Rita

Rita

The LITA on the town of litahui (now Shihudang town) in Songjiang, also known as the ritual pagoda, was first built at an unknown time. According to Li TA Yan Shou temple and Li TA re construction, there are two versions of Li TA's name. Li Tower is a brick and wood structure of seven square tower, about 33 meters high, the original tower wooden ladder, can be up.

name

The LITA on the town of litahui (now Shihudang town) in Songjiang, also known as the ritual pagoda, was first built at an unknown time. According to the records of Li TA Yanshou Temple written by the Qing Dynasty, Li TA was built in the early Tang Dynasty. Li Ming, the 14th son of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, once served as the governor of Suzhou, so it was called Li TA. There is another saying that the tower was built by Li Ming, king of Cao, so it is named. In addition, there is another saying that there is a stele in the tower named "rebuilding Li TA Ji", which is homonymous with Li Li, so it is erroneous. Later research shows that the style of the pagoda is close to that of the Song Dynasty, and there is a pagoda first and then a temple, which adds a fog of historical research to the ancient pagoda. In 1213, the sixth year of Jiading reign of ningzong in the Southern Song Dynasty, a monk founded Chengan. Later, in 1265-1274, Chengan was changed to Yanshou temple,

brief introduction

Li Tower is a brick and wood structure of seven square tower, about 33 meters high, the original tower wooden ladder, can be up. There are 200 Buddha sculptures with different shapes on the wall outside the door of each layer. On the stone pillars and bricks, the name of the donor can be seen. In 1997, under the leadership of the county government and the joint funding of the Municipal Commission of cultural administration, the renovation was completed.

legend

According to legend, there are two classmates in Songjiang Prefecture. One is Wang Yuanwai, and the other is Yao Yuanwai. They became friends with each other. They were proud of their official career and became officials in the capital. Later, they returned home.

Wang Yuanwai has only one daughter with outstanding appearance. Yao Yuanwai's son is brilliant. Miss Wang and Mr. Yao have been decided by their parents since childhood. They have been married for a hundred years. They are also brothers and sisters. They are childhood friends and have no guess. Later, Yao's parents both died of illness, and his family was in a state of decline. His close relatives and friends also avoided Yao's family. As usual, they were crowded, and suddenly they were left out in the cold. Wang yuanwainian took Mr. Yao back to his family for his father's sake. However, he was greatly displeased. He tried every means to find a chance to remarry and mistreated Mr. Yao everywhere. It's really a cold world and a thin human relationship. Miss Wang is a coward by nature, leaving her father alone. She has a servant girl, maid Li, but she is a girl with profound righteousness.

In the twinkling of an eye, in the year of Dabi, in order to go to Beijing for the exam, Mr. Yao endured the humiliation and told his father-in-law that he wanted to go to Beijing for the exam, and hoped that he would help solve the problems and expenses of going to Beijing. Unexpectedly, when Wang Yuanwai heard this, he was full of displeasure. Instead of giving him nothing, he ridiculed him. In his anger, Wang Yuanwai immediately refused to accept the marriage. He agreed to cancel the engagement, wrote a letter of divorce on the spot, and left the Wang family angrily. Besides, when Li Yahuan learned about this, she was surprised and deeply sympathized with Mr. Yao's experience. She hid from the Wang family and chased Mr. Yao to stay. She took Mr. Yao back to her home and comforted her with soft words. Her mother and daughter depended on each other, but she also regarded Mr. Yao as her own family. Mr. Yao helped to do some housework at the same time Three years later, Miss Li learned that Yao Gongyu was going to Beijing for another exam. Miss Li saw each other off all the way. On the way, they poured out their love and gave each other things they had promised each other. For a moment, they could not give up. After taking leave of Li's mother and daughter, Mr. Yao went to Beijing for an examination. Sanyuan and his younger brother won the gold medal, which caused a sensation in the whole capital. All the civil and military officials congratulated him. Even the emperor was amazed, but the emperor no longer had a princess. Some of the generals who had daughters all tried to marry them to him, but Yao Zhuangyuan politely refused one by one. The emperor learned that he would not lose his wife and would like to match with a poor woman. After that, he was even more impressed. So he gave the imperial edict to allow him to get his wife back and get married in Beijing. Yao Zhuangyuan immediately sent people to Songjiang mansion. Wang Yuanwai knew that Mr. Yao had won the number one prize in the examination, so he used a transfer scheme to secretly murder Miss Li, tear up the divorce certificate and send his daughter to the capital. As soon as Miss Wang came to the capital to meet with Mr. Yao, Mr. Yao was so silly: How did Miss Li change to Miss Wang. There must be something wrong. Miss Wang is also muddled. Why is young master Yao so cold, but it's hard to ask in detail. Yao Zhuangyuan settled Miss Wang first, and then sent someone to Songjiang mansion to find out the cause and effect of the matter. The wedding date was just around the corner. Yao Zhuangyuan was very anxious. After all the visits were clear, it was the day before the wedding date. Yao Zhuangyuan was very sad to learn that Miss Li had been killed by councillor Wang. That night, he wrote a memorial.

