Chengdu - Wangjianglou Park

(Local Name: Wangjianglou Gongyuan) The park became well-known through the famous poetess Xue Tao (769-834), who lived here. In the park stands the four-storied 30m/100ft high Tower of the View of the River (Wangjianglou). A few yards away the visitor can see a fountain from the Tang period (618-907); the famous poetess is said to have used its water to produce the red paper she used and which still bears her name. In the park stand several buildings, all of which are in her memory; these include the Tower of Poetic Recitation (Yinshi Lou), the Pavilion of the Washing of Paper (Wanjian Ting) and the Tower of the Washing of Brocade (Zhou Lou). She was particularly fond of bamboo plants, and a grove of 140