Tour-GuideCommentaryonTengwangPavilionDearfriends,WelcometoTengwangPavilion.Iamthetourguide—JerryfromtheXingtianxiaTravelAgency.I’mdelightedtoshowyouaroundthePaviliontoday.TengwangPavilion,standingbytheGanRiver,isoneofthreefamouspavilionssouthoftheYangtzeRiver.TengwangPavilion’sfamehasbeenspreadfarandwide,duetothemasterpiece,PrefacetothecollectionofPoems,writtenatTengwangPavilion,authoredbyWangBo,oneofthefourfamouspoetsintheearlyTangdynasty.TengwangPavilionwasfirstlybuiltbythegovernorLiYuanying.Heuseditasadancinghall.BecauseLiYuanyinghadbeenhonoredwiththetitleKingTeng,thepavilionwasthennamedTengwangPavilion.Alongthecourseofhistorythepavilionwasrebuiltformanytimes.Thepresentonewasreconstructedandredecoratedin1989withthedesignofSongdynastyarchitecturestyle.ThemagnificentpavilionaddstobeautyoftheancientcityofNanchangandattractsthousandsoftouristsfrombothhomeandabroad.TengwangPavilionis57.5mhighandcoversanareaof13000squaremeters.Itsbaseconsistsofa12-meterhightwo-tierplatform,symbolizingtheancientcitywall.Abovethisplatformisthemainstructure,consistingofthreevisiblestoriesandfourinvisibleones.Therefore,althoughitlooksfromtheoutsidethereareonlythreestories,infacttherearesevenstoriesinside.Therearefourboardsbeneaththeeavesofthefirstfloor.Ontheboardtotheeast,therearefourwords:Marvelous,Magnificent,Superb,Unique.Asweenterthepavilionfromthefrontgate,wecanseea4.5-meterlongstainlesssteelcouplet:“The
singlewildduckflyingagainstthedriftingsunset;Theautumnwatersharesthecolorofthevastsky”.Inthehall,wefirstseeawhite-jaderelief,whosetitleis“BeingSenttoTengwangPavilionbyaFavorableWind”.InthecentreofthepictureWangBostandsinthebowoftheboat,sailingthroughhugewaves.HeiseagertoreachHongdu,350kilometersaway.Seehowhandsomeheis!OntherightofthereliefwecanseethatWangBoisblockedbyheavywind.FortunatelyhoweverhegetstheWaterGod’shelp.TheWaterGodtoldhim“TomorrowistheChongyangFestival,therewillbeagrandgatheringinTengwangPavilion.IfyoujoininitandwriteaneulogytothePavilion,yournamewillgodowninhistory.”OntheleftofthereliefWangBoisattendingthegathering,writingdownthefamousarticle.Thisreliefusesmodernconcepts,combiningtimeandspace,toplacedifferenttimes,locations,characters,andstorieswithinasinglepicturetoleadvisitorsintoasilentandattractiveenvironmentbymeansoftraditionalmoldinganddimlight.Ontheabovefloor,wecanappreciatetheintroductionofexcellentpersonsinancientJiangxi,picturesofnaturalsceneryinJiangxi,theantiquemusicalinstrumentsperformanceandalsoadistanceviewofGanRiver.TengwangPavilionisanelegantculturalpalace.Itisaffluentinrelief,inscriptions,frescoes,pictures,tablet,coupletandplaque,whichillustratestheancientbrilliantcultureoftheChinesenationandreflectsthecharacteristicsofancientcivilizationinHongdu.Well,myfriends,mycommentaryiscomingtoanend.NowI’dliketoleaveyoutofeelandtouchthegreattowerbyyourself.Wishyouhaveahappyandrelaxingtimehere. Thankyou!