The Jīngwěi Pavilion Gate Tower

The Jīngwěi Pavilion Gate Tower

The Jīngwěi Pavilion Gate Tower is located on the eastern side of Lǎngxī Community in Lǎngtóu Village. Its original construction date is unknown, but it was renovated in the fifth year of the Xianfeng reign during the Qing Dynasty (1855). Facing south, the two-story structure is 4.8 meters wide, 7.2 meters deep, and approximately 9 meters tall, covering a built-up area of 35 square meters. It features wok-handle-shaped gable walls, gray plastered antique-style ridges, gray tube tiles, blue brick walls, and a floor paved with red clay bricks.

The first floor has one door each on the southeast side: the east door is 1.5 meters wide and 2.8 meters high, with a stone lintel inscribed in relief with the characters “The Sun Shines Forever,” the upper inscription reading “Renovated in the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855),” and the lower inscription “Written by Tán Gàn of Xiāngshān”; the south door is 1.8 meters wide and 2.2 meters high, with a stone lintel inscribed in relief with the characters “Connecting the Beauty of North and South,” without any signature. The front eaves on the south side of the first floor have been reconstructed with reinforced concrete. The stone lintel above the second-floor pavilion is inscribed in relief with the characters “Jīngwěi Pavilion.”