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Seven famous white pagodas in China.
On Wenbi Peak in the west of Dayao County, there is a towering pagoda, which is called White Pagoda because of its white body. It is also called hammering tower, because its shape is similar to hammering tower commonly used in temples. It is18.4m high, conical at the top, contracted at the waist, and shaped like a self-closing hammer from top to bottom, also known as a self-closing hammer tower. The tower is divided into three layers, and the base exposed to the ground is an octagonal sumeru. This tower is completely painted with lime, hence the name White Tower. The White Pagoda, built in 746, is one of the buildings in the Tang Dynasty in China. It is said that it was built by Tubo in Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty. The White Pagoda has experienced several earthquakes in history, but it still stands. 1982 the provincial government allocated funds for reconstruction and restored the original appearance of the White Pagoda. There is only one white pagoda in Yunnan, which is the physical specimen of the early stupa in Yunnan and the first batch of provincial key cultural relics protection units. The shape of Baiyao Tower is unique in Yunnan and has a long history. It is said that it was created in the central Yunnan repository during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, so the study of Tibetan Buddhism in southwest China has irreplaceable value. The shape of this tower is very special. It is a hollow brick tower with a height of 18m. The upper part of the giant tower is conical and divided into three parts: bottom, lower part, middle part and upper part. There is a round hammer tower on the upper part, and the top is round. The whole tower is wide, beautiful in waist, bold in top and octagonal. This kind of tower is rare in Yunnan. Nanchong Baita Nanchong Baita is located on Heming Mountain on the east bank of Jialing River. According to historical records, there are two black and white towers in Nanchong, and the black tower is on Chengdong Street. They were built in Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty and destroyed in the early Qing Dynasty. The White Pagoda, also known as the Infinite Pagoda, was built during the Qianlong period in the early Northern Song Dynasty. It is the white tower we see now. This white tower has a history of more than 1000 years. It has experienced several earthquakes, thousands of years of wind and rain and lightning. Despite the vicissitudes of life, the "Infinite Tower" is still majestic and solid. It is said that there is a Baita Temple next to the original pagoda. Every morning, monks ring the bell and Nanchong people get up for work. In the Qing Dynasty, a scholar who visited the Baita once wrote a poem praising: "The pagoda is surrounded by water, and monks like to sleep in the morning and late at night. The cock crows and the bell rings, prompting thousands of people in Jiangcheng to smoke. " "White Pagoda Morning Bell" is one of the eight ancient scenic spots in Nanchong. Nanchong White Pagoda stands on a steep rock, commanding and with a wide field of vision. When you climb the White Pagoda, you can have a bird's eye view of the best scenery in this city. The State Council has approved Nanchong Baita as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Nanchong Baita, a 37. 1 meter-high, 13-story brick pagoda with a square plane. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the steps in the tower were restored, and the monument was later called "Infinite Pagoda". The outer wall of the tower is painted with chalk, commonly known as the white tower. Fuzhou Baita Fuzhou Baita, also known as Dingguang Tower, is the full name of Dingguang Tower. It stands at the foot of Shanxi, opposite to Wuta Mountain in Wushan. It was built during the Tianyuan period in the early Tang Dynasty by the King of Fujian to repay the kindness of his father and brother. Tarnum has Baita Temple, which is a palace-style building. According to legend, when the bottom of the tower was opened, a treasure pearl was found, hence the name "Ding Guang Duo Tower". The White Pagoda was originally a seven-story octagonal brick wooden tower with a height of 4 1 m, with a brick shaft inside and a wooden structure outside. Brick laying on the periphery, wooden frame on the inner wall, seven-story octagon, painted with lime, hence the name White Pagoda. This is a large ancient pagoda in Fuzhou. The White Pagoda in Yushan, Fuzhou, formerly known as the Gratitude Pagoda, was built by the Fujian King in Tianyuan in the Tang Dynasty to pray for his parents. In the south of Baita, there is Baita Temple, namely Dingguang Baota Temple, which was first built in the second year of Tang Dynasty and was founded by Wang Min, and later renamed Long Live Temple. In other words, there is the White Pagoda in Fuzhou first, and then there is the White Pagoda.

