Zhenjiang Pagoda

　　   Zhenjiang Pagoda is situated at Zhujiazui in Xiaokousai Lake, thirty-five kilometers southeast of Yuanjiang City. It was constructed in the forty-seventh year of the Qianlong reign during the Qing Dynasty (1782 AD). The pagoda faces south and sits to the north, with the three large Chinese characters “Zhenjiang Pagoda” (meaning “River-Calming Pagoda”) inlaid on the third-floor doorway to its southwest.

　　   The pagoda was originally built by our predecessors in hopes of subduing water disasters and taming the river’s flow. For over two hundred years since its establishment, Zhenjiang Pagoda has stood firmly amid the currents, exuding a majestic presence. “It draws in the hues of seventy-two mountain peaks from afar and borders the waves of the eight-hundred-li lake nearby,” greatly enhancing the beauty of the Dongting Lake scenery.