"Pagoda" is not an inherent architectural form in China, but a new type of architecture that emerged with the introduction of Buddhism. ButAncient pagoda of ChinaIt often reflects its own unique style on the basis of the original.
Yongji Wangu Temple Duobao Pagoda (detail).
The ancient pagoda is one of the carriers of Chinese culture, which not only embodies the exquisite architectural and decorative skills of ancient times, but also contains the spirit of tolerance and innovation.
From the early daysWooden TowertoBrick towersAnd againGlazed TowerToday, there are more than 2,000 towers preserved in our country.
Today, let's take a look with Xiaogu to see what are the ancient buildings in Shanxi".Ever-changing Ancient Tower"Let's go!
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Ying County Wooden Tower. The wooden tower of Ying County was built inLiaoIn the second year of Qingning (1056), it was built with the support of the royal family of the Liao Dynasty. It is a global extantThe oldestTallestofPure timber structure pavilion type buildingIt is a model of wood structure architecture in the world.
Its design, inherited the Han and Tang Dynasty since the rich national characteristics of the heavy building form, the structure of the use of double-layer annular sleeve space framework, each floor of the flat seat of the column is shrunk than the eaves column of the next layer, forming a layer of smaller than the first layer of beautiful outline.
The whole tower does not use a single iron nail in the structure, and it all depends on the members occlusing each other. A total of 54 different forms of dougong are used in the whole tower, and there are so many types that they are rare in the world, and they are calledDougong Museum
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Hunyuan Yuanjue Temple Tower.
Hunyuan Yuanjue Temple Tower was built inKimgeneration, the tower has a unique shape, a beautiful silhouette, and is extantJin Dynasty brick towerof masterpieces.
The decoration of the tower base is very exquisite, there are 4 layers of brick carving patterns on the base of the tower as high as 4 meters, the first layer: lion, horn flower, animal face, with a strong northern nomadic style; The second layer: 4 layers of three-dimensional lotus petals; The third floor: Raki and Maiko figures, powerful men at the corner; The fourth layer: imitation wood for bucket arches.
The second to eighth floors are continuous 7 layers of dense eaves. The spacing between the eighth and the ninth layer becomes larger, there is a significant change in the rhythm, and the high tower base forms an echo, such a tower top design is very distinct, it seems that the tower body is sparse and dense, it is the finishing touch of the tower modeling. The tower is all made of iron, and the phoenix on it is up to nowIt can still rotate with the windIt's a rarity.
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The Great White Pagoda of Wutai Mountain Tayuan Temple.
The Great White Pagoda of Tayuan Temple was built inMetaGeneration. In the fifth year of Yuan Chengzong's great virtue, Nepalese architect Anigo came to Wutai Mountain and presided over the construction of this oneBuddha Relic Stupa。It is made entirely of rice milk and lime masonry and is ChineseHighestof the Lama Tower.
The Great White Pagoda is built on a square tower pedestal composed of two floors of Sumeru, and above the tower pedestal is the main body of the tower. Further up is the square tower waist, the square tower waist and the tower base form an echo, the tower waist around the hanging wind Duo. Above the waist of the tower is the neck of the tower composed of 13 layers of phase wheels, symbolizing the thirteen days. The open plate cover copper plate on the neck of the tower is 8 pieces, forming a circle, placed according to the direction of the eight trigrams, looking at it from a distance like a hat. At the top of the tower is a wind-milled copper vase that is more than 5 meters high.
The big white pagoda is square and round, thick and thin, beautiful in shape, graceful and luxurious.
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Lucheng original temple Qinglong Tower.
The Qinglong Pagoda of Lucheng Yuanqi Temple was builtNorthern Song DynastyIn the second year of Yuanyou.
The tower is octagonal in plan, with 7 floors and a height of 17 meters. There are brick carved mullioned windows on the east and west sides of the bottom of the tower, and there is a Buddha shrine facing south on the first floor, and the top of the niche is engraved with ".Qinglong Pagoda"Four words. The 1st to 3rd floors of the tower are hollow, and the 3rd floor and above are solid. Each layer has brick carved cornices and bucket arches, the bucket arch style of each layer has changed, the corner part with wing arches, volley eaves and layers of dense bucket arches, in the visual formation of elegant beauty.
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Yongji Pufu Temple Yingying Tower.
Because the Pufu Temple is the place where the love story between Yingying and Zhang Sheng in "The Legend of the West Chamber" takes place, this tower is called "".Warbler Tower
The Yingying Tower is not only simple and elegant in shape, but also famous for its peculiar structure and magical echo effect. Visitors knock on the side of the tower with stones, and the tower will emit a crisp and pleasant ** sound, which is amazing, and Fang Zhi calls it "The sound of the universal toad
The Yingying Tower is a square empty cylinder structure, which is systematialMing DynastyA brick tower with dense eaves that has been rebuilt still retains some of the characteristics and styles of the Tang Tower. It isMing Dynasty dense eaves hollow brick towerTypical representatives.
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Yuncheng rafting Zen Master Tower.
Yuncheng Rafting Zen Master Tower was built inDonIn the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793). The shape of the tower is a circular single layer, the whole body is made of bricks, and is composed of three parts: the tower base, the tower body, and the tower stop. The docking process of the tower body part is superb, and the bricks are almost seamlessly connected with each other, so that the tower body has the effect of stone carving. The upper part of the tower body is as many as 11 layers of stacked astringent eaves, and the eaves of the tower are exquisitely crafted.
The tower is the Tang Dynasty of our countrySingle-storey circular brick towerThe representative works of the tower, the tower body shape is simple, dignified and beautiful, unique in the design and construction of the tower eaves, and has very precious academic value.
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Hongdong Guangsheng Temple Feihong Tower.
Hongdong Guangsheng Temple Feihong Pagoda was built in the sixth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, which is domesticThe largest in existenceThe most completeofMing Dynasty glazed towerAlthough after nearly 500 years of vicissitudes of wind and rain, it is still bright as new, and is called the representative work of Ming Dynasty glazed architecture in our country by experts, and it is one of the treasures of Guangsheng Temple.
Its plane is octagonal, brick tower body, inlaid with yellow, green, blue three-color glazed shrine, bucket arch, lotus petal, coiling dragon, figures, birds and beasts and various floral patterns, the tower body is decorated with gorgeous and colorful, just like the rainbow, so the name is the rainbow tower. Feihong Pagoda is the landmark building of Guangsheng Temple and the architectural soul of Guangsheng Temple.
This article is referenced from:
"The Scroll of History: Ancient Architecture of Shanxi".
"Come to Shanxi to see ancient Chinese architecture".
