Jiaxiu Pavilion

The three-storey pavilion stands in Guiyang’s Nanming River setting. Its late-Ming foundation and later rebuilding connect a visible city landmark with changing ideas of learning and public memory.

Jiaxiu Pavilion beside the Nanming River in Guiyang.
Jiaxiu Pavilion beside the Nanming River in Guiyang.

Jiaxiu Pavilion

Jiaxiu Pavilion beside the Nanming River in Guiyang.

A pavilion with an ambition

On Guiyang’s Nanming River, the name Jiaxiu turns a city landmark into a story about learning, examinations and rebuilding.

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  1. Jiaxiu Pavilion beside the Nanming River in Guiyang.xiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.