In 653 the Tengwang Pavilion was constructed, and in 675 Wang Bo wrote the classic "Tengwang Ge Xu", a poetic introductory masterpiece celebrating the building, making the building, the city, and the author himself known to literate Chinese-speaking population ever since.[8] The Pavilion has been destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout history.[9] Its present form was reconstructed in the 1980s after being destroyed in 1929 during the Chinese Civil War.[10]