The Bajing Pavilion in Ganzhou

Ganzhou

Ganzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China. Its administrative seat is at Zhanggong .-History:...

, Jiangxi

Jiangxi

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 province, China

China

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 is a three-level pavilion located on the northeast corner of the Ganzhou city wall. Zhang River

Zhang River

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 and Gong River join at a confluence as Gan River at its base.

Bajing Pavilion was originally built by the municipal governor Kong Zonghan(孔宗翰) during Jiayou Era (嘉祐 Jiāyòu) 1056–1063, Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty

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. In the following a thousand years, it was burnt down several times. The present pavilion was rebuilt in 1984 and opened in 1987. A 7.6-hectare area around the pavilion was adorned as Bajing Park in 1955.