御碑亭, Historical pavilion in Jiujiang, China.
The Yubei Pavilion is a square stone pavilion 5.8 metres wide and 6 metres high, with doors on three sides and none on the north. Its main entrance bears the inscription "Yuzhi" (imperially composed), flanked by two pairs of couplets. Inside stands the Zhou Dianxian stele, inscribed with the Ming Taizu's biography of the immortal Zhou Dian.
The pavilion stands on the old White Deer Ascension Terrace, where Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming founder, erected a stele to the immortal Zhou Dian in 1393 after Zhou had foretold his victory over Chen Youliang and later cured his illness. The stele text, composed by the emperor and calligraphed by Zhan Xiyuan, recounts Zhou's life. The pavilion was rebuilt in 1533 during the Jiajing reign and restored in 1917 by Hu Ruilin and others.
The name Yubei Ting comes from the stele Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang erected here in 1393, inscribed with his own biography of the immortal Zhou Dian. The pavilion's main gate bears the characters "Yuzhi" (imperially composed), flanked by two couplets, the inner one written by Luo Xiaxian. Visitors can read these carvings on the gate and the stele text recording Zhou Dian's predictions of peace during Zhu's campaign against Chen Youliang.
The pavilion stands at the southwest end of the Huajing (Flower Path) area on Mount Lu, about 10 metres west of the round gate of Xianren Cave. It is a small square structure, 5.8 metres wide and 6 metres high, with doors on three sides and none on the north. Visitors approach on foot along the mountain paths; the main door's horizontal plaque reads "Yuzhi" (imperially composed), with two pairs of couplets carved on either side.
The pavilion stands on the old White Deer Ascension Terrace, where legend says white deer became immortal. The stele text records that Zhou Dian often shouted "peace is coming" beside the road during Zhu Yuanzhang's campaign against Chen Youliang, and later cured the emperor's illness. Zhan Xiyuan, a Secretariat drafter, wrote and sealed the inscription.
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