Wan Pavilion () is a Chinese pavilion located in

Yuhu District Yuhu District () is one of two urban districts in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China. Located in the western region of the city proper and on the northwestern shoreside of the Xiang River, the district is bordered to the north by Yuelu Distr ...

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a popul ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi ...

, China.

History

Wan Pavilion was originally built in 1615 by magistrate Bao Hongkui () and named by , a senior politician in the

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han peo ...

(1368–1644), but because of war and natural disasters has been rebuilt numerous times since then. The present version was completed in 2017.

Architecture

The total height of Wan Pavilion is , and the main building is . It has nine floors inside and five floors outside, which means "jiuwu zhizun (the imperial throne)" ().

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