Xunyang Pavilion

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Updated: 2011-09-13

Xunyang Pavilion was widely known oweing to the vivid description in the famous classical Chinese novel the Water Margin.

Xunyang Pavilion is located near the Xunyang River northeast of Jiujiang. It is a simple and graceful ancient pavilion with carved beam and painted rafter. Xunyang Pavilion was widely known oweing to the vivid description in the famous classical Chinese novel the Water Margin.

Built in the flourishing Tang Dynasty, Xunyang Pavilion was originally a restaurant. It was repaired and rebuilt in Song Dynasty, now the pavilion people can see was rebuilt in 1986.

It is a construction imitated the construction style of the Song Dynasty. As high as 21 meters, it covers an area of 1,800 square meters. Looking outside, you will see it has three floors but indeed it has four floors in it.

Looking outside, you will see it has three floors but indeed it has four floors in it.

The horizontal inscribed board with three characters "Xun Yang Lou ", hung high on the beam, was written by the poet Su Dongpo in South Song Dynasty. The new horizontal inscribed board hung in 1986 was written by the chairman of the Chinese Confucian Association Mr. Zhao Puchu.

The famous Xunyang Pavilion is directly related to the Chinese famous historical novel The Water Margin. The writer Shi Nai'an inscribed in this novel clearly that hero Song Jiang wrote offensive poems drunkenly and this attracted a story of Jiangzhou (Jiangzhou is today's Jiujiang).

Let the novel elicit the Xunyang Pavilion and let the scenic spot contrast the famous book. This attracts people to notice it. Only this point has already let people produce beautiful and boundless thoughts to this ancient pavilion.

So the decoration of today's Xunyang Pavilion is regarded the contents of the stories as its subject. On the large wall there inlayed large-scale porcelain paintings. Some are showing the beautiful landscapes of ancient Jiujiang, some are painted the plots in the book clearly such as the scenes that many men of Jiangzhou robbed of execution ground.

Scenes from The Water Margin are displayed.

In display hall, the 108 porcelain statues on the Liangshan Mountain are enshrined with various appearances, true to life. Visitors will make sure these appearances of good men in this hall. Some visitors finish traveling the Xungyang Pavilion, they will look this widely-known book the Water Margin again however they read or didn't read before, reviewing the old and learning the new.

Including the charming of classical novel, the unique landscapes of the Xunyang Pavilion are also the attraction to the visitors. When you climb the 3rd floor and have an overlook, you will see that water, mist, cloud and fishing boat. This is really a beautiful picture and let you completely relaxed and happy.

Xunyang Pavilion covered in snow