The Liushang Pavilion is located opposite the Liushang Qushui area. It has three bays in width, is a single-eaved hip-roofed building with a rectangular shape. It features upturned eaves and corners, and ice-patterned doors and windows. It is surrounded by a corridor about one meter wide and is enclosed by stone railings and seats, exuding an antique and grand atmosphere.
In front of the pavilion is a meandering ditch. Water slowly flows through the curved ditch. This is the famous Qushui.
Inside the pavilion are rubbings of the Liushang Tu engraved during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. Here, we can clearly see the scene of composing poems at that time: ‘Eleven people completed two poems. Fifteen people completed one poem. Sixteen people did not complete a poem and had to drink three cups of wine.’
Back then, Wang Xizhi and others were seated along the bank of the Qushui. Someone placed a cup filled with wine upstream of the Qushui. The wine cup was supported by lotus leaves and floated downstream. Whoever it stopped in front of had to compose a poem. Those who couldn’t compose a poem would be punished with a cup of wine.
Nowadays, many tourists come here and enthusiastically use plastic cups to hold beverages and place them in the Qushui for ‘liushang’, experiencing the charm of inviting joy through the Qushui in the past.
Liushang Pavilion
The Liushang Pavilion is located opposite the Liushang Qushui area. It has three bays in width, is a[...]
