Xianyang Qingweilou Meishu Museum

The Xianyang Qingweilou Meishu Museum is a historical witness and iconic landmark of the rise and fall of the ancient capital Xianyang. Originally built during the Qin Dynasty as the Xianyang East Tower, it was renamed during the Han and Tang Dynasties as theQin Tower”, Xianyang Tower.” During the Jingyou era of the Northern Song Dynasty, poet Huang Xiaoxian, then the county magistrate of Xianyang, renovated the tower and renamed it: “Xianyang Qingweilou Meishu Museum”and left behind the words ‘Old Huang loves mountains without rest, never descending daily’”Xianyang Qingweilou Meishu Museum”Xianyang Qingweilou Meishu Museum” was once praised as one of China’s Four Great Towers alongside Yellow Crane Tower, Guanque Tower, and Yueyang Tower. The Tang Dynasty poet Xu Hun vividly depicted the majestic scenery of this millennium-old landmark in his poem: “Ascending the tower, endless sorrow spreads for miles, with reeds and willows resembling a riverside isle. Clouds gather over the stream as the sun sinks behind the pavilion, winds fill the tower heralding mountain rain approaching…”