MiaoTong tower

MiaoTong tower

MiaoTong pagoda and yueta are called "sister pagoda" together. They were built in 1123, the first year of emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. They were used for the relic of master MiaoTong and the golden coffin. After the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were destroyed in the civil war in 1948. They were rebuilt in September 2001. The pagoda is octagonal. It is 68.88 meters high. It has 7 floors above the ground and 1 floor underground. The total construction area is 1719 square meters.

Historical evolution

Myth of ancient pagoda -- the legendary relationship between Reclining Buddha and song emperors in the two dynasties.

MiaoTong tower was built in the first year of emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty (1023).

The annals of Anton county (Lianshui was called Anton in ancient times) of Kangxi recorded: "Nengren temple was built in the first year of Tiansheng of Song Dynasty. It was formerly known as Chengtian temple, which was the place where Lou Daoists pursued Taoism. Among the auspicious talismans, he was granted the Nengren temple, the pagoda was called MiaoTong, and the Buddhist relic was hidden. Yongzheng's Anton county annals records: "MiaoTong pagoda was built in Nengren Temple by Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. It is said that it was built by Lu Ban. The seven levels of futu are all made of brick and stone. There are no inch wooden pillars inside. The Yellow River is like a line on the top of the mountain. It is bright and shining for tens of miles. Men and women can see it far and near. It's also a miracle of zhenfalin.

Liaoshu language in ancient Lianshui County annals casts a mysterious color on MiaoTong tower and leaves many doubts.

"Chi" was built under the emperor's order. Who is the reclining Buddha? Why is song Renzong

When he ascended the throne, he built a pagoda for him. Was the MiaoTong pagoda really built by Luban? Why did the pagoda shine?

Folklore

A magic story of Lianshui folk

It is said that Zhao Heng, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, had a son only after he was over 40 years old, that is, Zhao Zhen, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. After the birth of the crown prince, he cried day and night, and many famous doctors were helpless. In desperation, song Zhenzong posted a list of articles to the whole country, offering a reward for able-bodied people to cure the crown prince. At that time, Lou Shoujian, a local monk called Reclining Buddha, had a high moral in Chengtian temple. Hearing the announcement, he rushed to the capital, went to the palace, took over the crown prince, raised his hand and hit him on the buttocks. He said: "don't cry, don't cry, just laugh; don't cry, Wenqu, Wuqu." At about forty, Zhenzong and the Emperor

Later, however, when he stopped him, the reclining Buddha sighed: "it's been forty years in power!" that is to say, Renzong had Wenqu Bao Zheng and Wuqu Di Qing Fu Bi, who slapped him on the throne for one year, and the consequences were as the reclining Buddha said. When Renzong ascended the throne, the reclining Buddha had already passed away. Song Renzong, who often heard his mother talk about this magical experience, changed Chengtian temple to Nengren temple at the beginning of his accession to the throne in order to express his memory of the reclining Buddha. MiaoTong pagoda was also called Nengren pagoda because it was built in Nengren temple to mourn the reclining Buddha's miraculous power and Magic. Although the legend has no way to investigate, MiaoTong tower was built in the first year of Tiansheng, and it was indeed built by Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. This has been confirmed by the later open shoulder MiaoTong tower underground palace "the imperial edict granted chengtianyuan tower building record". This is a later story.

Whether the MiaoTong tower was built by Luban himself is another mystery. According to the old man in Liancheng, the tower has seven stories and is more than ten feet high. All of them are made of bricks and stones, but there is not a single piece of wood. On the bottom floor, there is a door facing north. You can pick up the bluestone level to the fourth floor when you enter the tower. The outer wall of the bottom four floors is about 1 meter wide away from the tower center. The tower center is in the shape of a square column. Every floor is built with bricks and stones to form the same spacing as the floor, and each floor has doors in different directions. The fourth layer is solid and hollow, without stone steps. If you want to climb the fifth floor, you need to put a ladder on the fourth floor to get through the entrance of the fifth floor. From the fifth floor to the top of the tower, you have to go up from the small spiral meridians less than two feet wide outside the tower (the sixth floor has a door to enter the tower). The top of the tower is a round plane with a diameter of about 12 meters. It is made of smooth alunite with a height of about 20 cm and the same size as a household eight immortals table. On it is a copper roof with a flower drum style and a height of about 60 cm. It is called "light in between, shining for tens of miles". Later, it was looted by the Japanese army who occupied Liancheng. There is a 2-foot-long tile knife handle in the southeast corner of the tower top. Although it can be shaken, it can't be taken. It is said that it is the relic left by Luban after he built the tower. However, Lu Ban was born in the spring and Autumn period, so it was impossible for Lu Ban to make it. According to the analysis of the industry, "tile knife handle" is actually the lightning protection of the pagoda. However, MiaoTong pagoda has its own originality, not only because of its exquisite internal structure, but also because people can climb the top of the pagoda. This is the unique difference between MiaoTong pagoda and other ancient pagodas, which is rare in China.

