Yanqing Temple Pagoda

Yanqing Temple Pagoda is the most complete Northern Song Dynasty original among the pagodas in the south of the Yangtze River.

Stepping into the tower yard, a cobblestone Avenue extends to the bottom of the tower, with lush trees and flowers on both sides. In front is the loft style brick and wood structure of the inclined tower, which has seven levels on six sides and is hollow. Each floor is equipped with a flat ambulatory. The bucket arch tiles are used as double roll heads, and the eaves stretch gently, which is quite Tang style. The iron tower and brake phase wheel are rolled grass pattern, and the curve is smooth. The pagoda of Yanqing temple has experienced more than 1000 years of wind and rain. At present, the pagoda body is inclined. When the ancient pagoda was repaired in the 1980s, the pagoda body of Yanqing temple was inclined by 2 ° 12 ", with an eccentric distance of more than one meter. People call it the leaning Tower of Oriental Pisa. In this way, the ancient pagoda has added another charm.

The first floor of the ancient pagoda is the highest, and the eaves are the widest. The higher you climb the pagoda, the lower the height of each floor and the greater the inclination. It's daunting. The top of the tower is flying in the air, which is full of Li Bai's feeling of "not daring to speak aloud, for fear of frightening people in the sky".

Yanqing Temple Pagoda

Yanqing Temple Pagoda is located in the west suburb of Songyang County, 2km away from Shangfang mountain in the northwest, Yunlong mountain in the northeast and open countryside in the southeast. Song Xianping two years (999) to start construction, five years (1002) completed, according to legend, the pagoda collection relic. The tower is 38.32 meters high, with a pavilion style brick and wood structure. It has seven levels on six sides and is hollow. It can reach the top of the tower. The Dougong tiles are made into double roll heads. The eaves of the mountain are extended and smooth. The iron Tasha phase wheel is made of rolled grass, with smooth curves. The wall of the tower is painted with flying sky, which can be recognized vaguely. "Yanqing Temple Pagoda" was written by Mr. Sha Menghai.

Yanqing Temple Pagoda is the most complete preserved original of the Northern Song Dynasty among the pagodas in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a national key cultural protection unit.

Interior landscape

Setting foot on the Songgu plain, feeling the ancient atmosphere of this land, and tasting the Song Dynasty's solemn praise of "only this peach blossom land, four fortresses have no other worries", I have been one or two kilometers out of the city unconsciously.

Along the way, the rice flowers are fragrant, the autumn wind is cool, the fields are crisscross, and the bamboo trees are sparse. It's just the so-called small bridge and flowing water. It's a beautiful idyllic scenery.

At the foot of the green Yunlong mountain in the west of Songyang City, on the Bank of the green field, at the foot of the green mountain, surrounded by white walls and red eaves, is a millennium old pagoda, which exudes a long history.

This is the famous Yanqing Temple Pagoda. Yanqing Temple Pagoda is worth studying both in history and art.

Compared with the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou, which was completed in 1165, Yanqing Temple Pagoda was 163 years earlier.

The existing brick inscriptions on the pagoda also have the words "in June of the fifth year of alcoholization (AD 994)", which is sufficient to prove that the pagoda belongs to the original of the Northern Song Dynasty and belongs to the Fengsong pagoda of the Tang Dynasty, while the Liuhe pagoda of Hangzhou is the Fengsong pagoda of the Song Dynasty.

Yanqing Temple Pagoda is the most complete Northern Song Dynasty original among the pagodas in the south of the Yangtze River.

According to the records of Songyang county annals, in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo (A.D. 979), Xingda Zen master was ordered to travel westward to China and India, and got 49 pieces of relic in eight parts of the great classics.

After ten years of cold and heat, master Xingda got eight great sutras and 49 relic seeds. He was granted by the imperial court. For this reason, he vowed to build a pagoda to store relic. After various fundraising, the project started in the second year of Xianping (A.D. 999) and was completed in the fifth year of Xianping (A.D. 1002).

Yanqing Temple Pagoda was originally named "Yunlong". Because the pagoda was located in front of Yanqing temple at the foot of Yunlong mountain, it was renamed Yanqing Pagoda in the fourth year of song Jianyan (AD 1130). Stepping into the tower yard, a cobblestone Avenue extends to the bottom of the tower, with lush trees and flowers on both sides.

In front is the loft style brick and wood structure of the inclined tower, which is 38.32 meters high, six sides and seven levels, hollow, and each floor is equipped with a flat cloister; the Dougong tile is used as a double roll head, the eaves stretch gently, which is quite Tang style, and the iron tower brake phase wheel is rolled grass pattern, and the curve is smooth.

The "Yanqing Temple Pagoda" on the eaves plaque of the pagoda body pavilion was written by the famous calligrapher Mr. Sha Menghai. It has extraordinary bearing and adds a bit of grandeur to the ancient pagoda.

Yanqing Temple Pagoda has experienced more than one thousand years of wind and rain baptism. At present, the pagoda body is inclined. When the ancient pagoda was repaired in the 1980s, the pagoda body of Yanqing temple has been inclined by 2 ° 12 ", with an eccentric distance of more than one meter. People call it Oriental Pisa inclined pagoda.

In this way, the ancient pagoda has added another charm, which makes people feel that it is useless to visit without climbing the pagoda

Folklore

Once upon a time, a young man living near stalagmites led his troops against the tyrannical rule of the imperial court and was suppressed by the imperial court.

Later, the younger generation was turned into an immortal by LV Dongbin. Fearing that more people would revolt, the emperor ordered to build a pagoda town nearby.

The pagoda is Yanqing Temple Pagoda. The later generation is honored as "emperor", which is the immortal like the emperor in the temple. The story of "Yanqing Temple Pagoda Town King" has been handed down to this day. Although it is not credible, it is thought-provoking - can the people's "rebellion" be suppressed by pagoda? The white walls and red eaves of the tower yard are antique.

Stepping into the gate of the courtyard, a granite stele stands in the hall. It is like a heavy book, recording the history of Yanqing Temple Pagoda. The origin of the name

In 979 A.D., the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Buddhist monk Xingda was ordered to go to India to learn Buddhist scriptures. After ten years of cold and heat, he won eight great sutras and 49 relic (Buddha's teeth or bones) and was praised by the imperial court.

For this reason, Xingda vowed to build a tower to hide the relics. The project was started in the second year of Xianping (A.D. 999) and completed in the fifth year of Xianping (A.D. 1002). Because it is located at the foot of Yunlong mountain, Wuli west of Songyang County, it was named Yunlong temple at the beginning and Yanqing Temple Pagoda after pagoda.

Address: tasixia village, 3km west of Songyang County, Lijiang City

Longitude: 119.458716

Latitude: 28.453638

Traffic information: there is a bus to Songyang county from 6:30 to 18:30 at Lishui West bus station. Take a taxi to Songyang

Admission information: admission to the park is 5 yuan, and climbing the tower is 10 yuan. In order to protect the ancient tower, climbing the tower is only allowed to the fourth floor

Opening hours: 8:30-17:00

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