Sishui Pavilion (National Cultural Site)

Sishui Pavilion is the historical relic where Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, once served as a local minor official.

The Qianlong edition of Records of Pei County states: "This is the very pavilion where Emperor Gaozu held the post of Pavilion Chief of Sishui." Commentary on the Water Classic records: "On the southern mound of the county seat, Sishui Pavilion stands on the eastern bank." Records of Terrestrial Geography mentions: "At Sishui Pavilion in Pei County stands a stone stele dedicated to Emperor Gaozu, with an inscription composed by Ban Gu."

The pavilion was repeatedly destroyed and reconstructed throughout history. It was washed away by the Yellow River flood in the late Qing Dynasty. In 1983, the People’s Government of Pei County rebuilt Sishui Pavilion. A stone stele was erected inside the pavilion, engraved with Ban Gu’s Inscription on the Sishui Pavilion Stele from the Han Dynasty, opening with the line: "The glorious sacred Han Dynasty had its origin in Pei and Feng..."

The stele chronicles Liu Bang’s life in Pei County before he launched his uprising, drawing numerous sinologists from home and abroad to visit.

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