Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is tall and majestic, with exquisite and ingenious architectural structure, long history and numerous allusions, which has extremely high ornamental value, cultural relic value and wood structure technical value.
All kinds of plaques hanging on Yingxian wooden tower, especially more than 50 precious plaques hanging on wooden towers and doorplates, condense and integrate politics, society, economy, culture, morality, folk customs, sculpture and calligraphy under the heavy historical and cultural background of various dynasties, forming a magnificent historical picture, which is grandly and vividly displayed in front of us.
Most of these plaques were made in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and there were dozens during the reign of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, especially during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1722), and more than 20 "artistic plaques" with exquisite calligraphy and carving skills came out.
This not only reflects the prosperous social scene of "kanggan flourishing age", but also shows that the wind of inscription was quite popular at that time, and it also shows that politics, economy and culture will develop greatly in the historical period of national prosperity and civil security.
At the beginning of the tower construction, Yingxian Wooden Tower laid a 4.4-meter-thick masonry foundation underground, which stabilized the foundation of the whole wooden tower. The superstructure is also a flexible application of tenon-mortise connection unique to China, which ensures the stability of the wooden tower.
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Layout of Yingxian wooden tower
Sagata is located between the gate and the main hall on the north-south axis of the temple and belongs to the layout of "front tower and back hall". The tower is built on a four-meter-high platform, with a height of 67.3 1 m, and the diameter of the ground floor is 30.27 m, showing a plane octagon.
The first floor facade has double eaves, the upper floors are single eaves, * * * five floors and six eaves, and there is a dark layer between the floors, which is actually nine floors. Because there are double eaves and corridors on the ground floor, the appearance of the tower is six eaves. Each floor is supported by two circles of wooden columns inside and outside. There are 24 pillars outside each floor and 8 pillars inside. Many braces, beams, beams and short columns are used between wooden columns to form multi-beam wooden frames in different directions.
The whole wooden tower is made of 3000 cubic meters of Korean pine wood and weighs about 2600 tons.
There is a door in the north and south of the tower bottom building, and a flat railing is set around the second floor. Each floor is equipped with wooden stairs, and visitors can climb to the top step by step. From the second floor to the fifth floor, there are four doors on each floor, all of which are equipped with wooden partition fans. All floors in the tower are plastic Buddha statues.
The first floor is Sakyamuni, with a height of 1 1 m. Six Tathagata Buddha statues are painted on the wall of the inner groove, and King Kong, King of Heaven and disciples are also painted on both sides of the gate. The altar on the second floor is square, with a Buddha, two bodhisattvas and two mighty attendants on it.
At the top of the tower, there is an octagonal point and an iron gate. Wind chimes are installed under every eaves of the tower.
The design of Sagata boldly inherited the heavy architectural form with national characteristics since the Han and Tang Dynasties, made full use of traditional architectural techniques, and widely adopted the bucket arch structure. There are 54 kinds of bucket arches in the whole tower, and each kind of bucket arch has a certain combination form. Some beams, squares and columns are connected into a whole, and each layer forms an octagonal hollow structural layer.
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Attractions tickets
60 yuan/person, children under 1.2 meters are free of charge, and primary and secondary school students (except adult education) enjoy half-price discount with student ID card or school letter of introduction. Servicemen and disabled revolutionary servicemen are free with valid legal documents, and elderly people aged 60-69 enjoy half-price concessions with valid legal documents. More than 70 elderly people enjoy free tickets with valid legal documents, and disabled people enjoy free tickets with disability certificates.
Data flow information
It's about 75 kilometers from Datong. Drive along the Universiade Expressway to Shuozhou, get off at Yingxian Exit, and there are signs along the way to reach the scenic spot.
Yingxian coach station-city bus-wooden pagoda scenic spot.
Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Yingxian Wooden Pagoda