Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang

Liangxiang Dongguan outside a hill, red rock for ochre "liaoshigang.". Duobao pagoda stands on it. Liangxiang Duobao pagoda, commonly known as Liangxiang pagoda, was built on liaoshigang in the northeast of Liangxiang Township in Fangshan District in the Liao Dynasty. Its tower is 36 meters high, five story octagonal, with stairs inside. It is a pavilion type hollow brick tower. The tower is octagonal, about 36 meters high, with five levels of hollow Pavilion. The first floor of the pagoda is tall and tall. There are doors in the southeast, northwest and northwest. The other four sides are open with vertical lattice windows. Under the eaves, there are brick arches and ladders to climb. The existing pagoda was built in Liao Dynasty. There used to be a temple in front of the pagoda, but there is no temple now. The original niches on the four sides have been destroyed. Climbing the tower, you can see Beijing City in the north and Zhuozhou City in the south. Now it is the only Pavilion style tower in Beijing, also known as Haotian tower, which has been renovated.

Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang

Liangxiang Duobao pagoda, commonly known as Liangxiang pagoda, also known as Haotian pagoda, is located in liaoshigang (in Haotian Park) near Dongguan village, Gongchen street, Fangshan District, Beijing. The pagoda was built in 1068, the fourth year of Xianyong reign of Liao Dynasty.

Liangxiang Duobao pagoda, facing south from north, is octagonal with a height of about 36 meters. It is a five level hollow Pavilion. The south, East, North and west sides of each floor have an arched door opening, and the other four sides are carved with straight edged false windows of Liao Dynasty style. There are brick stairs inside the tower, which can spiral up to the top of the tower. Below the Tasha is a xumizuo. On the xumizuo are eight large brick lotus petals. In the middle of the lotus petals are two circular stacked brake bodies with jewels on them.

In 2013, Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

Historical evolution

Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang was first built in the Sui Dynasty, along with a Faxiang temple. The tower was renovated in the Tang Dynasty. Later the temple was destroyed, but the tower survived. The existing tower was rebuilt in 1068.

In front of the Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang, there was a 3-meter-high tie Jie Yin Buddha, but it didn't exist. After the completion of the tower, there were many repairs in the past dynasties.

In 1901, Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang was destroyed by the Allied forces of eight countries. All the original Buddha statues in the arches of the pagoda were destroyed.

During the "Cultural Revolution" period, the statues were seriously damaged and now there is no existence.

In 1984 and 1997, Beijing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics invested 16.2 million yuan to renovate Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang and its surrounding environment, repainted the pagoda, added colored lights and ground lamps to the pagoda, built Haotian lake and Wangliang Pavilion, Yongquan Pavilion, Mingzhong Pavilion, Wangliang West Pavilion, built quiet maple forest and lovers forest, opened forest paths, and restored the steal bone cave , jiaozan tomb in Mengliang, Tiefo hall.

In 1997, the former Liangxiang District Office invested 30 million yuan to build Haotian park. The construction project includes rebuilding the climbing steps of Haotian tower, adding railings to the hole of the tower, repainting the wall of the tower, adding colored lights and floor lights to the body of the tower, adding railings to the main tower, greening and beautifying the surrounding area, building walls, parking lots, tourist toilets and other infrastructure.

Architectural features

structure

Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang is a hollow brick Pagoda with five levels of pavilions and imitation wood structure. It is 36 meters high and octagonal in plane. The tower base is octagonal inverted rosette type, with convex and concave line corners and decorative patterns. This kind of Buddha base is a kind of platform base of traditional architecture in China. It supports the tower. The height of each layer is different. The bottom layer is high and wide. The perimeter of the tower base is 48 meters, and the diameter is 6.3 meters. It shrinks upward layer by layer, and the harvest is obvious. The waist is carved with flowers, animal heads and other patterns. The patterns are all composed of a single decoration, with two layers, eight on each side, and a total of 64. The lines of the pattern are clear. Its East, West, South and north sides have ticket doors, and the other four sides are square solid lattice windows. There is a foot high eaves between each layer outside the tower. Under the eaves, there is a hidden Dougong. The Dougong is carved with bricks. Inside the tower, there are stairs circling up. The pagoda is surrounded by niches and statues, which have been damaged. Tasha is the highest point of the whole pagoda. It is the decoration on the top of the pagoda, namely phase wheel. It is composed of several huge brick lotus petals and the top jewels.

characteristic

Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang faces south. There is an arched gate opening on the south, East, North and west sides of each pavilion. The other four sides are carved with straight edged false windows of Liao Dynasty style. There are brick stairs inside the tower, which can spiral up to the top of the tower.

Cultural relics

Research value

Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang is a five story hollow brick Pagoda with one Pavilion style, which is the only complete Pavilion style Pagoda in Beijing. It provides material materials for the study of the spread of Buddhism in Fangshan area in Liao Dynasty and the style of pagoda.

protective measures

In 1979, Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang (named Haotian Pagoda in Liangxiang at that time) was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Beijing, and was renovated.

In 2013, Duobao Pagoda in Liangxiang was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

History and culture

Arts and culture

Liaogang is like a belt in the east of the city, with its ancient pagoda towering in the blue sky. Seven Hibiscus standard Phoenix sentence, Millennium relic wine dragon palace. To the north, we look at the Fengyun meeting of the Han que, and to the south, we look at the rain and dew of the Zhou Yuan. In the Sui Dynasty, Fu Tu, a famous figure, came here to recall his former achievements. ——Guo bingcong's poems in Qing Dynasty

In autumn, the mountains are dripping with green fog, and people outside the city have trees in the city. Bai AI rushed to the Red Pavilion together, which was the place where the horseshoe left. There are several villages in the ruins, and the ripples of the moon are washed away from the cliffs. Ten roads and nine jackals and tigers in the countryside, where to go? When the bird flies away, the clouds will be calm? ——< I Yuan Hongdao

Legends and anecdotes

Tang dynasty

Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, led his army to Korea. He passed Liangxiang on the way. He once camped in liaoshigang, where Haotian pagoda is located. ——< I folklore < / I

Song dynasty

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Gan, the general of Youzhou, sent troops under the Haotian tower to challenge the song army, beat drums and thunder, and launched a large-scale attack. ——History of the Song Dynasty

After Yang Jiye died for Song Dynasty, his bones were stored in Haotian tower by Liao army. Yang LIULANG took Meng Liang and Jiao Zan as the bones of the robbers and set fire to Haotian temple. ——< I "Meng Liang steal bone"

Pan Renmei introduced to Emperor Taizong that Haotian temple was better than Wutai and suggested to visit. "Haotian temple is in Youzhou, bordering on empress Xiao. If the people of Liao knew it, would it not be self inflicted? " The romance of the Yang family

Jin Dynasty

Hailing king sought power and usurped the throne, killed his brother jinxizong and established himself as emperor. Before he planned to usurp the throne, he went to the mountain temple in front of Haotian pagoda to cast a jade pendant. After usurping the throne, Liao Shigang God was granted the title of King Lingying. ——< I history of the Jin Dynasty

Tourism information

address

Duobao pagoda is located in Haotian Park, Dongguan village, Gongchen street, Fangshan District, Beijing.

traffic

From the exit of Liangxiang airport on Beijing Hong Kong Macao expressway, drive south along Gongchen street and east along Beiguan East Road. After ten minutes, you can get to Duobao pagoda (Haotian Park) in Liangxiang

Opening Hours

09:00-17:00

Ticket Price

5 yuan

Address: liaoshigang, Liangxiang Township, Fangshan District, Beijing

Longitude: 116.156054

Latitude: 39.71575

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