Yue Yang building is located in Hunan Province over city wall of Ximen of ancient city of Yue Yang town, leave overlook hole front yard, jun Shan looks before, have water of the world of " hole front courtyard since ancient times, the beauty of " of building of Yue Yang the world praise, teng Wangge of as southwest as building of Hubei Wuhan yellow crane, river prosperous calls " Changjiang Delta " of 3 names building. Was decided to be countrywide key cultural relic to protect an unit by the State Council in January 1988. Building of Yue Yang's original poster is 19.42 meters tall, enter deep 14.54 meters, 17.42 meters wide, for top of three-layer, 4 column, upturned eaves, armet, simple timber structure. Building of straight follow in a continuous line of column of gold of 4 nanmu in the building supports, circle all round with corridor, Fang, rafter, purlin mutual tenon closes, the knot is whole. Yue Yang building regards 3 names as the ancient building that Lou Zhongwei maintains former appearance, its distinctive armet carries a structure on the head, it is the exquisite design of the clever wisdom that reflects archaic working people and skillful craftsman and skill more. Of win universal praise of Fan Zhongyan of Northen Song Dynasty " Yue Yang building is written down " more make Yue Yang building celebrated at the world. Yue Yang building only then before be being built at the Christian era 220 years hind, its predecessor according to legend is period of the Three Kingdoms east the " of general Lu Su reads army building " , " Ba Ling calls " of a tower over a city gate when the Northern and Southern Dynasties of the Western Jin Dynasty. Yuan Jiasan of the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties year (426) , in Yan Yanzhi of book serve man, great poet passes Ba Ling, make " only then An Jun still ascends Ba Ling a tower over a city gate to make with Zhang Xiang city " poem, there is " clear atmosphere to cease raining or snowing in the poem of Yue Yang " sentence, the name of " of " Yue Yang sees Yushiwen first. After Tang Li composes a poem in vain in, only then call " Yue Yang building " . Right now Ba Ling city already in relief city of instead high mountain, ba Ling a tower over a city gate also calls Yue Yang building subsequently. Northen Song Dynasty celebrates all previous 4 years (1044) spring, teng Zi Beijing gets blame, hold the post of Yue Zhou to know army city thing. Northen Song Dynasty celebrates all previous 5 years (1045) spring, teng Zi Beijing weighs Xiu Yueyang building, draft bank of build cease rainbow. Northen Song Dynasty yuan abundant the first year of an era or the reign of an emperor (1078) October, Northen Song Dynasty yuan abundant 2 years (1079) spring, representative of high mountain state knows city army Zheng civilian look up weighs Xiu Yueyang building. Yuan ancient 8 years (1085) Meng Xia, mi Fei general " Yue Yang building is written down " the person that write into scroll to present all alone book. Northen Song Dynasty esteems peace year (1102~1106) Yue Zhou knows city army Sun Xie to weigh Xiu Yueyang building. Height of Yue Yang building 19 meters, on structure style, forefathers its ligneous, three-layer, 4 column, upturned eaves, dougong, armet carries reduce on the head. Yue Yang building is simple timber structure, whole building is trashy nail one riveting, rely on each other Gou Lian of ligneous component only. The " that the building top of Yue Yang building is cascade look line flexibly dougong " holds the armet that lift and becomes in the palm to carry type on the head, this kind of arch and answer the structure carrying type on the head of the type of archaic general helmet that become warped is in archaic China is unique on building history. This is the characteristic with Yue Yang the most outstanding building very- - armet carries a structure on the head. According to textual research, yue Yang building is the ancient building of the armet top structure that China keeps only. Yue Yang building uses simple timber structure, because its modelling is shown bright beam column, component, decorate have the expressional power with beautiful line, show the ethical color with Chinese ancient distinctive architectural.