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What is Wenchang Tower? Where is it used? What's the use?
Wenchang Pagoda, also known as Wenbi Pagoda and Wenfeng Pagoda, is usually seven, nine and eleven stories high, with the same psychological suggestion function as Wenchang Dijun. There are four Wenchang Pagoda 1 in China, and Wenchang Pagoda in Hepu County, Guangxi, which is located about 3 kilometers south of Hepu County, Guangxi. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 300 years. The tower is octagonal, about 36 meters high, with a tower foundation of 8. 1 meter and an inner diameter of 2.6 meters. It is a 7-story brick tower with dense eaves and a narrow shape from bottom to top, with a red fenugreek at the top. Each floor has east-west ventilation doors, namely Kunmen and Fengmen, and the rest are fake doors for decoration. There are spiraling stairs in the tower. The tower is white, the turrets and arches are red, red and white, simple and beautiful. Climbing the tower, you can get a panoramic view of the North Sea. 2. Wenchang Tower in Dongkou County, Hunan Province is located near Wenchang Pavilion in Dongkou County, Hunan Province, hence the name. The tower was built in the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860). Seven stories and eight sides, 42.6m high, 37.3m long and 6m deep. Magnificent in shape, complex and rigorous in structure, with spiral step walkways, dome-shaped annular roof, eaves and central inner walls decorated with colorful paintings. The roof is like an iron roof, the cornice is upturned, and eight bronze bells are hung around the octagon. When the breeze rises, the bells are sweet. There are several evergreen trees at the top of the tower, such as crowns, which decorate the tower very spectacular. A couplet is engraved on the stone pillar that enters the door: "Clear water circulation doubts Peng Road; Going straight to the sky, people are in Xiao Qiong. " There are poems written by Zeng Yi, Xian Qing, Matsukawa and others on the inner wall. This tower faces Huilongzhou across the river, and people say that dragons are like boats and pagodas are like poles, which set each other off. 3. Wenchang Tower is located in Qiyang County, Hunan Province. The Wenchang Tower in Qiyang stands on the "Wanjuan Cliff" and is located on the bank of Xiangjiang River in the east of Qiyang County and on the west side of Qiyang Normal University. Facing the forest of steles in Wuxi. It was built in the first year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1573) and was later destroyed. Nine years after Qing Qianlong (1774), it was rebuilt. According to experts, in order to maintain the style of writing, Wenchang Tower can be seen from a distance because it is built on Gaofu. The tower is 37m high, with seven floors, eight doors on each floor, four truthfulness and four falsehood. There are twists and turns around the stone steps, and beginners often get lost and don't know where to go. There are exquisite reliefs everywhere. The door on the first floor is engraved with the word "Wenchang Tower". Outside the second to fourth floors, there is an eight-way corridor surrounded by sand railings. There is a bronze bell in the head of each layer of animals, which jingles when the wind blows and spreads far away. Made of stone, the platform edge is stacked and warped, and there is a stone dragon in plastic. There is a bell in the mouth, and it sounds melodious when it meets the wind. The pagoda has a gourd and a wheel, and Wenchang Academy is also built next to the pagoda. Each floor of the pagoda is surrounded by a stone fence with the heads of eagles and tigers carved on it. The spire weighs about 1 1 ton. Wenchang Academy is built next to the tower. Due to disrepair, the tower has tilted to the east and is now in good condition. 1983 is listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. 4. Wenchang Tower in Hexian County, Anhui Province is located on the north bank of Hengjiang River outside the small south gate of the county, facing Maanshan Steel City across the river in the east, Tianmen Mountain in the south and Zhenhuaifu in the north, which is like a guest arch. This tower was built by Guo in the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1600). Later generations said that this tower was built in memory of Zhang Wenchang, a poet in Central Tang Zhou.