What are the first to sixth floors of Tengwang Pavilion?
The first to sixth floors of Tengwang Pavilion are:
The first floor of the main pavilion: There are four horizontal plaques under the eaves of the first floor of the main pavilion, and the east is "Magnificent and Unique" The content of the Kowloon plaque is selected from Han Yu's "Record of the Newly Built Tengwang Pavilion"; to the west is a huge plaque "Xia Lin Wu Di"; under the high and low eaves of the north and south are respectively the two plaques "Jianjiang" and "With Lake".
On the wall of the main hall on the second floor is a large acrylic mural "Pictures of Outstanding People", which is 2.55 meters high and more than 20 meters long.
The third floor is an open floor surrounded by corridors, which is also an important level in the pavilion. There is a 2.8-meter by 5.5-meter acrylic mural "Linchuan Dream" on the screen wall of the middle hall, which is based on the story of Tang Xianzu rehearsing "The Peony Pavilion" in Tengwang Pavilion.
The fourth floor mainly reflects the theme of "Earth Spirit". On the wall of the main hall, there is an acrylic wall painting "Picture of the Earth Spirit".
The fifth floor is also an open floor surrounded by corridors. There are four gold plaques under the eaves of the corridor, the contents of which are from the "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng".
The fifth floor is the highest exposed floor.
The sixth floor is the highest tourist floor of Tengwang Pavilion. Between the east and west double eaves, there are two gold plaques of "Tengwang Pavilion" in Su Dongpo's handwriting hanging 2 meters by 5 meters high. The sixth floor is the highest viewing floor of Tengwang Pavilion. It is a dark floor between the double eaves and the large roof. Because the designer placed a white marble fence in the center of the hall between the double eaves at the north and south corners of the atrium, you can overlook the fifth floor. Directly above it is a round arched caisson.
In the caisson that is painted and gilded, a mother-in-law palace lantern hangs high. This lamp consists of six small lamps and one large lamp. The dome that covers the palace lantern is made of 288 spiral brackets. These exquisite brackets are divided into twelve layers, with twenty-four flowers on each layer, which symbolize the twelve months and twenty-four solar terms of the year. The brackets shrink layer by layer until they reach the top.
Looking up at it, it gives people a feeling of infinite universe and endless movement. The golden plaque of "Nine Heavens" hangs high on the brackets on the bottom floor. As one scholar said: "If you don't climb the Nine Heavens, a trip to Teng Pavilion is in vain." This is the pinnacle of Tengwang Pavilion and the essence of the interior decoration.
On the north, south and east walls of the hall are embedded large-scale Tang Sancai murals "Dance and Music of the Tang Dynasty". The south wall is the "Dragon Wall", with "Breaking Formation Music and Dance" as the main frame. There is "Sword Dance" on the left, "Hu Teng Dance" on the right, and the "Five Directions Lion Dance" performed in lion skins in the middle and rear. , accompanied by musical accompaniment. The north wall is the "Phoenix Wall", with the theme of female singing and dancing.
The main theme of the picture is the famous court music and dance of the Tang Dynasty, "The Dance of Colorful Clothes and Feather Clothes." On the left is the "Zhezhi Dance" dancing on lotuses, and on the right is the "Hu Xuan Dance" spinning lightly on a round carpet. . At the back are the accompaniment musicians. The entire dance hall is set on a waterside pavilion set off by lotus flowers and cranes, giving people an ethereal feeling.
Extended information
Overall appearance:
The main building of Tengwang Pavilion has a net height of 57.5 meters and a construction area of 13,000 square meters. The lower part is a 12-meter-high pedestal symbolizing the ancient city wall, which is divided into two levels. The main pavilion above the pedestal adopts the "three light and seven dark" format, that is, it looks like a three-story building with corridors from the outside, but there are seven floors inside, that is, three light floors, three dark floors, plus the equipment floor in the roof.
Climb to the first-level platform along the north and south stone steps. There are green tile corridors on the north and south wings of the first-level platform. On the east-facing wall of the first-level platform, there are five stone tablets inlaid.
In the middle is a long scroll-shaped stone tablet. This tablet is made of eight pieces of white marble, about 10 meters long and 1 meter high, and is edged with agate red marble. The inscription on this stele is written by Han Yu, a modern official, as "Records of the New Construction of Prince Teng's Pavilion".
Climb up the steps from the first-level high platform to the second-level high platform (a pedestal symbolizing the city wall). There are a total of 89 steps in these two levels of high platform, and the new pavilion was completed and opened in 1989.
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