Introduction to Chaoyang Shuangta Temple The Twin Towers are built by mountains and rivers, and by mountains. Backed by the mountains and facing the bottom of the valley, it gives people a feeling of being born out of the air. The east-west distance between the two towers is 23m, the height of the east tower is 1 1 m, and the height of the west tower is13m. It consists of five parts: pedestal, sumeru, pagoda temple, pagoda eaves and pagoda brake. The tower is octagonal, with an open door in the south and a pattern tied with branches on the forehead. A small tower is built in the center and the other seven sides. There is no flat ground under the tower foundation, just like growing on a cliff. Not to mention the beauty of the Twin Towers and exquisite craftsmanship, it will be amazing to build such a beautiful Twin Towers here without any machinery in ancient times. This shows that the working people are skilled, skilled, intelligent and brave.
The East Tower is a hollow octagonal brick tower with one eaves. The shape is a combination of pavilions and covered bowls, with a height of 1 1 m. The top of the tower is covered with bowls, and the tower body is held up by lotus petals on the tower foundation. The beauty of the tower lies in its main body, which has eight sides, including the ticket door, the fake door, the fake window and the bodhisattva relief sitting on the lotus. The fake door is written in bamboo.
The West Tower is a hollow octagonal three-story brick tower with three eaves and a height of13m, and the tower is covered with bowls. The front of the tower opens the door, and the surface is embossed with small towers and niches.
In Shuangta Mountain, where the Twin Towers are located, there are seven monasteries, large and small, on and below the original mountain, which are dedicated to the Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Buddha, the Sleeping Buddha, the Eighteen Arhats, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Eight donkey kong and Guan Yu respectively. There is also a Twin Towers Temple. According to the Records of Chaoyang County in the 19th year of the Republic of China, "Shuangta Temple was built on the mountain outside Zhaosugou Village, 60km southwest of the county seat, and donated by local people. The foundation of this temple is very steep. There are two towers in front of the temple, which are about tens of feet high, so the temple is named. " The Twin Towers were first built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in the Liao and Qing Dynasties. In the Qing Dynasty, many monasteries were built under the steep cliff behind the tower and on the flat land 500 meters below the tower.
"Sanyan Ancient Capital", the landmark building of Chaoyang City,
It is also a building that witnessed the historical changes of this city. It is two ancient pagodas with a Millennium history, which are located at the north and south ends of Murong Street in its territory, only 300 meters apart. Chaoyang North Tower and Chaoyang South Tower are named after their orientation and are called "Chaoyang Twin Towers". For the Chaoyang Twin Towers, I believe that people who are familiar with the city of Chaoyang are familiar with it. The location of the Twin Towers is also the bustling area of Chaoyang City. The north and south ends of Rongjie stand symmetrically, witnessing the changes of this city.
The North Tower of Chaoyang has a history of 1500 years since it was first built in Qianyan. It is the most famous landmark building in Chaoyang, the oldest pagoda among the two towers and the oldest pagoda in Northeast China, and is known as "the first pagoda in Northeast China". Although the history of Chaoyang South Tower is not as long as that of the North Tower, it was built in Liaodakang for two years, with a history of more than 900 years, which also witnessed the changes of Chaoyang City. The Chaoyang Twin Towers have a long history and have been successively announced as national key cultural relics protection units.
The North Tower of Chaoyang experienced five historical periods and was valued by the five dynasties royal families in history. Based on the rammed earth abutment of the Palace "Helong Palace" in Sanyan 17th century, the seven-story wooden pagoda with "Siyan Buddha Map" as the abutment, Sui and Tang brick towers as the core and Liao pagodas as the exterior in the Northern Wei Dynasty became the only ancient pagoda with five generations in one in the world.
Fortunately, the Chaoyang South Tower, which is symmetrical with the North Tower, has not experienced the historical twists and turns like the North Tower. The South Tower was built in Liao Dakang two years ago. It is a thirteen-story brick stupa in Liao Dynasty, with dense eaves. It is 42.6 meters high and consists of rammed earth abutment, brick seat, sumeru seat, tower body, tower eaves and brake top.
The south tower and the north tower of Chaoyang, which are 300 meters apart from the north and south of Murong Street, echo each other from a distance and become the symbol of Chaoyang in Sanyan ancient capital. The popularity of Chaoyang Twin Towers is very high at home and abroad. In particular, Buddhist cultural relics and a large number of precious cultural relics were found in the Twin Towers, which made a sensation and became a Buddhist holy land. There are countless tourists coming here every year, and pilgrims come in an endless stream all over the country.
According to the development of tourism in various cities, Chaoyang Twin Towers is a national key cultural relics protection unit. If you circle them and start collecting tickets, it will also be a large financial income every year. However, Chaoyang City has not done this, but it is generous and open, and tourists and citizens can visit it for free. Just to better protect these two ancient pagodas, it is impossible to visit them.
Address: Zhengjiazhangzi Village, Mutouchengzi Town, Chaoyang County, Chaoyang, Liaoning Province