Nanchang: Main Scenic Spots

The Tengwang Pavilion, Yellow Crane Building and Yueyang Building have being called as three famous superstructures to the south of Yantze River. The pavilion was built in A.D. 653, when the Tengwang (King) Li yuanying, a younger brother of the Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty was the governor of Hongzhou (now Nanchang). It had been crowned with eternal glory. Since the "preface to a banquet in Tengwang Pavilion" was written by Wangbo, a noted poet in the early years of Tang dynasty. The nature varies continuously and this world often in tremendous changes. The Tengwang Pavilion has been ruined and rebuilt as many as 28 times. On October 8th, 1989, the new Tengwang Pavilion (29 times) is towering loftily at the bank of the Ganjiang River, in style of Song Dynasty. The nine stories pavilion is 57.5 meters high and construction area of 13,000 square meters, with its special charm of green tiles and double eaves roof.

First built during the reign of Tianyou in the Tang Dynasty, the Shengjin Tower is located on Shengjinta Road. It is said that an iron box was dug up while the tower was being built. In the box there were four bundles of gold ropes, three ancient swords and 300 Buddhist Relics. So it was called the Shengjin Tower. It is 58.7 meters high, and its foundation is 33.8 meters in girth. It has seven floors and eight sides. There are carved eaves and verandas on each floor and doors facing each direction. Wooden stairs lead from the ground floor to the sixth floor. On the top of the tower is a gold-plated tripod. It is the highest ancient building in the city.

This building used to be a local hotel, but as they used it as the headquarters of the revolutionary army at the time of uprising in arms in 1927, it has been kept as a memorial hall to the revolution with a lot of materials of historical and cultural importance on display. The monument is located the second biggest square in China-Nanchang Bayi Square. << Back to Nanchang Info