Pipa Pavilion is located on the east of Yangtze Bridge in Jiujiang City. It faces Yangtze River with Lute Lake located behind it. Poet Bai Juyi was demoted from the minister of war from Chang An to Jiangzhou (now known as Jiujiang City) at the reign of Yuanhe 10th year in Tang Dynasty (815 year). The following autumn, he saw a visitor off to XunYangjiang River (north section of Yangtze River). A girl played Lute on the boat at night and the music stirred up Bai Juyi's emotion. Bai Juyi related his plight to the girl and he wrote "Pipaxing” as a gift to the girl, hence the pavilion name.

The Pavillion was built in Tang Dynasty, it originally on the shore of Jiujiang west end Yangtze River. But it moved the site many times as all dynasties repeated subrogation. It reconstructed in the Qing Dynasty Qian Long reign (1,736 ~ 1795), it was destroyed at the reign of Xianfeng (1,851 ~ in 1861).

In March, 1988 the new Lute Pavillion constructed. The pavilion height is 20 meters and the double-decked double-eave roof. "The Lute Pavilion” golden tablet was written by Liu Haisu and was hung on the pavilion. The pavilion platform is splendid. In front of the pavilion is a giant stele with the engraving of "Pipaxing" long poem where there are 616 characters for the full text altogether.

Bai Juyi's white marble statue stood in the center of the pavilion. There are tablet porches built on both sides of the pavilion and 56 stele carvings on Lute Pavilion topic from all the poets of previous dynasties. Bai Juyi's "Pipaxing" and "Changhenge" are the more well known renowned work has become the eternity of poetic creation.


Name:Jiujiang Pipa Pavilion (Pipa Ting)
City:Jiujiang
Address:North of Jiujiang
Admission:CNY4
Hours: 08：00 am -06:00 pm
Tel: 0086-792-8586219

This article was posted on 2007-09-25
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