Lengyan tower

Tianzhu peak has a Lengyan pagoda, formerly known as Guangming pagoda. It is said that it was built in the Yonghui period of the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in 1934.

Lengyan tower

Lengyan tower, located at the top of Jizu mountain, more than 30 kilometers northwest of Binchuan County, is the second batch of key cultural relics protection units in Dali Prefecture. Jizu mountain is a famous Buddhist holy land in Southeast Asia. It is the intersection of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism, the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, the ashram opened by Sakyamuni's great disciple Rangoon Kaya, and a national scenic spot. It is named for its towering northwest, winding southeast, three branches in the front and one ridge in the back.

geographical position

Located at the top of Jizu mountain, more than 30 kilometers northwest of Binchuan County, Jizu mountain tower is the second batch of state-level key cultural relics protection units in Dali Prefecture. Jizu mountain is a famous Buddhist holy land in Southeast Asia. It is the intersection of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism, the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, the ashram opened by Sakyamuni's great disciple Rangoon Kaya, and a national scenic spot. It is named for its towering northwest, winding southeast, three branches in the front and one ridge in the back.

Introduction to scenic spots

The Lengyan Pagoda in Jizushan is a 13 storey hollow square Pagoda with dense eaves. The height of the pagoda is more than 40 meters. There are seven floors in the pagoda. You can directly climb to the top of the pagoda. The original site of the Lengyan pagoda used to be a bright pagoda built in the Ming Dynasty. "The pagoda is empty inside and straight outside. It has seven square levels, each level is more than ten feet high. It was built seven years before it was completed.". It is a pity that fan Chengxun, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, demolished the bright pagoda during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. In 1929, Long Yun, then president of Yunnan Province, after visiting Jizu mountain, agreed to build the Lengyan pagoda at the original site of Guangming pagoda, which took more than three years to build, becoming the most magnificent cultural landscape of Jizu mountain. During the Anti Japanese War, Lengyan tower used to be an important navigation mark of the hump route in Dali area, which made a unique contribution to the Anti Japanese war. The Lingyan pagoda contains the inscriptions of Yang MENGNAN, Zhou Zhongyue and Longyun, which reflect its profound cultural connotation. Although the Lingyan pagoda was built later, he inherited and developed the tradition and style of Dali pagoda. The construction of the Lingyan pagoda marks that the Dali pagoda, which was once prosperous and lasted for thousands of years, has gone through its glory and gradually entered the historical archives. The building of Lengyan pagoda is majestic and beautiful in appearance. From a distance, it looks like a huge writing style. Standing on the golden top of the famous Buddhist mountain chicken foot mountain, it has become a prominent geographical indication hundreds of miles around the mountains. The whole body of the tower is gray, and its appearance is similar to the Qianxun tower of Chongsheng temple, but its body is more slender. The most special thing is that iron railings are installed around the second level of the tower, and there is a corridor for people to climb and look far away. Under each corridor, there are eight inverted triangle structures supporting it. From a distance, it is like decorating a steady "skirt" for the tower body, which makes the tower modern The smell of architecture. In every season, the Lingyan pagoda changes different scenery on the top of Jizu mountain: flowers bloom in spring, and the tower decorates the azalea camellia; in summer, the tower is like a floating landmark in the sea of clouds; in autumn, the sky is high, and the tower becomes an eye-catching boundary between the blue sky and the green trees; in winter, the tower and Jizu mountain are crystal clear, and the tower becomes indispensable to Jizu mountain It's a perfect part of. Standing under the Lengyan tower and looking up at the top of the tower, the clouds pass rapidly from the sky. Standing between the blue sky, the Lengyan tower makes people feel dazzling and marvel at the charm of ancient Chinese architecture. From the Lengyan pagoda, you can have a panoramic view of Cangshan and Erhai Lake. The mountains are overgrown and verdant. You can see the sunrise in the East, the clouds in the south, Cang'er in the West and Yulong in the north. No wonder Xu Xiake did not return to visit Jizu mountain for several days. As a memento, he exclaimed, "one of the four scenic spots, East Japan, West Sea, South cloud and North snow, is unique at home. Tianzhu peak is one of the four scenic spots in the world. This is not the chief executive of Jizu mountain, but the first one in the sea.". And left the record of "spend New Year's Eve in the depths of Wanfeng, this night is better than thousands of nights in the world". Today, the interior of the tower is no longer open to visitors, and we can't go up to the tower to experience the heroic spirit of our ancestors. However, the adventure brought by the tower and our ancestors' idea of integrating architecture into nature are still shocking and enlightening to us. This pagoda carries the historical memory and people's spiritual sustenance, Still proud to stand in Dali, standing in the south of Caiyun land.

Address: Jizushan scenic spot, Binchuan County, Dali City

Longitude: 100.41000366211

Latitude: 25.936899185181

Tel: 0872-7350488

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