Tengwang Pavilion

Reconstructed Tang-era multi-storey wooden pavilion on the Gan River, immortalised in Wang Bo's 7th-century 'Preface to Tengwang Pavilion'.

Tengwang Pavilion was originally built in 653 by Prince Teng (Li Yuanying), brother of Tang Emperor Taizong. The current 9-storey, 57m structure (1989 reconstruction) sits on the Gan River in central Nanchang — the 29th iteration of the pavilion since the original was built; multiple destructions and rebuildings over the centuries. The 7th-century Preface to Tengwang Pavilion by Wang Bo is one of the most-anthologised pieces of Tang literature in Chinese education.