Nanchang >> Pavilion of Prince Teng

Attraction Typ: Historic Site

Location: City Centre - Central

Recommend: 5 Star

Pavilion of Prince Teng

Pavilion of Prince Teng is renowned as the first of the three famous pavilions of South China and ranks one of the Four Great Towers of China. It achieved national fame through the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng by the famous poet Wang Bo.

Pavilion of Prince Teng (Chinese: 滕王阁; pinyin: Téngwáng Gé), also known as Tengwang Pavilion, is renowned as the first of the three famous pavilions of South China since a long time ago and ranks one of the Four Great Towers of China.

The Pavilion of Prince Teng is located in the northwest of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, on the east bank of the Gan River. It was originally built in 659, the 4th year of Xiangqing Period of Tang Dynasty. Later it has been destroyed and rebuilt many times over its history. The present building was reconstructed in 1989 and is now a landmark of Nanchang.

Now, the Pavilion of Prince Teng is of reinforced concrete structure, but decorated in faux-Song Dynasty style. It’s 57.5 meters tall and has 9 stories. Each floor has its subject connecting with the pavilion. Be intended to symbolize the now-destroyed ancient city wall, the building sits atop 12-metre tall concrete platform.

The Pavilion of Prince Teng achieved national fame through the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng by the famous poet Wang Bo. As a result, it was endowed by later generations with almost legendary status as an example of magnificent architecture. The sentence of the poem: "Luo Xia Yu Gu Wu Qi Fei, Qiu Shui Gong Chang Tian Yi Se" has enjoyed great popularity and became the main antithetical couplet of the tower being hanged on both sides of the main gate.

If you want to enjoy the beautiful landscape in the sentence, go to the Pavilion of Prince Teng in autumn. At that time, you can see the migrants are flying south over the area of the Poyang Lake and the Gan River, which is known as the most attractive view of the pavilion.