Yueyang Tower is called the tallest building in the world. Who designed this building?

Everyone knows Yueyang Tower, because Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower" is famous all over the world and introduces the landscape of Yueyang Tower. Do you know when Yueyang Tower was built? It was built in 220 AD. Yueyang Tower was not originally built for sightseeing, but was a "military reading building" of Lu Su, a general of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. Li Bai wrote poems here in the Tang Dynasty, and later renamed it "Yueyang Tower". This name has continued until now, and even the city where he lives has been renamed Yueyang City. Until now, Yueyang Tower is still a major symbol of Yueyang tourism culture.

The roof of Yueyang Tower is a helmet-top structure supported by "Ruyi Dougong", which is layered and matched with each other. This kind of arched helmet-top structure of ancient generals is unique in the history of ancient architecture in China. This is the most prominent feature of Yueyang Tower-helmet top structure. According to research, Yueyang Tower is the only ancient building with helmet-top structure in China.

Yueyang Tower is a pure wooden structure, and its shape has beautiful lines due to the exposed wooden beams, components and decorations, which shows the unique national style of ancient buildings in China. The architecture of Yueyang Tower is also very artistic. No rivets are used in the whole Yueyang Tower, and the overall shape is also very special. It looks like the helmet of an ancient general, and even the doors and windows of the building are particularly exquisite. Yueyang Tower is also an artistic representative of ancient architecture. So far, the second ancient building similar to Yueyang Tower has not been found.

Yueyang Tower has attracted the attention of many scholars since its completion. He left many poems recording the landscape of Yueyang Tower, including the landscape of Dongting Lake. Yueyang Tower has different styles in different historical periods, but it basically retains the most primitive charm and has not changed much. Yueyang Tower is located in the west wall of the ancient city of Yueyang City, Hunan Province, overlooking Dongting and Junshan. Since ancient times, it has been known as "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building", and it is also known as "the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River" with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei Province and the Wangtengting Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and has been identified as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. Yueyang Tower is rated as a national 5A-level tourist attraction, and countless tourists visit it every year, just to see the infinite scenery of Dongting Lake in 800 miles.