Changwen tower

Changwen tower is located in Meizhi mountain (also known as Ma'anshan) behind Huihua temple, Anwen Town, Pan'an County. It was built in June of the year of Dingwei (1607 A.D.) in Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. It still stands upright after many vicissitudes. At that time, the construction fund was raised by the surname Chen of Anwen. It was a Fengshui tower, which meant to make Anwen prosperous, so it was named "Changwen". Now it is a key cultural relic protection unit in the county.

The tower is 43.68m high, 24.68m in circumference and 1.5m in wall thickness. It is a hollow brick tower with seven storeys of hexagonal shape. It is built with stones, walls with special green bricks, joints with lime and painted with lime. There are sandalwood between each floor, and the upper floor is paved, and the top floor can be reached by circling along the stairs. The outer wall between the second floor of the tower is made of water caltrop teeth, and the eaves are folded with bricks. The eaves angle is upward, and the shape is magnificent. There are three arched windows on each floor for visitors. An iron gourd is set at the top of the tower, and a dragon fork is inserted at the top to stabilize the wind and protect the lightning. Climbing the tower, you can have a panoramic view of Duxiu, Huatai, Luofeng and Xishan. Overlooking the banks of Wenxi River, you can see a myriad of tall buildings.

Chen Shifang, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, wrote in his poem Dengchang Wenta: "if you want to be fascinated by the hurdles, you can see that thousands of hectares of wheat in the plain are beginning to rise. Towering suddenly feel the sky near, the law also police all low. Looking back at Ling Duxiu from afar, we can see that the high standard is far away from Shuangxi. The spirit of the earth should surround the outstanding people, and the sky should be purple and glorious.

Changwen tower

Changwen pagoda is located on the back of Ma'anshan mountain, one kilometer northwest of Anwen Town, near Wenxi River and by mountains and rivers. Built in June of the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1607) and completed in December of the 38th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1610), it is a landmark historical building in Pan'an County. Changwen pagoda has a history of 397 years and is now a provincial cultural protection unit.

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Changwen tower (provincial cultural relic protection unit)

Ming Dynasty

Time of publication: March 16, 2005

Changwen tower is a hollow brick tower with six sides and seven floors, 41.68 meters high, which was built by the Chen family of Anwen. The base of the tower is single-layer, built with stones. On the top of the tower, there are compound bowls, phase wheels and treasure bottles. On the treasure bottles, there are inscriptions on the date when the tower was built and the donors. The outer wall between the second floor of the tower is made of water caltrop teeth, and the eaves are folded with bricks. Sandalwood is set up between the layers, and wooden boards are laid on the top, which can spiral up the stairs. Three arched door openings are set up at the edge of each layer for visitors to jump. Climbing the tower, you can have a panoramic view of Duxiu Peak, Huatai mountain, Hailuo mountain and meizhiling. At that time, Guo yi'e, the magistrate of Jiangyang County, once wrote the tale of Changwen pagoda, which explained that the meaning of building the pagoda was to "gather the spirit of mountains and rivers" and "open the brilliance of brilliance". He hoped that "zhuzijin could introduce the front and the back, and set up his site to the sky, so that Changwen could be well-known in his family and spread its light in the Yi script", which made Anwen prosperous, so it was named "Changwen".

Address: Meizhi mountain, Tashan Road, Anwen Town, Pan'an County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province

Longitude: 120.435988

Latitude: 29.06476

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