岳阳楼
岳阳楼
Yuè yáng Lóu
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Traditional: 岳陽樓
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- Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]
- one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
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滕王阁(Téng wáng Gé)— Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi
→黄鹤楼(Huáng hè Lóu)— Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
→岳阳楼区(Yuè yáng Lóu qū)— Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan
→先天下之忧而忧,后天下之乐而乐(xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè)— The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹
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