Four famous buildings are a general term. There are only three famous buildings recognized in the history of China, namely Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion. The theory of four famous buildings is to add a matching Gu Lou to these three famous buildings, so there are different theories of the fourth famous building in various places, but there is no conclusion. There are two most common sayings. One is that "Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion and Stork Tower" are the four famous buildings, and the other is that "Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion and Penglai Pavilion" are the four famous buildings.
The first of the four famous buildings is the Yellow Crane Tower, which is located in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It is said that it was built in the second year of Wu Huangwu (AD 223) and is famous for Cui Hao's poem The Yellow Crane Tower. Yueyang Tower, located in Yueyang, Hunan, is famous for Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower". Tengwang Pavilion is located in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. It was built by Tengwang Li Yuanying, the son of Tang Gaozu, when he was in charge of Hongzhou. It is famous for Wang Bo's Preface to Tengwang Pavilion.
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The stork tower is located in Yongji, Shanxi Province, a place beyond the river in Yuwen Hu Town, a general, and is famous for Wang Zhihuan's at heron lodge. Penglai Pavilion, located in Yantai, Shandong Province, has been known as a "fairyland" since ancient times and is famous for the legends of Su Shi's Poems on the Sea and Crossing the Sea by Eight Immortals.
Throughout the ages, from the right man to the state official and county government, they all like to build castles. The pavilions in ancient China were used to commemorate important events, to publicize political achievements, to subdue evil spirits, or to pray to the Buddha. Among them, Tengwang Pavilion (famous for Wang Bo's Preface to Tengwang Pavilion) and Yellow Crane Tower (famous for Cui Hao's poem The Yellow Crane Tower) are three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River.
Yueyang Tower (famous for Fan Zhongyan's The Story of Yueyang Tower), Penglai Pavilion, the first pavilion in the north (famous for Su Shi's Poems on the Sea and the legendary myth The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea), and Stork Tower (famous for Wang Zhihuan's at heron lodge).