Molfo tower

About 30 kilometers northeast of Kashgar City, on a sand dune in the middle of humatale mountains. It is a first-class ancient Buddhist building site. It was built in the Tang Dynasty. It has a history of more than 1000 years. Mohr, also translated as "mo re Dun", means "flue" and "chimney" in Uyghur language. It got its name because the local people mistook it for ancient beacon when it came to power. There are two existing pagodas, one of which is located in the southeast with square seat, round waist and covered bowl top. The length and width of the lowest floor of the base are 12.3m and 8.4m respectively. The body of the tower is cylindrical, 2 meters high; the upper part of the tower is the top of the hemispherical cladding, with a height of 12.8 meters from the base to the top. The tower is built with square and trapezoidal Adobe made of grass mud, hollow. The other pagoda is a bucket shaped Pagoda with a bottom side length of 25 meters, a width of 23.6 meters, a flat top, a top remnant length of 14.20 meters, a remnant width of 12.50 meters, and a tower height of 7 meters. There are traces of niches on the front and two sides of the pagoda, which are the remains of the statue of Buddha. There are remnants of the palace under the tower, which seems to have been destroyed by war. It is believed that the pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty. The tower is composed of an Oval Earth Tower and a high platform. The Oval Earth pagoda is hollow, with a height of more than 12 meters. There are three square seats under it. It is built with large adobe. The huge platform next to the earth pagoda is the central building here, which is specially used for offering Buddha. The Buddha statues in the wall niche have disappeared because of years of peeling off, but the traces of the niche are still indistinct.

Molfo tower

Located about 30 kilometers northeast of Kashgar City, molfo pagoda is an ancient Buddhist relic. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1000 years. The tower is composed of an Oval Earth Tower and a high platform. The Oval Earth pagoda is hollow, with a height of more than 12 meters. There are three square seats under it. It is built with large adobe. The huge platform next to the earth pagoda is the central building here, which is specially used for offering Buddha. The Buddha statues in the wall niche have disappeared because of years of peeling off, but the traces of the niche are still indistinct.

Architectural features

Located about 30 kilometers northeast of Kashgar City, molfo pagoda is an ancient Buddhist relic. It was built in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1000 years. The tower is composed of an Oval Earth Tower and a high platform. The Oval Earth Tower is hollow, with a height of more than 12 meters. There are three square seats under it, with large adobe

The huge platform next to the earth pagoda is the central building here. It is specially used for offering sacrifices to Buddha. The Buddha statues in the niches on the wall have disappeared due to years of peeling off, but the traces of the niches are still indistinct.

history

The tower has always been mistaken for an ancient beacon tower by local residents, so it is also called "moredun", which means flue. The pagoda is backed by the ancient matag mountain and faces the chakmak River, on a sand dune about 30 km northeast of Kashgar City. Founded in the Tang Dynasty, it has a history of more than 1000 years. With a height of about 13 meters, it is one of the relics of ancient Buddhist temples. It consists of an oval tower body and a high platform covered with a bucket. The tower body is made of square and trapezoidal Adobe from wheat straw and loess. It has three square seats, one smaller than the other. On the third floor square seat is a cylindrical "waist", on which there is a large oval top. The tower is hollow, and the climbing footwell can be seen on the top. There is a round hole on the top. Next to the tower, there is a huge platform, such as an inverted Big Dipper, with a big bottom and a small top. The bottom is 25 meters long and 23.6 meters wide; the top is 14.2 meters long and 12.5 meters wide; the platform is 7 meters tall. It is the central building of this group of Buddhist temples, which is specially used to serve the Buddha. Although the Buddha statues in the niches on the walls of the temple have disappeared, the traces of the niches for the Buddha are still indistinct. There is a group of monk house ruins in the southeast of molfo pagoda. On the sand below the slope, there is a row of ancient Karez, about 1 km long, which is the water source for the monks of that year. After Islam was officially introduced into Kashgar in the early 10th century, the temple of morfota disappeared in the war.

Address: about 30 km northeast of Kashgar

Longitude: 76.084546

Latitude: 39.574055

Chinese PinYin : Mo Er Fo Ta