Ancient Lute Pavilion, also named Boya Terrace, is located to the south bank of Moon Lake, western foot of Tortoise Hill.Legend goes that one day 2,000 years ago when Yu Boya, a musician who traveled by the Hanjiang River, was playing the lute under the moon light by the riverside, the music attracted Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter who was once official in charge of music and knew music well. Zhong praised the sublime music of Yu and they were extremely happy to encounter great friends and made an appointment to meet right there the next year. Unfortunately, Ziqi died of illness the following year. Yu Boya was so sad that he wouldn't live without his friend. He played once again the music in front of Ziqi's tomb before breaking it into pieces. The story has been widely spread among the folks and people use "high mountains and flowing waters" to refer to those bosom friends that understand each other well.
Ancient Lute Pavilion experienced several destroys and rebuilds and the present one was the result of construction in 1957. The whole complex, although small in size, is elegant in layout and demarcated in arrangement. A platform by the waterside in front of a wide hall is said to be the place where Yu Boya played lute. A two-meter-high stele was set in the center of the courtyard, with image of Boya engraved on one side.
