Asthesayinggoes:"WuChumingbuildingisnowfour,water,skyandmoonaredoubleinancienttimes."Thefourfamoustowersareyellowcranetower,Yuejiangtower,YueyangTowerandTengwangPavilion.Thissummervacation,IhadthehonortovisitYuejiangbuilding,oneofthefourfamousbuildings.
Accordingtohistoricalrecords,ZhuYuanzhangoftheMingDynastysettledthemountainsandsettledthecapitalofJinling,andwrotethefamousstoryofYuejiangtower,butlatertherewasnobuilding.NowtheYuejiangtowerisbuiltbyNanjingmunicipalgovernmentinrecentyears.Yuejiangtowerislocatedonthetopofthelionmountain.Whenyouclimbupthestairs,youwillcometothefootofYuejiangtower.Thisisanancientwoodenpavilionstandingmajestically.Redpillars,greywalltiles,vermiliondoors,glasscornices,onelayerafteranother,overlapping,veryspectacular.
Walkingintothehallonthegroundfloor,itisspaciousandbright.Rightbelowthehall,agoldencarveddragonchairisplacedinthecenter,andfourexquisitetripodsareplacedinfrontofthechair.Thegoldenbottomisengravedwithtwogreendragonsentwinedtogether,whichisthesymbolofancientemperors'power.JustabovethehallisthefulltextofYuejiangtowerwrittenbyZhuYuanzhang,agoldenbook,whichoccupiesthenorthwallandismagnificent.Afteralongtime,thesunlightfellontheredcarpetthroughthewindowlattice,asifreturningtothedistantancienttimesinatrance.
Walkingupthewoodenbuildingtothesecondfloor,Iwasimmediatelyimpressedbyitsexquisitearchitecturalskills.Allkindsofpeculiarpatternsarecarvedonthewoodenfence.Thereareintertwineddragons,powerfullions,andbizarreunicorns.Theyaresodelicatethattheirnoses,eyes,andbeardsareclearlyengraved.Thebeamswerebeautifullypainted.ThereareWestLakescenery,cemeteryscenery,YuanmingyuanRuins,thegreatwallandsoon.Therearemanypatternsandbrightcolors.
Alongthestairscametothetop,lookaround,seethesurgingriverrollingeastward.River,cruiseships,passengershipsshuttleliketocomeandgo,sometimesissuedadistantflutesound.TheYangtzeRiverBridgestretchesacrosstheriver.Tallbridgeheadsstandatthenorthandsouthendsofthebridge.Crisscrossoverpasses,roaringtrainsandhigh-risebuildingsgiveyouapanoramicview.ThisisthereasonwhyYuejiangtowerisnamed.Whenagustofwindblows,thecopperbellasbigasthebowlmouthonthecornicemakesaclear"DingDing"sound,whichisreallypleasingtotheeye.
Thissituation,thisscene,justastheancientpoemsaid:"wanttopoorthousandsofmiles,moreonahigherlevel."