The tower is a unique architectural form with a profound historical and cultural background.
It is often associated with "Buddhism" and is a more common interpretation of "pagoda".
It is said that after the cremation of the Buddha Shakyamuni, there were a lot of relics, and then these relics spread to all over the place, in order to worship the Buddha's relics, to express respect and belief in the Buddha, at that time the people who got the Buddha's relics built a special tower for storage.
Therefore, in people's impressions, the role of the tower, the most widely recognized tower, is often closely related to religion and belief.
Usually, as long as the origin of "pagoda" is mentioned, what is reasonable and unreasonable is generally explained and classified into the category of pagoda.
But in fact, the creation and function of the tower is much more than that, it is closely related to many cultures and beliefs, and was built for other purposes.
Whether it is the ancient pagoda that has been preserved, or the new pagoda that was later rebuilt, the historical evolution of their construction is carefully traced, but it has little to do with "Buddha", but is closely related to the cultural concept of "Wenchang".
Most of the history of this kind of tower was built as a Wen Tower, and Wenchang was generally enshrined in the tower, replacing the role of Kuixing Tower and Kuixing Pavilion.
In traditional Chinese culture, Wenchang is the star that dominates fame and literary fortune, and is highly revered by scholars and scholars.
And the shape of the tower itself is also regarded as a "pen", so this kind of tower has the "writing tower" said, but the omission of the word, it is called the tower.
As a result, many of the pagodas were originally built to pray for fame and fortune in the imperial examinations, rather than for purely religious purposes.
There are also some pagodas that were built because of the doctrine of Feng Shui, which is considered to be a building that can reconcile the qi of heaven and earth, and can play a role in suppressing evil spirits, gathering qi, and rejuvenating Wenchang.
Therefore, in order to pray for good weather and prosperity, some places choose to build towers to achieve these goals.
These have little to do with the "Buddha", in fact, only a very small number of them have a deep relationship with the "Buddha" and are closely connected.
It is the crystallization of Buddhist culture and art.
That's a lot of storytelling.
There are also many towers in Guangxi, and there are many stories and legends, all kinds of them.
For example, Guiping East Tower, Nanning Qingshan Tower, these are mainly feng shui towers, due to some historical figures, the idea of building a tower, and finally became a tower.
For example, Lipu Wen Pagoda and Jingxi Wenchang Pagoda were originally built to worship Emperor Wenchang, and they can be regarded as humanistic stories in some places.
There are also some new towers built in the new era in order to develop tourism and promote the local economy.
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On the contrary, the tower related to the "Buddha" culture, now the one in Guangxi is retained less, the reason is very complicated, it is a historical change process, in general, each tower that can be seen now has its unique story and significance, is an important part of the local traditional culture.
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