It was built in A.D. 1056, and won the Guinness Book of World Records in 20 16-the tallest wooden tower in the world. Yingxian Wooden Pagoda Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, the full name of Buddha Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda, is located in the Buddhist temple in the northwest corner of Yingxian County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, and is the main building of the Buddhist temple.
It was built in the second year of Qing Ning in Liao Dynasty (AD 1056) and completed in the sixth year of Jin Mingchang (AD 1 195). It is the oldest and largest pavilion-style building with pure wood structure in China. It is a treasure of ancient architecture in China, and also a model of wooden architecture in the world.
The height of Sakyamuni Tower is 67.3 1 m, and the diameter of the bottom floor is 30.27 m, showing a plane octagon. The whole tower supplies 3000 cubic meters of Korean pine wood, more than 2600 tons, pure wood structure, no nails and no riveting. Two tooth relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are enshrined in the tower.
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The wooden pagoda is located between the mountain gate and the main hall on the north-south axis of the temple and belongs to the layout of "front pagoda 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. There are double eaves on the first floor of the facade, and all the above floors are single eaves, with a total of five floors and six eaves, and there are dark layers between them, 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. Some people calculate that the whole wooden tower shares 3000 cubic meters of Korean pine wood and weighs about 2600 tons. The overall proportion is appropriate, the building is magnificent, the art is exquisite, and the appearance is stable and solemn.
Characteristics of Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in Shanxi Province;
After the completion of the wooden pagoda, celebrities of past dynasties have hung plaques and inscribed couplets, which have profound implications and vigorous brushwork, adding a lot of color to the wooden pagoda. Among them: Ming Taizu Judy, who led the northern expedition in the fourth year of Yongle (A.D. 1406) and lived in Yingzhou. When he visited the city, he personally wrote "Third Runner-up Shen Gong"; In the third year of Zheng De in Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty (AD 1508), the overseers defeated the little prince Tatar in Yanghe (Yanggao County, Shanxi Province) and Yingzhou.
When boarding the wooden tower to entertain meritorious generals, the topic was "Wonders of the World". There are 54 Ming, Qing and Republic of China plaques and couplets in the tower. There are also excellent couplets, such as "Rise from the ground, Mount Yunshan arch column, ride the wind and step on the moon to catch clouds"; "After investigation, the clouds in the west are small, exquisite and invading Bihannan, and the dragon head is low."
In addition, like the wooden tower, a number of extremely precious Liao cultural relics were found in the tower, especially the color printing of Liao engraving, which filled the gap in the history of printing in China. Among the cultural relics, there are many scrolls, including manuscripts and woodcut prints of Liao Dynasty, some of which are more than 30 meters long, which is rare in China, and provides valuable physical materials for studying the politics, economy and culture of Liao Dynasty in China.
The story of wooden pagoda in Yingxian County, Shanxi Province;
The story of the famous architect Liang Sicheng and his wife Lin. "The lion in Cangzhou should be in the State Tower, and the Bodhisattva in Zhengding is Zhao Zhouqiao". Because of this proverb, Liang Sicheng traveled all over the libraries in Beiping. But no pictures were found.
He didn't know any friends here, so he made a decision and wrote a letter with an unknown address. He sent this letter to the "highest photo studio in Yingxian County", and he asked someone to take photos of the wooden tower for him and send them to him. Liang Sicheng was very excited after receiving the photos, so he came to Yingxian alone to study the wooden pagoda. Since then, Yingxian wooden pagoda has embarked on the road of protection.
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Legend of wooden pagoda in Yingxian County, Shanxi Province;
Folding is fire and water.
According to the folklore of Yingxian County, in order to protect the fruits of Luban's labor and make the wooden tower coexist with the years, the Jade Emperor sent Vulcan and Dragon Lord to send fire-avoiding beads and water droplets respectively. From then on, the wooden tower can be self-fireproof and waterproof.
When the flood reaches the tower, it will bypass the wooden tower and flow in all directions. With the fireball, the wooden tower has never been struck by lightning again. Even in wartime, when shells hit the tower, the fire will be extinguished in an instant.
glossy ganoderma
On the sixth floor of the wooden tower, there is a circle of Ganoderma lucidum around the lotus roof, which is lush all year round. Legend has it that Master Huineng picked Ganoderma lucidum in his dream and returned to Baogong Temple, and planted it on the lotus seat on the sixth floor of the wooden tower. Since then, this ganoderma lucidum has flourished every year and is evergreen all the year round.
Yingzhou's land has good weather and good crops every year. To commemorate this merit of Master Huineng, a famous painter drew a picture for him. This picture is called "Herb Collection Map", which was originally hidden in the belly of the Buddha statue on the fourth floor. It is now preserved in Yingxian Cultural Relics Management Office.
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