In the same year, Kublai Khan ordered the construction of the "Wanan Dasheng Temple" centered on the tower. The range is determined according to the range of the bow and arrow shot from the top of the tower, with an area of 6.5438+0.6 million square meters. As an important project in the construction of the capital of Yuan Dynasty, the temple was built in the 25th year of Yuan Dynasty. Because it is located in the west of metropolis, it is also called "Xiyuan". Since then, it has become a royal temple in the Yuan Dynasty, and it is also a place where officials hold ceremonies to translate and print Mongolian and Uighur Buddhist scriptures. At that time, Nepalese craftsman Anika built three pagodas in China: one in Tibet, one in Wutai Mountain and one in the White Pagoda of Miaoying Temple. They are the crystallization of cultural exchanges between the Chinese and Nepalese peoples. After Kublai Khan's death, palaces were built on both sides of the White Pagoda for worship. The temples in Yuan Chengzong are full of incense. Later, a huge thunder fire destroyed all the temples in the temple, and only the White Pagoda survived. In the eighth year of Ming Xuande, Ming Xuanzong ordered the maintenance of the White Pagoda. In the first year of Tianshun, the temple was rebuilt and named "Miaoying Temple" after completion. However, its area is only 13000 square meters, and the scope is only the narrow strip in the middle of the Buddhist temple built in the Yuan Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, the temple was repaired many times. The Dragon Emperor once ordered people to place many town pagodas in the pagodas, which are rare treasures of Buddhism. In 900, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing. He rushed into Miaoying Temple and took away the instruments and supplies. In the middle and late Qing dynasty, monks rented out side halls and open spaces, which gradually evolved into one of the famous temple fairs in Beijing. Every holiday season, people in Beijing have formed the custom of "going to the White Pagoda on August 8th". Miaoying Temple also has the custom of turning the pagoda, that is, on June 25th 10 every year, lamas turn around the white pagoda, chanting and playing music, and people watch it outside, rubbing shoulders and making a lively scene. There are still many kind men and women praying around the tower. Beihai Baita Beihai Baita is located at the top of Qionghua Island in Beijing Beihai Park. Shunzhi was built in Taqing in the eighth year and rebuilt twice. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it has been repaired many times. It has a masonry structure, 35.9 meters high, and the tower is supported by a wooden skeleton. The tower is a corner-folded Mount Sumi, with three layers of frustum, and the upper part is slender for thirteen days. There are 306 ventilation holes in the whole tower, and buddhist supplies is stored in the tower. There is a main core wood in the center of the tower, covered with iron rings, and six flat irons are distributed in a ring shape. The end iron ring protrudes from the skin for thirteen days, bearing six forged iron hooks with a width of 0.5m square, supporting the site at the top of the thirteen days, which is extremely strong. This tower is Yonghe Tower, which is beautiful in shape and is the main landscape of Beihai Park. Artillery Baijita, located in the southwest corner of Jixian County, Tianjin, 300 meters south of Dule Temple, is one of the "eight scenic spots in Yuyang". There is Kannonji in front of the pagoda, which is white, also known as "Kannonji White Pagoda". Built in Liao Dynasty, it was rebuilt in Jiajing, Qin Long, Wanli and Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Its main structure and modeling still maintain the original appearance and style when it was first built. The tower is 20.6 meters high, with masonry structure and octagonal plane. It consists of sumeru, tower, bowl cover and phase wheel. The tower is inlaid with a large number of brick carvings, arches, flowers and wild animals imitating wooden structures. It is a form of Indian sloping brick and China architecture, with peculiar and beautiful shape. Sumi is based on six layers of granite, and covers the owl with a small brick basin and several mixed lines to make it a waist print. Around the waist, there are 24 pot doors carved with bricks, and there are Buddha statues, dancers' brick carvings, double columns, precious flowers and geometric figures on both sides of the doors. The tower is an octagonal pavilion with two eaves, with fake brick doors on all sides and a pair of flying stars on the top, and the cornices are light.

This tower is divided into two layers, the inner layer is Liao Pei, and the outer layer is a thick layer built outside the inner tower according to the shape of Liao Tower during the overhaul in Ming Dynasty. An ancient poem said: "golden phoenix hangs the western moon, and the jade column holds the northern cloud." 1976 Tangshan earthquake, the tower cracked. During the overhaul of 1983, a box of stone cultural relics and 100 pieces of gold, copper, jade, porcelain and other cultural relics were found in the four-year tower in Qingning, Liaoning Province. The lower part of this tower is a dense eaves, and the upper part is a Lama. Its unique shape is very rare in the modeling of ancient pagodas in China, and it is one of the finest works in Liao Tower. It is a municipal cultural relics protection unit. Xuzhou Baita is located in Tongshan, Jiangsu. Song monk is a disciple who once gave lectures here, and later there were Yuan monk, Dao Deng and so on. Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty succeeded to the throne. He tasted this temple and saw the monks of Yuan and Song Dynasties.