滕王阁

滕王閣
Téngwánggé
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Tengwang Pavilion, tower on the Gan River in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Examples

HSK 1
Téngwánggé zài Nánchāng de Gàn Jiāng biān.
Tengwang Pavilion stands beside the Gan River in Nanchang.
HSK 7-9
Wáng Bó zài Téngwánggé de yànhuì shàng xiěxià le 《 Téngwánggé xù 》.
Wang Bo wrote the Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion at a banquet held in the pavilion.

Tips

history
It was built in 653 by Li Yuanying, a son of the Tang founder and Prince of Teng, hence "the Prince of Teng's pavilion". It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times; the present tower dates from 1989.
culture
With the 黄鹤楼 in Wuhan and the 岳阳楼 in Yueyang it is one of the three great towers south of the Yangtze.

Stroke Order

滕 Téng
王 wáng
阁 gé