袁州天文台,是我国现存最早的地方天文台。该天文台原称谯楼,系南宋嘉定年间(1208—1224)袁州知州滕强恕创建,是一幢券拱式高台建筑,高12.8米、宽27.3米、长11.8米。谯楼上置有铜壶、夜天池、日天池、平壶、万水壶、水海、影表、定南针、添水桶、更筹、漏箭、铁板、鼓角等,设阴阳生轮值,候筹报时谯楼历经数个朝代,近800年,几经兴废,保存至今。 Yuanzhou Observatory, is the earliest existing local observatory. The Observatory was originally named Tuan Lou, which was built during the Southern Song Dynasty Jiading (1208-1224) Tengqiang, Yuanzhou Prefecture. It is a vault arched high-rise building with a height of 12.8 meters, a width of 27.3 meters and a length of 11.8 meters. On the floor, there is a bronze pot, a night pool, a day pot, a flat pot, a water bottle, a water table, a watch, a compass, a bucket, more chips, missiles, iron plates and drum horns. When planning a newspaper, Tuan Lou through several dynasties, nearly 800 years, after several waste, preserved so far.