Shousheng Temple Pagoda

National treasure

Shousheng Temple Pagoda

Shousheng Temple Pagoda, a national key cultural relic protection unit. The tower is located in Gaoxian Township, Taikang County, Henan Province, about 300 meters northeast of the township government. The tower is 28.3 meters high, with a solid ash mouth, a hexagonal plane and a Baozhu Tasha on it. The pagoda is decorated with 211 stone Buddha statues and 14 stone tablets, which is of certain value to the study of Ming Dynasty painting and carving art.

scenic spot

Shousheng Temple Pagoda, a national key cultural relic protection unit. The tower is located in Gaoxian Township, Taikang County, Henan Province, about 300 meters northeast of the township government. It is 41.5 meters high and its plane is hexagonal. According to the four lines on the lintel of the first level tower, "in the second year of Ming Dynasty, on March 1, when Bingyin was buried, when Wuyin was buried, the master monk of the courtyard built the monument tower of merit and virtue." According to the inscriptions, the pagoda should have been built in 1033, the second year of Dao in song and Ming Dynasties. Each side of the tower base is 4.2 meters long. Inside the tower, there is a winding Tower Road, which can climb to the top of the tower step by step. From the bottom to the top of the tower, the tower gradually converges into a hexagonal pyramid shape. The top of the tower is made of cast iron and looks like a gourd, which makes the top of the tower get the most perfect embellishment and gives people a sense of straightness and beauty. The size of the eaves is natural and appropriate, which not only protects the tower wall from snow and rain, but also gives the tower beautiful decoration. It looks solemn and formal, and has no inflexible feeling.

The tower has a long history and unique architectural style. Its complete existence provides rare material evidence for the study of the spread of Buddhism in the hinterland of the Central Plains in the Song Dynasty. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, it has been repeatedly attacked by wars and natural disasters, and stands erect without inclination, especially showing the high level of architectural art and design science. It is a treasure for the study of temple and tower architecture in Song Dynasty.

structure

According to local legend, this pagoda was built by the Hou family. Later, because of the depression of the Hou family, it became a public pagoda. There are still people surnamed Hou living nearby. It is said that only people surnamed hou can climb to the top of the pagoda with bare hands. In addition, because the pagoda is 41.5 meters high, there are also local sayings of "Gao Xian pagoda" and "kan 18 Li" (local people call it "Gao Xian pagoda", meaning "can see 18 Li")

There are 16 stone tablets and 216 stone Buddha statues in the center of the pagoda, which are treasures of Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are Ziyang tomb, a county-level cultural relic protection unit, Yuhuangge site, which belongs to Erlitou cultural site, and Qibu Sanyan well, which has a beautiful legend.

The renovation of the pagoda, the existence of precious cultural relics in the pagoda, the legend of repairing the pagoda and the iron bell under the original pagoda, as well as the scale of the original temple and the grand occasion of Buddhism constitute the extremely rich cultural connotation of this scenic spot.

Address: near 016 Township Road, Wanrong County, Yuncheng City

Longitude: 110.695666

Latitude: 34.700658

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