Famous Tower Brilliant Engraving

Yueyang Tower, with a century full of vicissitudes, has an age-old great history. In the period of Sanguo, Lusu garrison in Baqiu city, built Tower on the gate of city, for the use of millitary defence. To Tang Dynasty, the defensive function was Vanished. With excellent surrounding landscape, naturally the Tower became a sight. Meanwhile, the main architecture of the Tower was formed. The Yueyang Tower, specially in the part of engraving, which is based on powerful structure and combined the constructional and social aesthetics since Tang-Song Dynasty, characterized by vigor and elegence, strongness and flexibility, roughness and exquisiteness. The aesthetical meaning as an outlook was enhanced by the combination.From the discussion of the effects on the functional transition to form the engraving style, the interactions between the engraving and the building in micro-angle, to the list about the varied patterns in engraving, the analysis about the basic features and the constituents(content,technique,material and color) in engraving in micro-angle in the article, there is exploration on the ancient chinese cultures such as the Confucian School, the Daojia School and the local Huxiang School which effected the aesthetical essence on the engraving style of the Tower.To comprehend the long history and culture of the engraving of the Yueyang Tower, to draw inspiration from its art creativity, there are lots of abundent interesting pictures attached in the article.