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Jieyang Tower

The landmark of Jieyang. Thirty-eight metres, built in the manner of the Han, a museum inside, and a wide open square in front of it.

In one line A tower of our own time in an old manner: go for the massing, stay for the museum.

Look for The massing and the eaves · the bronze tripod at the centre of the square · the wall of eight views

Jieyang Tower at night: a Han-style gate tower lit up under a blue-hour sky, the square reflecting — Jieyang Tower once the lights are on: podium below, tower above, the whole drawn out sideways. Photograph from Douyin account @追光者.

The walkway across the square — The walkway in the square: lotus in plan, laid out from the base towards the river; nothing blocks the view straight ahead, which is why people come here for the sunset. Photograph by 13yxzou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The bronze tripod in the square — The bronze tripod at the centre of the square, cast to the idea of ‘nine nines returning to one’. Photograph by 13yxzou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

What to see文化看點

A building put up in our own time in the manner of the Han, with a museum inside. It does not sit on the axis of the old city; it is a marker the new town set up for itself. What you look at is mass and position — the old city has one gate tower left, and the new marker stands out here instead.

What it is是什麼

On Yanjiang Middle Road in Rongcheng, at the eastern entrance to the city. Thirty-eight metres high, in Han style; a museum inside and Jieyang Tower Square in front.

The square takes the lotus for its theme: a lotus walkway, a wall of eight views, culture columns, and a bronze tripod. The wall carves Jieyang’s natural and cultural sights into one place — a square that first hands you a table of contents for the city.

In 2011 Jieyang chose its eight views over again and put ‘auspicious air over the Han tower’ first. That is this.

What to look at看什麼

The tower: mass and eaves; the Han manner and the local Chaoshan manner are not the same road.
The tripod: centre of the square, cast in bronze, to the idea of nine nines returning to one.
The wall of eight views: learn the sights once here, then decide where to go.

Numbers and details數字與細節

Finished in December 2010, a hundred and thirty metres wide, five storeys: two below making the podium, three above making the tower. The name was written by Rao Zongyi.

Shengding Square closes the east end, the tower the west. The bronze tripod is 9.99 metres high and 58 tonnes; the Mount Tai stone beside it, 136 tonnes. Nine culture columns run along the two sides, carved with Jieyang’s stories; the Liufang pavilion on one side honours former worthies.

Inside is exhibition space — Fubin culture, local worthies, crafts such as Yangmei jade carving and Puning dried tofu — and it is free. The lights come on towards evening, and only then does the horizontal line of the podium show.

Visiting參觀提示

The square is open and unshaded and fierce at midday; go early or late. The museum keeps its own hours, so read the notice at the door before you plan round it. The square is used for events and fills up during yingge and heritage fairs.

Tickets and opening Free; the museum inside keeps museum hours, closing days as posted at the door. No booking.

On the same trip同城順路

Huangqi Mountain — same north side of the city; climb for the Rong river.
Jinxian Gate — the centre of the old city, a short drive.
Jinxian Gate bridge — south to the river bank, lit at night.
The Jieyang itinerary — back to the city page for how to string these together.

Sources來源

The height, the position and the theme of the square: Nanfang Plus, a guide to the eight views of Jieyang.
The wall of eight views, the lotus walkway and the bronze tripod: the same piece.

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Last revised: 5 November 2026