Historical Reduction Of Famous Cultural Towers

Cultural buildings are an architectural landscape and a literary landscape. The culture of cultural buildings includes architecture, literature, painting and other artistic contents, is related to politics, religion and other ideological contents, and involves geography, official positions and other institutional contents. It is a multidisciplinary proposition with the meaning of "cultural window". The paper is composed of introduction, main body and conclusion. The introduction part explains the purpose, objects and ideas of the study. Currently, studies on cultural buildings are mostly limited within the scope of pure literature and regard editing Building Annals as the ultimate outcome, of which, the former fails to closely link literature with history, and the category consciousness of the latter often leads to the isolation and shield of building history. With Yellow Crane Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, Yueyang Tower, Jiangzhou Yu Tower and Ezhou South Tower as the object of study, this paper demonstrates the history of the rise and fall of the above five famous cultural buildings from time sequence perspective, and refers to the historical and cultural background in their evolution.Chapter I describes the historical changes of the Yellow Crane Tower. The Yellow Crane Tower became popular in the flourishing Tang Dynasty, and had become a scenic spot of the south Yangzi River area till the Northern Song Dynasty. But it was destroyed in the Southern Song Dynasty, and after a century, it was reconstructed in the Yuan Dynasty. As a symbol of governing riots, it was reconstructed frequently and enjoyed a high status and honor in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Finally one tower was destroyed in the late Qing Dynasty, and the Yellow Crane Tower was reconstructed in the 1980s. This chapter also shows the form of the Yellow Crane Tower in each dynasty.Chapter II discusses the rise and fall of the Ezhou South Tower. The South Tower is adjacent to the Crane Tower on the Snake Hill. The South Tower was constructed in the Tang Dynasty. It began to be popular because of attachment to the anecdotes of celebrities after reconstruction in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was very popular in the Southern Song Dynasty. But with the revival of the Crane Tower, the South Tower gradually declines. This chapter also clarifies the alias of the South Tower in the history, and analyzes the relationship between the South Tower and other towers and pavilions on the Snake Hill.Chapter III presents the rise and fall of the Jiangzhou Yu Tower. Jiangzhou Yu Tower was named in honor of Yu Liang, a celebrity in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it became well-known because of attachment to the anecdotes of Yu Liang. Yu Tower had been a scenic spot of Jiangzhou in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. It enjoyed equal popularity with the Yellow Crane Tower and the Yueyang Tower in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, as many banquets were held here, it achieved wider fame. After the Yuan Dynasty, Yu Tower gradually declined. Although there were continuous repairs in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the fame of the tower could not restore to the splendor in the Northern and Southern Song dynasties. This chapter also explains the transfer of the anecdotes of celebrities from the historical and geographical perspective.Chapter IV studies the construction and abandoning process of the Tengwang Pavilion. Tengwang Pavilion was built in the early Tang Dynasty, and it experienced several reconstructions in the Tang Dynasty. In the Five Dynasties, due to special political reasons and geographical location, it was born again. It got painstaking repair and maintenance in the Northern Song Dynasty. After being destroyed and repaired for three times in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was moved above the city. Because of political identity, Tengwang Pavilion was rebuilt twice in the Yuan Dynasty. Given the previous results, this chapter doesn’t discuss the repair of the Tengwang Pavilion after the Ming and Qing dynasties.Chapter V reproduces the rise and fall of the Yueyang Tower. The main body of the Yueyang Tower is the west gate tower of the Yueyang City which dates back to the Baling Gate Tower in the Six Dynasties. It became famous after Zhang Yue composed verse on it, and it got the name Yueyang Tower after Libai, Jia Zhi and other poets in the flushing Tang Dynasty wrote poems about it. The history of construction and repair of the Yueyang Tower in the Tang Dynasty is untraceable, and there are records about its reconstruction after the Song Dynasty. Reconstruction for three times in the Northern Song Dynasty established the position of Yueyang Tower, which had a profound impact. Changes of Yueyang Tower after the Southern Song Dynasty need to be supplemented.The conclusion part summarizes the whole paper, rethinks about the so-called "laws of history", and reveals the role of literary works in promoting the formation and evolution of renowned cultural buildings. Literary works not only portray the cultural buildings, but also make a comprehensive record of the institutional information associated with the formation of the renowned cultural buildings. Literary works can reproduce the changes and rise and fall of the renowned cultural buildings to demonstrate the historical and cultural picture generated by the renowned cultural buildings. Finally, it proposes that studies on the renowned cultural buildings shall transfer from literary perspective to cultural perspective. This paper can also be used as an extension at the dimensions of age, geography and landscape types, and will promote the transformation from individual study to holistic study.