Zhenhai Tower (Guangzhou)

Zhenhai Tower

The Zhenhai Tower (Chinese: 镇海楼; pinyin: Zhènhǎi Lóu), or colloquially the Five Stories Pagoda (五层楼) is a five-story tower in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

History

It was built in 1380, at the beginning of the Ming dynasty, by the Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu (朱亮祖). It is located in Yuexiu Park, in central Guangzhou. It now houses the Guangzhou Museum.

It is built for sealing the dragon gas of Guangzhou, when the Ming Emperor believed that the dragon gas would make the new emperor of a new dynasty to replace his one.

Popular Culture

By the time it was the highest building of Guangzhou when it was constructed. For a long period of time, it is the symbol of Guangzhou before the Wuyang Statue was built.

There is a folk rhyme around the residents about the pogoda, "肥仔個頭，大過五層樓，肥仔隻手，細過荷蘭豆" which literally means "Fat boy's head is even bigger than the five stories pagoda, fat boy's hands are even smaller than the snow peas." (Cantonese refers snow peas as Dutch bean as its first imported from Europe to Guangzhou)

The "fat boy" could be replaced by any person.

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    Coordinates: 23°8′26.37″N 113°15′37.67″E / 23.1406583°N 113.2604639°E / 23.1406583; 113.2604639


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