The first tower in the south of Lianhua Mountain in Ezhou

The Yuanming Tower, known as "the first tower in the south of the Yangtze River", was laid on July 7, 1993, and completed on October 28, 1995. The tower is 80 meters high and is an octagonal pavilion tower. Eleven floors have been unearthed, with sloping cornices and covered with golden glass. The hollow cylinder in the middle is unique to Yuanming Tower. The tower is white, which complements the golden cornices and has bright and harmonious colors. Under the cornice, it is supported by Yunlong bucket arch, and there are 24 bucket arches on the second to eleventh floors. Each bucket arch consists of three Yunlong, the first floor is 40 three Yunlong bucket arches and 48 Dan Yunlong arches. * * * There are 888 Yunlong, of which 88 glazed golden dragons stand on the shooting ridge. On the eight vermilion pillars on the first floor, eight golden dragons folded, surrounded by colorful clouds, with different expressions. Among them, there is a phoenix-tailed dragon in each thing, which echoes from afar. Climbing the tower, you can see the sky from the railing.