), and walk about 180 meters to yanshuiting

Ticket information: 20 yuan

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00

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