The glazed pagoda of Lingguang Temple was built in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in Jin Dynasty. The tower is an octagonal brick tower, imitating wood structure. It has thirteen original levels and seven existing levels, and there is a small circle door on the front of each level. The upper six floors of the tower were destroyed in Linfen earthquake in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. In the fourth year of Qing Qianlong (1739), the inscription on the side of the tower said, "There is no place to stand in the summer of Kangxi, and it was hit by an earthquake. Since the Buddhist scripture building and the entrance, it has been destroyed, but the second hall of Buddhism is left, and the tower is half preserved. Those who used to be magnificent are now too many to be shattered. " The first floor of the tower is buried underground, which is an example of land siltation by flood irrigation.
The south side of the first floor of the glazed brick tower of Lingguang Temple is arched into the tower, and the other seven sides are set with false arches. Now there are seven floors left in the tower, and the tower is 22.44 meters high. The eaves of each floor of the tower are composed of glass buckets, Lanpu and weeping lotus columns. Rafters, hooks and dripping water are brick carvings, and the three layers are flat. This tower well preserves the original architectural history of the Jin Dynasty. The tower was listed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit in September of 1984 and named "Xiliang Brick Tower".
20 13 The glazed pagoda of Lingguang Temple was included in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Linfen Lingguang Temple Glass Pagoda
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