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| From the Legendary Parade Ground to Chinese Cultural Landmark |
| Mei Li Song Xiangyang |
| Institute of Chinese Modern History， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430079 |
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Abstract Legend has it that Yueyang Tower was originally constructed by General Lu Su of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period， designed as the Call-Officers-Roll Platform. It became an attractive place for many scholarly visitors and civilians with literary background in the Tang Dynasty. Then，it became more and more famous in the Song Dynasty for its renovation organized by Teng Zijing，the essay Memorial to Yueyang Tower and a legend describing Immortal Lü Dongbin. With its long history， rich cultural accumulation and unique cultural connotation， it is listed as one of the Three Great Towers in the south of the Yangtze River，the other two being Yellow Crane Pavilion and Pavilion of Prince Teng. For more than one thousand years，Yueyang Tower has played the function of “Pointing out the scenery” and “Viewing” along the Yangtze River though it was destroyed and rebuilt repeatedly. Since the Tang Dynasty，it has been not only the landmark of Yueyang city，but also the symbol of Dongting Lake. With the widely-read of Memorial to Yueyang Tower，written by Fan Zhongyan，“grieve first and rejoice afterwards” became the soul of Yueyang Tower. From then on，it began to change from the regional culture code to Chinese cultural symbol， and finally became a spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation.
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Received: 28 May 2018
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2018, Vol. 57 
