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1, Little Wild Goose Pagoda

Little Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Jianfu Temple in Anrenfang, Chang 'an City in Tang Dynasty (now the southern suburb of Xi City, Shaanxi Province), also known as Jianfu Temple Pagoda. It was built between the Year of the Loong and Tang Dynasty. Together with the Wild Goose Pagoda, it is an important symbol of Chang 'an City in Tang Dynasty.

The Little Wild Goose Pagoda is a typical work of square brick pagodas with dense eaves in early China. It has 15 floors and 13 floors, with a height of 43.4 meters. It is a beautiful pagoda, an artistic heritage of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, and a landmark building where Buddhism was introduced into the Central Plains and merged into Chinese culture.

The ancient bell in the bell tower of Little Wild Goose Pagoda and Jianfu Temple is called "Wild Goose Pagoda Morning Bell", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Guanzhong. It is a part of Xi Museum and a national AAAA tourist attraction.

On March 4th, 196 1 Little Wild Goose Pagoda was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

2. Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Jinchangfang (now southwest of Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province) in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ci 'en Temple Pagoda". In the third year of Tang Yonghui (652), Xuanzang presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to preserve the Buddhist scriptures brought back to Chang 'an by Tianzhu via the Silk Road.

At first, it was five stories, then it was built with nine stories, and then it was changed several times. Finally, it was fixed as the seven-story tower seen today, with a total height of 64.5 17 meters and a bottom length of 25.5 meters.

The Wild Goose Pagoda, as the earliest and largest quadrangle-style brick pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, is a typical material evidence of the introduction of ancient Indian Buddhist temples into the Central Plains with Buddhism and its integration into China culture, and it is a landmark building that embodies the wisdom of working people in ancient China.

3. Dacheng Hall

Dacheng Hall, located in Qufu City, Shandong Province, is the main hall and core of Qufu Confucius Temple. In the Tang dynasty, it was called Wenxuan Wang Dian, which consisted of five halls. During the overhaul in the fifth year of Song Tianxi (AD 102), it was moved to this site and expanded into seven rooms.

In the third year of Song Chongning (A.D. 1 104), Zhao Ji of Hui Zong took the meaning of Mencius and renamed it "Dacheng Hall".

In the second year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1724), it was rebuilt, with nine ridges and double eaves, covered with yellow tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, eight caissons decorated with golden dragon seals, and three gold-plated characters "Dacheng Hall" inscribed on the vertical plaque in the middle of the double cornices.

The temple is 24.8 meters high, 45.69 meters long and 24.85 meters wide. It is located on the foundation of the temple, with a height of 2. 1 m, which is the tallest building in the whole temple.

4. Sagata

Sagata is located in the Buddhist temple in the northwest of Yingxian County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. It was built in the second year of Qing Ning in Liao Dynasty (Song San year AD 1056) and completed in the sixth year of Jin Mingchang (Southern Song Dynasty Qing Yuan year AD 1 195).

It is the tallest and oldest existing wooden tower building in China, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAA-level scenic spot. Together with the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it is called "the three largest towers in the world". In 20 16, Sagata was recognized as the tallest wooden pagoda in the world by Guinness World Records.

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.

5. Yueyang Tower

Yueyang Tower is located in the west wall of Yueyang Ancient City, Hunan Province, overlooking Dongting and Junshan. Since ancient times, it has been known as "Dongting is the world's water and Yueyang is the world's building", and it is also known as "the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River" with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei and the Wangtengting Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi. 1988 1 has been designated as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

The main building of Yueyang Tower is19.42m high,14.54m deep and17.42m wide. It has three floors, four pillars, cornices, helmet tops and pure wood structures. Four nanmu gold pillars in the building go straight to the top of the building, surrounded by corridors, rafters and purlins, which are mutually tenoned and integrated.

Yueyang Tower, as the only ancient building that keeps its original appearance among the three famous buildings, has a unique helmet-top structure that embodies the wisdom of ancient working people and the exquisite design and skills of craftsmen. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan's well-known "Yueyang Tower" made Yueyang Tower famous all over the world.

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