The central pillar of Liancheng is half the sky, and the dawn and dusk lock thousands of cigarettes. Up to now, we can still appreciate the divine beauty of MiaoTong pagoda from ancient poems——

"When the acupoints are blocked, the waves are filled with purple smoke, and the palaces of the Vatican King connect with the heavens. The river and sea water flow in the cup, and the bright moon lights hang in the bucket. " Ji Gang wrote his lofty bearing;

"The tower is high, but there is no sky. On the tower, there is the eclosic immortal. The weaver girl's machine sound is outside the threshold, and the moon and osmanthus shadow is in front of the window. " Yuan Qing wrote about the tranquility of his miraculous spirit;

"The ancient pagoda is towering and stands on the sea for thousands of years. Try to climb to the top with high hope, a line of Yellow River near the temple flow Zhang Hongru integrated his lofty and mysterious into one;

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The seven level floating slaughters are worshipped by all ages. It should be said that MiaoTong tower is not only one of the scenic spots in the ancient land of Northern Jiangsu since ancient times, but also the pride and symbol of Lianshui.

Su Yu and Zhang lingfu's "fighting method"

Lianshui County is located in the hinterland of Northern Jiangsu Province, about 30km northeast of Huaiyin (now Huai'an) and Huai'an (now Huai'an District), "bordering Bohai Sea in the East, Shuhe River in the west, Sanlian around the north, changhuaijin front". It was the entrance of Huaihe River, with an important geographical location, "not the throat of Huaiyang, but also the gateway of Qilu", so it was a place for military strategists in all dynasties.

In 1946, after the civil war broke out, the Kuomintang troops invaded the liberated areas of Jiangsu and Anhui frantically. After the capture of Lianghuai in September, with more than 30000 troops from four brigades, all of the 74th division and one of the 28th division, they rushed to Lianshui County, a strategic place in Northern Jiangsu, in an attempt to occupy Lianshui, cut off the links between the two liberated areas of central China and Shandong, and eliminate the main force of our central China Field Army. The enemy's attack on Liancheng was originally planned to be dominated by 28 divisions and a regiment of 74 divisions

Zhang lingfu, the arrogant and domineering commander of the 74th division, took the pride of conquering the Huaihe River and Huaihe River. He volunteered to Chiang Kai Shek to attack Lianshui alone, so Zhang lingfu took the lead. Zhang complacently announced: "in October, I'll lay down Lianshui and go back to Nanjing to have a rest."

In order to reverse the situation of being defeated after the fall of the two Huaihe rivers and attack the arrogance of the enemy forces, the central China Field Army, under the personal command of Su Yu, deputy commander of the central China military region and commander of the central China Field Army, gathered about 40000 troops from 28 regiments to defend Liancheng and Lianshui, according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission that "we must win in the first battle".

One side is the Nanjing garrison, the capital of the Kuomintang, which is known as the "ace army", "the Imperial Army" and the ace 74 division, one of the five main forces of the Kuomintang. On the one hand, the central China Field Army of the New Fourth Army, which ran to the West in the Middle East and to the north and South in the war of resistance against Japan, made the enemy afraid.

Autumn night is boundless. The ancient Lianshui city is quiet, and so are the tile roofed houses and bamboo fenced cottages outside the city. MiaoTong tower on the southwest corner of the city is also quiet, but it stands tall in the cold wind.

After seven battles and seven victories in the middle of the Soviet Union, the soldiers quietly watched the long dyke of the ancient Yellow River with Eagle like sharp eyes.

In the early hours of the morning, the gun rang. The battle of Lianshui, a famous historic decisive battle at home and abroad, began.

"From dawn to dusk, there are 10, 20 and 30 airplanes hovering and roaring over Lianshui city and its four dramas Houses, trees, flowers, everything on the earth is shaking. "

Wu Qiang, a military writer who has witnessed the battle of Lianshui, describes the scene of the war at the beginning of his famous novel the red sun.

Under the cover of strong artillery and tanks, the enemy's infantry came and charged towards our army.

"Bang! Bang! Peng!"

"Dada dada..."

The guns, machine guns, rifles and Tom's guns of the New Fourth Army roared! They made a sound like boiling porridge and opened fire on the enemy.

In the process of running forward, groups of enemies fell one after another in response to the sound of gunfire. Down on the road, down on the banks of the ancient Yellow River, down on the reed beach ．

One attack is smashed, another attack, another charge. Attack again, charge again, smash again. Another group of officers and soldiers fell down one after another on the levee, on the road, on the reed beach, and found their graves

From 19 October to 1 January, the fighting lasted 14 days and nights. The 6th and 1st divisions, the 9th, lo and L1 columns of the central China Field Army, and the pidingjun brigade, who broke through from the Central Plains, cooperated closely with each other, and with the strong support of the people in Lianshui, through bloody battles, they annihilated more than 90 people from the enemy's 74 divisions and other departments, and achieved a major victory in the battle of protecting the health in Lianshui. In the solemn and stirring battle of "Tianshi meets Xi Weiling and fury, Yansha completely abandons Xi wilderness", 1 l vertical

The 15 regiment and the 13 regiment successively set up several heavy and heavy machine guns on MiaoTong tower, the commanding point of the whole city. Facing the vast open area by the ancient Yellow River, they killed the 74 division in the frontal attack. With the cooperation of the ground forces, they shot down and injured one US made Chiang Kai Shek B29 bomber each, which was the foundation for winning the battle of Lianshui

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