Kunming, 4 April (ZXS) -- Yunnan Daguan Lou: Viewing thousands of miles of landscapes and rivers and embracing thousands of autumns

Written by Xiong Jiaxin

"Not far from the sea of grass not far from the Grand View Tower, Yu Hou and I played a foreign tune, elegant, crisp, and incredibly moving."

It was Nie Er, a 16-year-old musician who was learning violin with a friend. As a native of Kunming, Daguan Lou, located on the north coast of Dianchi Lake, is one of his favorite hometown scenery.

Built during the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the three-eaves spire has a comprehensive style that follows the mainstream traditional Chinese architecture, and the colorful paintings and ornaments highlight the local ethnic characteristics. Because of facing Dianchi Lake, Guanyuanpu Yaocen and Sail Smoke Tree, he was good at the victory of lakes and mountains, so he named "Daguan Lou".

"Since its completion, countless literati have poured ink on Daguanlou and accumulated many poems with excellent poetry, the crown of which is the long link written by Sun Yunwen." Zhao Jiahong, vice president of the Yunnan Traditional Culture Research Association, said.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the famous man Sun Yunweng climbed the building and picked up a pen, achieving "the world's first long link". The interior of the Daguan Building was reopened, and Zhao Jiahong made an appointment to go upstairs early, just to see "five hundred miles of Dianchi Lake" and realize that "joy is vast and boundless".

Grand View Tower at sunset. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Ranyang

"Master Yunshi, why not choose victory." During the Republic of China, Daguan Tower was turned into a park, and was repaired by Yu Enxi, grandfather of Taiwanese musician Yu Chengqing and then mayor of Kunming, adding scenery such as "Three Bridges Dingzhi", "Autumn Moon Ping Lake" and "Three Pools Seal Moon". At this point, climb the Grand View Tower, and you can see the "excellent scenery of mountains and waters" from far and near.

Similar to Nie Er, many cultural celebrities have visited Daguan Lou. "In the 30s of last century, in the midst of the anti-Japanese beacon fire, the Southwest United University, composed of three schools, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University, moved west to Yunnan." According to Long Meiguang, deputy director of the Southwest United University Museum, at that time, Daguan Building became a pure land for teachers and students, and they spent their spare time reading, partying, rowing, and listening to fishing songs.

"Out of town, take a small wooden boat. Walk slowly on the waterway set aside in the middle of the rice field. When Lao She lived in Kunming, he once recorded Daguan Lou in "Short Notes on Yunnan Xing", "The rice ears are yellow, the reed flowers are white, and there are occasionally a few spikes of phoenix-eyed orchids next to the field dam." In the distance, thousands of blue waves, slowly moving the sails..."

The war dissipated, and the Daguan Tower was repaired twice in the 50s and 70s of the last century, repaired as old as old, preserved cultural relics, plaques and other original displays, and was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2013. The south gate of the first floor hangs the long link written by Sun Yunwen, and the north gate is written by Song Xiang in the Qing Dynasty, "Three cups of wine in the arms of a thousand autumns, thousands of miles of clouds and mountains and one water building".

Qianqiu embraces guests from all directions. In October 1986, the then Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited Yunnan and entered Daguan Park along the water. After disembarking, the queen walked along the stone bridge to the back of the rockery on the side of the Daguanlou, and planted 10 roses specially brought from England in the flower bed, and the flowers were named "Volunteers". The flowers are yellow in color, mixed with irregular pink, and one flower has about 3 petals. "Yunnan has its own characteristics, fascinating and unforgettable." Elizabeth II said.

Andre du Plessis, a "new Kunming native" from South Africa, also has a soft spot for Daguanlou, who has visited Daguanlou many times and consulted relevant materials, "Urban culture and traditional culture are 'lived' in old buildings, just like Daguanlou records the traces of time, from its story can touch the fate of a city and the shadow of the depths of history." ”

As Du Anrui said, as an important cultural symbol of Yunnan, Daguanlou witnessed and participated in the development of this hot land from the end of the border to the frontier of opening. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos, guests from the two countries gathered at Daguan Lou to describe friendship; Yunnan Province's 2022 "Lancang-Mekong Week" kicked off at Daguan Lou, where representatives of the five Mekong countries and Yunnan Province went to the Lancang-Mekong Covenant and Xiangxiang Development Vision; In the 2022 "Full Flower Moon" Mid-Autumn Festival cultural into Indonesia exchange activity, Zhao Jiahong led global netizens in front of the Daguan Building to pursue the travels of the Dragon and understand the majesty of Changlian and the pride of Tuna Tiandi.

Tourists holding cultural and creative ice cream took a group photo with Daguan Tower. Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jiaxian

Nowadays, the wisteria on the side of the Daguan Building is in full bloom and the landscape is in full bloom, and the tourists who come to the Daguan Building hold the Daguan Lou shaped cultural and creative ice cream to "check in" to commemorate it. Through the bustling crowd, Zhao Jiahong climbed the building to overlook, and the scenery was as open as ever. "When thousands of years of the past are poured into the heart, the fishing fire and the autumn geese are certainly bleak, but the rising sun is still the same, climbing the 'Grand View', always greeting the morning like a rainbow." (End)