Panxi Zhulian Pavilion, Pavilion in Yinqiao Zhen, Dali, China
The Panxi Zhulian Pavilion is a square, three-bay wooden pavilion built in 1894 on the west shore of Erhai Lake. It covers 268.96 square metres, with sides about 8 metres long, and rises 7.5 metres to a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof. Three marble plaques inscribed with its name hang beneath the upper west eave.
Built in 1894, during the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty, the pavilion was repaired in 1983 with funds raised by villagers and again around 2015. It was listed as a Dali City cultural relic in August 2011 and as a Dali Prefecture cultural relic in September 2016.
The name Zhulian Ge, "pavilion of linked pearls", is written on three marble plaques hung under the upper west eave, inscribed by Taihe county magistrate Liu Anke the year after the pavilion was finished. A lower plaque reads "Pingfen Bai'er", referring to the site on the north-south axis of the Erhai basin.
The pavilion stands at the east end of Beipanxi village in Panxi administrative village, Yinqiao town, on the west shore of Erhai Lake. It faces west toward the water, so approach from the village lane behind it. The building is a protected heritage site, so visitors should stay outside roped areas and avoid touching the marble plaques.
The name Zhulian, "linked pearls", appears on three marble plaques under the upper west eave, each 80 cm tall and 60 cm wide, written by Taihe county magistrate Liu Anke the year after the pavilion was finished. A lower plaque reads "Pingfen Bai'er", dividing the 120 li between Dali and Xiaguan, because the pavilion stands on the north-south centre line of the Erhai basin.
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