Beidu tower

Thousand Buddha tower

synonym

Beidu tower generally refers to Qianfo tower (Qianfo tower, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province)

Qianfo iron tower is located in Beidu Town, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. There is an inscription on the body of the tower: "in 1590 ad, Du Mao, the eunuch of the southern study, cast it.".

The thousand Buddha iron tower, made of pure iron, is a square plane, with 10 floors, 33 meters high and 3 meters wide. There are windows on each floor, the door faces south, and a ladder is hollow for climbing. The four corner pillars are cast into the statues of King Kong and the top of each floor. Each floor is surrounded by many cast iron Buddhas, so it is called "Thousand Buddha pagoda". The statues of Buddhas are also mixed with exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and monsters, which makes them more exquisite and exquisite.

The thousand Buddha iron tower is well preserved, but the brake is slightly inclined. The tower is the tallest existing tower in China. In addition, there is the thousand Buddha tower in Guangdong.

Current situation of iron tower

The thousand Buddha iron tower is surrounded by the main hall, Tianwang hall, Guanyin hall and dizang hall. The thousand Buddha tower is full of incense, Sanskrit and auspicious images. The Qinglong temple, with its white jade Buddha statues and mahogany niches, is particularly attractive.

Entering today's Qinglong temple, it is especially auspicious to worship Buddha and recite sutras and blessings. Thousands of believers have witnessed the flourishing scene of Buddhist temples. They all call it "the only one in China, rare in the world"! Later, due to the siltation of the river, the port conditions for Laiyi's survival and development were lost, and then it gradually declined into a small market town. Judging from the existing historical sites, Ruiyun nunnery was once known as "three pavilions, seven pagodas, thirteen temples, twenty-two bridges and thirty-six squares".

Around the thousand Buddha tower, there were the footprints of calligrapher Mi Fu, book collector Zhuang Su, water conservancy expert Jia Qin, painter Ren Renfa and statesman Zhang Zifu, as well as famous figures such as Lu You, Fan Zhongyan, Su Shi, brother Su Zhe, Qin Guan, Zhang Xian and Zhao Mengfu. This is also the profound historical accumulation of the prosperity and development of the thousand Buddha tower in the contemporary era, which has created its town style and cultural origin of "embracing all rivers, fashionable and elegant".

During reconstruction

After the opening of Guanyin hall, a grand opening ceremony was held in dizang hall. During this period, the two prefaces were dedicated to the public, chanting sutras and praying for blessings. There is also a grand vision for the reconstruction of the thousand Buddha Tower: the ten thousand Buddha Hall, the Great Buddha Hall, the ancestral hall, and the Mountain Gate archway will be built. After completion, the thousand Buddha tower will be displayed in front of the world with its grand scale, magnificent temple, unique white jade Buddha statue and mahogany niche! Master Guangyun warmly welcomes people from all over the world who have Buddhist affinity to come together to rebuild the millennium old temple, the thousand Buddha iron tower, and build great merits and virtues, so as to achieve both happiness and wisdom. Master Guangyun also warmly welcomes the four disciples and people from all walks of life from all over the world to pay homage to the Buddha in the thousand Buddha tower, travel and sightseeing, and share the solemn victory of the ancient Qinglong Temple: "the light of the Buddha shines every day, surrounded by the Buddha's name all the time.".

All living beings with Buddha's affinity will be able to receive the Buddha's power to add quilt, be healthy in body and mind, be lucky in six seasons, and have a long fortune!

Tourism value

The thousand Buddha tower is attracting more and more tourists, which has played a positive role in promoting the socio-economic and cultural development of Xianyang city. Since 1994, there has been an endless stream of tourists who come here every day to study Buddhism or to travel. They have received countless Dharma learners from many countries in Asia, America and Europe, as well as from all provinces, cities and regions in China, and tourists are even more numerous. Thousand Buddha iron tower, here beautiful scenery, such as forest.

Tang and song poets Wang Bo, Du Fu, Fan Chengda and Qing Dynasty writer Li Diaoyuan all yearn for this place, leaving many famous works for later generations. The thousand Buddha tower is close to the mountain and beside the water. At the foot of the tower, the winding Kaijiang river flows around the temple. Behind the towering mountain top, a fourteen level Ancient Song Dynasty pagoda built of rubble soars into the sky. Along the 186 steps of two meters wide stone terraces to the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of the rich and vast fields and the prosperous and beautiful Zhongjiang City, as well as the cool wind on the mountain, which is enough to make people feel relaxed and happy and forget to return.

Enter the mountain gate, the milky white open-air Buddha in the temple. An antique street with a width of 18 meters and a length of 400 meters leads directly to the color screen wall. On the front of the screen wall, four golden dragons hold the four corners of the sea in relief. In the sea, two powerful golden unicorns protect the huge golden Falun.

Cultural value

Above Falun are eight big red characters of "Amitabha Buddha in the South"; below Falun are "Ruyi wheel Vajra Fazu court" written by master Shi Haikong in seal script; there are two big characters on the left and right of Falun, one is "Xianmi" and the other is "Yuantong", which indicates that the temple is a Taoist temple with both Xianmi and Yuantong. On the back of the screen wall, there is a big word "Fu" in the center. Men, women, old and young who come here will never forget to touch the word "Fu" with their eyes closed. They all hope that the five blessings will come to the door from now on.

The first hall in front of Ruiyun nunnery tower is Tianwang hall. In front of the hall, there are four flower beds, eight green tasong trees and two rows of flourishing Fargesia. There are two powerful and kind stone lions more than two meters high, which give people a special sense of solemnity and quietness. Up the twelve steps, the twelve Chinese zodiac signs on the stone railings on both sides are vivid. Children like the living treasure in the mouth of little lion most. They vie with each other to make it smooth and round. The ingenious layout in front of the heavenly king hall is amazing, and the Buddha statues in the heavenly king hall make you feel more excited.

Maitreya, who laughs heartily, makes you feel more cordial; Weituo Bodhisattva, who is powerful, makes you feel awe struck; the four heavenly kings, who are more than Zhang tall, some hold pipa, some carry sword, some catch earthworm, some catch silver rat, and all step on demons and ghosts. The Buddha statues here, regardless of proportion, shape, color and manner, are exquisite and impeccable. You will be full of praise when you look at them.

Address: Beidu Town, Weicheng District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province

Longitude: 108.73786761218

Latitude: 34.46104842809

Ticket information: 10 yuan

Opening hours: 8:00-17:00

Chinese PinYin : Bei Du Tie Ta