What does zhenhai tower mean?
Zhenhai tower, formerly known as Wanghailou, commonly known as the five-story building, is an ancient building, located in Longgang, Yuexiu Mountain, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Standing here in ancient times, you can see the people of Minjiang River entering the sea, so this position is very important and has become an important symbol for seagoing ships to enter and leave Fuzhou Port. Therefore, "Wanghailou" was renamed as "zhenhai tower" because of its meaning of "controlling the sea with rivers".
A story in 2009 made zhenhai tower famous. At that time, some scholars put forward the view that "zhenhai tower can contain typhoons" and produced evidence, listing that after several years of transformation in zhenhai tower, typhoons never landed. Thus, the story of zhenhai tower has been handed down. Whether it is after a meal or for leisure and entertainment, there is a legendary story that it can contain typhoons.
The Architectural Pattern of zhenhai tower
Zhenhai Tower is 28m high and rectangular, with a width of 3 1 m and a depth of16m. The lower two floors of the fence are made of red stone, and the upper one is a blue brick wall. The thickness of the bottom wall is 3.86 meters, decreasing step by step. 5-storey compound eaves, paved with green glazed tiles, decorated with Shiwan Aoyu Flower Ridge; The width and depth of the building gradually decrease upwards, making zhenhai tower look like a tower and a building.
In front of the building, a horizontal plaque of "zhenhai tower" is hung, and a pair of couplets are hung on both sides: "If there is robbery, there is still a dangerous building. Ask who will pick the bucket, and it will be arrogant; Five hundred years, so Hou An is here, which makes me lean on the bar to see the sword and shed tears on the hero "; There is a permanent exhibition "Guangzhou History Exhibition" in the building, which shows the culture, customs and urban development of Guangzhou in the past five or six thousand years. There are inscriptions in front of the building, and 12 ancient guns are displayed on the right.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhenhai Tower.