A 600-word explanatory essay introducing Qingjie buildings

Jiaxiu Tower is located in Nanmingtang, Guiyang, standing on Aoji, a huge stone in the Nanming River. In the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1597), Jiangdong, the governor of Guizhou, built a dike here to connect the south bank, and built a first floor to cultivate Feng Shui. The name of the building is "Jiaxiu", which means Kejia is tall and beautiful. After being burned down in the first year of Tianqi (1621), it was rebuilt and repaired several times, but the regulations remained as they were. Jiaxiu Tower stands in the middle of the river, with Guanyin Temple and Cuiwei Pavilion on the right, and Fuyu Bridge below. There is a small and exquisite Hanbiting Pavilion on the bridge.

There are many poems and plaques on the Jiaxiu Tower Zhonglian couplet, among which the long couplet written by Liu Yushan, a Qing Dynasty man, is the most famous. The first couplet says: "For five hundred years, I have firmly occupied Aoji and supported the sky alone. It has allowed me to move up a level and broaden my horizons. Look at Hengxiang in the east and Dianzhao in the west..."; the second couplet is: "Thousands of feet high. Located in Xiuzhu, at the edge of Yongzhen, ask who has the double pillar..." This couplet is majestic and comparable to the long couplet of Kunming Grand View Tower.

Jiaxiu Tower has become a landmark building in Guiyang because of its beautiful scenery and because it is located on the Nanming River that runs through Guiyang. It has become a place for leisure and entertainment for Guiyang citizens.

One of the eight scenic spots in Guiyang in the Qing Dynasty is the "Aofan Floating Jade", which is the Jiaxiu Tower located on the Aoji stone in the Nanming River in Guiyang. The building was built by Jiangdong, the governor of Guizhou. Before the building was built, Ma Tingxi, another disciple of Wang Yangming, once built Qiyunting here to give lectures and preach. The construction of the tower began in the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1597). At that time, a "Fen'ao-shaped" platform was built on the sand, named "Aotouji", and then a pavilion was built on the platform, named "Jiaxiu", after Kejia. Pretty cool. The building was destroyed and rebuilt several times, but was renovated in 1981. During the renovation, it was discovered that there were poem tablets embedded in the stone wall on the ground floor of the pavilion, and later eight poem tablets were embedded in the ground floor walls.

The Jiaxiu Tower is about 22.9 meters high. It is a wooden attic with three floors, three eaves and four corners. It has spires, painted eaves, red lattice carved windows, huge white stone pillars supporting the eaves, and carved stone railings to protect it. The bridge in front of the building was first called Jianggongdi, and later changed to Fuyu Bridge. There is a Hanbi Pavilion at the head of the bridge. The pavilion pillars are engraved with the couplet of Wang Bingao, the prefect of Guiyang during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty: "The water comes out of the jasper ring, and the people are in the green lotus petals." "Li Xing". Tian Wen, the governor of Guizhou, described in "Book of Guizhou": "Every spring wave shakes the green, the autumn water clears, the willows on the bank first droop, and the buds are being held, watching the fishing boats, washing the cups and drinking water, who is the middle of Guizhou? Wujia Mountain is so icy!" It is said that when Jiaxiu Tower was first built, the Fuyu Bridge had nine holes, and the sandbar on the west side of the bridge was called Fangdu Island, with colorful flowers and trees. When the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the bridge and the sandbar complement each other, so it is named "Nine Eyes Shining on the Sandbar". Later, the nine-hole stone arch bridge on Binhe Road was built, two holes were filled in, and a dam was built to block the water, so that Fangdu Island disappeared under the water.

There were two iron pillars erected in front of Jiaxiu Tower. One was from the fourth year of Yongzheng reign (AD 1726), when Eletai, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, suppressed the Miao people in Guzhou (now Rongjiang), gathered weapons, and cast iron. The second pillar flaunts his achievements; the second one was cast by Lebao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the 2nd year of Jiaqing (AD 1797) to suppress the uprising of Wang Nangxian of the Buyi tribe in Xingyi and collect weapons. Both pillars have inscriptions. Two iron pillars are now in the Provincial Museum.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiaxiu Tower has been a gathering place for literati and poets, and there are many poems written by distinguished people. Among the collections of ancient authentic stone carvings, wooden dishes, and calligraphy and painting works by famous artists in the building, the 206-word Long "I" written by Liu Yushan of Guiyang Hanlin in the Qing Dynasty is one of the best, 26 more than the 26-word Long "I" written by Sun Xi of Kunming, who is known as the world's longest. Characters:

"For five hundred years, I have firmly occupied Aoji and supported the sky alone. Let me move up a level and broaden my horizons. Look at Hengxiang in the east and Dianmarsh in the west.

The southern part is Guangdong Qiao, and the northern part is Ba Kui. It stretches across the two rivers and supports half of the cliff. It's a wasteland, so don't compete with Shenzhou.

Thousands of people live in Niuzhu, and they are in the corner of Yongzhen. Jingjuzhou in the Tang Dynasty and Luodian in the Song Dynasty were desolate and windy. I sighed that generations of celebrities had left their traces intact for thousands of years. As I climbed up slowly, I felt that Penglai was just around the corner. I plan to invite the immortal couple to talk about their whereabouts."