the 3rd floor

    What attracts most eyes in the 3rd floor hall is a famous ancient couplet on the pillars. It reads, “The tower standing high into the clouds, the Yangtze River and the Han River converging together, the Tortoise Hill and Snake Hill rolling gracefully, what an eye-filling and refreshing view! Here you can enjoy the moon and breeze; on the boundless horizon, there are Mountain Xianshou in the north, Xuetang House in the east, Yueyang Tower in the west and Tengwang Pagoda in the south.”
    “So many disasters it has survived over the ages; so many celebrities have visited it and so many poets have composed here. Their thoughts and meditations are mostly gone with the white clouds and evening glow. Through the thousand-year history, there remain only Fei Yi who played the flute, Lü Dongbin who borrowed wine, Cui Hao who inscribed the poem and Li Bai who withdrew his brush.”
    The couplet depicts the imposing Yellow Crane Tower with verve and praises the feats of ancient celebrities, with the purpose of paying respect to the past and making expectations for the future. On the main wall of the hall is a mural painting named “Distinguished Figures and Writings Shine Together, to Be Admired Forever”. It portrays 13 celebrities relating to the Yellow Crane Tower including Cui Hao, Li Bai and Yue Fei, and inscribes their verses about the tower beside the respective figures. With painting and writing matching wonderfully, this artwork establishes a style of its own.

Publishes at : 07-07-17 23:54

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