Longpan Rock

In the big river outside the Xiaodongmen of Ezhou City, there is a giant reef, the rock is winding, and it is like a golden dragon. This is the "Longpanji". In 221 AD, Sun Quan, the king of Wu of the Three Kingdoms, moved his capital to E County, taking the meaning of "prosperity through Wu", and changed E County to Wuchang. On the eve of the proclamation of Emperor Wuchang, Sun Quan heard that there was a yellow dragon lying on the boulder in the middle of the river, and he was named Panlongji after accumulating the sun. It echoes the "Phoenix Terrace" on the east bank of the river, and is called "Dragon Panfengji", which corresponds to the auspiciousness of the emperor's capital. Later, it is said that Guanyin Bodhisattva took a fancy to the feng shui here and came to Panlongji to recuperate. The Panlong looks westward, and the Guanyin Pavilion, the "first pavilion of the Yangtze River", stands above the dragon's head. Guanyin Pavilion was built in Tieshan in the Yuan Dynasty, and was repaired in the early Ming Dynasty, Jiajing and Qing Dynasties. The vicissitudes of life, repeated destruction and repair. The Panlongji stone looked up to the west, and the Guanyin Pavilion stood abruptly above the faucet, as if flying in the sky, hanging in the middle of the river, sitting east to west, standing against the water. The main wall of the Guanyin Pavilion is engraved with three powerful characters of "Guanyin Pavilion". There is one pavilion, two halls and two floors in the pavilion, with a total area of more than 300 square meters. From west to east, the pavilion is Guanlan Pavilion, Dongfang Shuo Hall, Guanyin Hall, Laojun Hall and Chunyang Building. There are also simple stone carvings of Guanyin and lifelike statues of the Eight Immortals in the pavilion. In the summer flood season, the river rises and floods to the Guanyin Pavilion. The pavilion in the water floats on the lotus and follows the waves elegantly. Stand firm in the river.