The Tongque Terrace and the Tongque Garden on its east side were the paradise for creative activities of Ye scholars at that time. Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Wang Can, Liu Jian, Chen Lin, Xu Qian, Cai Wenji, Handan Chun, etc. often gathered at Tongque Terrace to express their thoughts with their own straight words.

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The Tongque Tower was first built in the 15th year of Jian'an (210). During the reign of Zhao Shihu after the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Tongque Tower in Cao Wei originally had a ten-foot-high foundation. Another two feet were added to the top, and five floors were built on it, with a height of fifteen feet and a total height of twenty-seven feet. The windows are decorated with copper covers, and when the sun rises, the stream of light shines. He also made a bronze sparrow on the roof of the building, one to five feet high, with its wings stretched as if it were flying. "Zhongji" records.

In the ninth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (558), 300,000 craftsmen were recruited to overhaul three platforms. After the renovation, the Tongque Terrace was once renamed the "Golden Phoenix Terrace". In the Tang Dynasty, the old name "Tongque Terrace" was restored. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a corner of the Tongque Terrace was washed away by the Zhang River. There were still more than 160 steps around it and a height of five feet, on which Yongning Temple was built.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Santai still existed. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the Tongque Terrace was washed away by the Zhang River. Today, behind the sign of the Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, only a mound of rammed earth less than ten meters high remains of the Tongque Terrace, and the Jinfeng Terrace in front of it is only less than twenty meters high.

Reference: Tongque Terrace - Baidu Encyclopedia