Regional Cultural Characteristics of Yueyang Tower

Although the Yueyang Tower is weather-beaten, it still stands in the 800-mile mountain cave.

Since ancient times, it has been known as "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building", and it is also known as the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River with Wang Tengting in Nanchang, Jiangxi and Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei.

A famous building, we should appreciate its historical position in culture and art, overwhelming and unique.

Facing the confusion of the collision, intersection and integration of modern civilizations, we should excavate, refine and make use of its profound cultural heritage.

For Yueyang Tower, which has the reputation of being the first of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River, its profound cultural connotation should be highlighted in the process of appreciating its unique architectural artistic characteristics.

What we appreciate is its implicit, meaningful and timeless Chu-Xiang cultural style.

Looking back, from beginning to end, Yueyang Tower is recognized as the first of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River with its unique architectural structure, unique style and majestic momentum.

Seen from a distance, Yueyang Tower is nearly 30 meters high, rectangular in plan, 20 meters wide and 20 meters deep, covering an area of about 250 square meters.

It has four columns and three floors, cornices, helmet tops and pure wood structures.

The eaves and teeth of the whole building interact, just like a Kunpeng about to fly in the air.

Knock on the door of the historic building, cross the threshold of the vicissitudes of the century and walk into the building. I saw four nanmu pillars with a diameter of about 50 cm in the middle of the building go straight through the roof and bear most of the weight of the building.

Then use 12 log pillar to support the second floor, and use 12 catalpa eaves pillar to jack up cornices.

The beams, columns, purlins and rafters of the whole building are connected with tenons, which are mutually meshed and rock-solid.

The carved gold-plated windows and poetry plaques in the Ming and Qing dynasties in the building were fixed into a series of wind and rain scrolls.

The sense of dignity and mission of Yueyang Tower culture has tempered secular desires, while the indifference and rationality of history and culture are severe, just like a wise old man who has experienced many vicissitudes, he has realized the true meaning of life.

"Lakes and mountains, thousands of families are sad and happy", the spirit and form blend, concise and far-reaching, and what makes people intoxicated and nostalgic is the majestic and open artistic conception of traditional culture "helping the world"

For thousands of years, countless literati have come here to express their feelings, and recorded them in writing, recited poems and painted in form. Arts and crafts artists also describe the Dongting scenery with Yueyang Tower as the theme, making Yueyang Tower a theme repeatedly described and written in artistic creation for a long time, and also a boutique with regional cultural characteristics in Hunan architectural art.

"Yueyang is exhausted, and the Sichuan hole is open." Climb Yueyang Tower, visit Dongting Lake, recall 5,000 years of civilization, inspire people, and point out mountains and rivers. You should also be able to feel the unique cultural connotation of Yueyang Tower.

Looking at the distance from the railing, "Dongting Lake, the distant mountains, swallowing the Yangtze River, is vast and boundless, with sunset in Zhao Hui and myriad weather".

When you have a panoramic view of the surrounding lakes and mountains, the building looks like an adult.

At this time, whether it is the magnificent Dongting Lake, the broad artistic conception of people or the profoundness of ancient culture, the cultural layer of Yueyang Tower has been further interpreted and constructed through the integration of buildings.

Among the regional cultural characteristics in the south of the Yangtze River, Fan's "Sorrow and Music" is always concerned about feelings, while Qu Zi's "Seeking Soul" dance is loyal to the soul and bears the burden of humiliation, which preaches the essence of traditional culture that "Heaven will be sent down to Sri Lanka, so you must first suffer from it, starve its bones and muscles, and then make a difference", so it is not difficult to see a kind of * * * worrying about the country and the people.

"Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later" can be traced back to the masterpiece of Drum Tower culture "Yueyang Tower", which is magnificent, broad in artistic conception and beautiful in rhyme.

Appreciate the cultural background, you will be deeply impressed by this Gu Lou, and you will be more comfortable if you go upstairs and look at the building and stay out of it.