岳阳楼geographicalpositionYueyangTowerstandsonthewestgateoftheYueyangcitywallinHunanProvince,lookingdownattheDongtingLake,facingtheJunshanIslandinthedistance,andlinkingtheYangtzeRivertothenorthandtheXiangjiangRivertothesouth.Architecturalfeatures1.threestories2.fourhugepillows3.arcadedcornice(连拱式花檐)4.upturnedeaves(飞檐)5.helmetroof6.constructedofwoodwithnonails榫头(tenon)HistoryConstructiontime:around220ADPredecessor:theParadeHouseofGeneralLusuinWesternWu.ItwascalledBalingTowerinWesternJinDynastyanditwasnotuntilmid-TangDynastyLibaimadeapoemforitthatitthusbegantobecalledYueyangTower.WorldofArtCouplets:variouscoupletsarehangingonthewall,somearemorethan100wordslong,whilesomehaveonlyafewwords.“水天一色,风月无边”(李白)上联一楼何奇?杜少陵五言绝唱,范希文两字关情,滕子京百废俱兴,吕纯阳三过必醉.诗耶?儒耶?吏耶?仙耶?前不见古人,使我怆然涕下!下联诸君试看:洞庭湖南极潇湘,扬子江北通巫峡,巴陵山西来爽气,岳州城东道崖疆.渚者,流者,峙者,镇者,此中有真意,问谁领会得来?望洞庭湖赠张丞相唐孟浩然八月湖水平,涵虚混太清。气蒸云梦泽,波撼岳阳城。欲济无舟楫,端居耻圣明。坐观垂钓者,徒有羡鱼情。登岳阳楼唐杜甫昔闻洞庭水,今上岳阳楼。吴楚东南坼,乾坤日夜浮。亲朋无一字,老病有孤舟。戎马关山北,凭轩涕泗流。Thefourtreasures(四绝)滕楼----滕子京修楼范记----范仲淹作记苏书----苏子美书丹邵刻----邵竦篆额滕楼宋庆历四年(公元1044年),滕子京被贬至岳州,当时的岳阳楼已坍塌,滕子京于庆历五年在广大民众的支持下重建了岳阳楼。滕子京重修的岳阳楼,在明崇祯十一年(1639年)毁于战火,翌年重修。楼观非有文字称记者不为久,文字非出于雄才巨卿者不成著。----滕子京范记---《岳阳楼记》classicsentences登斯楼也,则有心旷神怡,宠辱偕忘,把酒临风,其喜洋洋者矣。予尝求古仁人之心,或异二者之为,何哉?不以物喜,不以己悲;居庙堂之高则忧其民,处江湖之远则忧其君。是进亦忧,退亦忧。然则何时而乐耶?先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