The biggest of the six gate forts(Purple Cloud Tower, Tower of Cloud-Retaining Eaves, Tower of Dawn Light, Tongyun Chengguan, Qianfengcaicui Chengguan, Wenchang Pavilion) in the Summer Palace garden, the Wenchang Pavilion was first built in the 15th year of Emperor Qianlong’s reign (1750) and rebuilt under Emperor Guangxu after it was burned down in 1860 by the Anglo-French Allied Forces. A bronze statue of the god, Wenchang, and statues of two followers, the celestial boy, and the bronze steed, were placed in the two-storey pavilion. This tower pairs up with the Tower of Cloud-Retaining Eaves, located on the west bank of Kunming Lake, in which a statue of the Martial God was placed. The twin towers symbolize the support by both scholars and warriors to the ruling emperor.
