Yueyang Tower was thoroughly renovated in the former style

Yueyang Tower lies in the west of Yueyang city, nearby the Dongting Lake, it is listed as three famous towers in the south of Yangtze River, together　with Yellow Crane Tower at Wuhan, Hubei province and Tengwang Tower at Nanchang, Jiangxi province.
Yueyang Tower was originally built for soldiers to rest on and watch out. In the Three kingdoms Period, Lusu, General of Wu State, trained his soldiers here and then rebuilt it as a tower to review his troops. Welcome to China for Guangzhou Fair & Canton fair 2014, you could go to Yueyang tower for a nature culture journey. HRC is pleased to offer great service to build a unique China tour for you.

The ancient tower was rebuilt in 1880, showing a structure quite similar to the present one. Between March 1983 and April 1984, it was thoroughly renovated in the former style. In Jan. 1988, it was assessed as a key historic building under state protection. The present tower, a purely wooden structure, rises 21.35 meters high from the marble terrace. It is supported mainly by four nanmu columns, each 1.43 meters in circumference. Twelve minor pillars are set on the tie-beams that are placed midway across the major columns in the depth-wise direction. The compartment between the pillars forms the inner part of the second floor, while 20 other pillars support the four up-turning eaves, making a circling veranda fenced by balustrades and partitioned from the inner hall with latticed windows. On the third floor, corbels and brackets are used to set the eaves out from the roof in an' overhang so that more sunlight is obtained and more beauty is added to the whole structure. Remarkably, the roof, with four cursive hips and a tiny decorative dagoba in the center, is shaped like an ancient military helmet. This style is rarely seen in Chinese architecture. Besides, the tri-eaved roof is covered with golden glazed tiles, making the tower more splendid and magnificent. The whole structure, delicate in design and exquisite in decoration, is a representative work of ancient architeeture. No doubt, it is a perfect combination of aestheticism, mechanics, technology as well as architecture. By the way, no iron nail is used in the whole structure.