Traditional Chinese 鎮海楼 Literal meaning Sea-Guardian Building Traditional Chinese 五層樓 Province Guangdong Province | Simplified Chinese 镇海楼 Hanyu Pinyin Simplified Chinese 五层楼 Phone +86 20 8354 5253 | |
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Address Zhenhai Rd, Yuexiu Qu, Guangzhou Shi, Guangdong Sheng, China, 510100 Hours Open today · 9AM–5:30PMMonday9AM–5:30PMTuesday9AM–5:30PMWednesday(Qingming Festival)9AM–5:30PMHours might differThursday9AM–5:30PMFriday9AM–5:30PMSaturday9AM–5:30PMSunday9AM–5:30PMSuggest an edit Similar Yuexiu Park, Yuexiu Hill, Museum of the Mausoleu, Sun Yat‑sen Memorial, Temple of the Six Banyan T | ||
The Zhenhai Tower, also known as the Five-Storied Pagoda, is a tower in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is located in Yuexiu Park, in central Guangzhou. It now houses the Guangzhou Museum.
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History
It was first built in 1380, at the beginning of the Ming dynasty, by the Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu (朱亮祖). The tower is 92 feet (25 meters) in height, 102 feet (31 meters) in width and 52 feet (16 meters) in depth.
Popular Culture
By the time it was the highest building of Guangzhou when it was constructed. For a long period of time, it is the symbol of Guangzhou before the Wuyang Statue was built.
There is a folk rhyme around the residents about the pagoda, "肥仔个头，大过五层楼，肥仔隻手，细过荷兰豆" which literally means "Fat boy's head is even bigger than the five stories pagoda, fat boy's hands are even smaller than the snow peas." (Cantonese refers snow peas as Dutch bean as its first imported from Europe to Guangzhou.) The "fat boy" could be replaced by any person.