On this day, the emperor went to the Zhuangyuan mansion to marry Yao Zhuangyuan. But when Yao Zhuangyuan called for injustice in the court, the emperor was shocked. He lowered his face and yelled, "who's calling for injustice?" "Yao Zhuangyuan knelt down on the hall steps and handed over the memorial with both hands. The emperor took it over. In a rage, Long Yan immediately sent down the imperial edict to the officials of the Ministry of official affairs to investigate the case in Songjiang Prefecture. The case of Li Yahuan was finally found out, and Wang Yuanwai was convicted of death. Yao Zhuangyuan, after thanking the emperor, asked for leave to go back to Songjiang mansion, went to the place where Li was killed and died, and built a tower for Li, named "Li Tower", to show his nostalgia for Li. The emperor was deeply moved by this, so he inscribed a plaque with the word "Li Tower" on it.

When Miss Wang learned that her parents cheated the poor and loved the rich and murdered Li Yahuan, she also killed herself in anger.

history

Li Tower is also called Li Tower, Xing tower and Li Ming tower.

In Shanghai Songjiang District Huangpu River upstream horizontal Liaojing bank litahui township (town). It is said that it was built by Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, when Li Ming, king of Cao, was appointed governor of Suzhou, so it is named. There was no temple when the pagoda was built. In 1213 A.D., a monk came to Songjiang from Dingmei. With the help of the local surname Qian Shebao, he built a small temple called Chengan. During the reign of Xianchun (1265-1274), it was renamed yanshouyuan. The tower, with seven floors and four sides, inherits the style of the Tang Dynasty. It is more than 30 meters high and is of brick and wood structure. The shape is similar to the square tower. Around the body of the pagoda, there are about 200 brick Buddha statues of different sizes. The name of the benefactor is engraved on the four corner stone pillars at the bottom, and the name of the benefactor is also inscribed on the bricks of the tower. The internal stairs and seats of the tower have been destroyed, and the external eaves and railings have also been seriously damaged. According to the Song Jiang Fu Zhi of Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty, which quoted Huang Zhijun's Yan Shou Yuan Ji, it is said that Cao Wang Ming, the son of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was the governor of Suzhou, so his surname was Qita. Gaeta precedes Yuanyun. " It was renovated and rebuilt in Song Dynasty. During the yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was overhauled many times.

present situation

Today's cunta is basically Song Dynasty architecture. Li Tower is a brick and wood structure of seven square tower, about 33 meters high, the original tower wooden ladder, can be up. There are 200 Buddha sculptures with different shapes on the wall outside the door of each layer. On the stone pillars and bricks, the name of the donor can be seen. In 1997, under the leadership of the county government and the joint funding of the Municipal Commission of cultural administration, the renovation was completed. Li Tower is of brick and wood structure, with a square plane, seven stories and pavilion style. It is similar to the xingshengjiao temple tower in Songjiang built in the early Song Dynasty, with brick body. The brick joints are made of yellow mud and white ash, and each layer has a nanmu lintel. A wooden beam is set on the pot door, and there is a tower core wood. On the sixth floor, it is supported by three wooden beams, and each floor is surrounded by a pot door,

structure

Can be outside flat seat. The first floor is the "wall inside analysis type", which is the same as the square tower. There is no escalator. You have to climb from the gallery to the second floor through the brick steps in the brick body. From the second floor to the seventh floor, it is empty and simple, with wooden boards and escalators in the interior. The structure of the pagoda is song style, and the date of its construction has not been studied in detail. However, it is estimated that it was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D.), not the Tang tower. Li Tower, also known as Li Tower, is said to have a stele inscribed with the inscription "rebuilding Li Tower". It is possible that Li and Li are mixed. There are stone Buddha statues on the walls of each layer, and many of them are still preserved. As the upper stairs have been destroyed, we can't climb them. On the bricks on the bottom floor and on the four corner stone pillars, the surnames of the donors who built the pagoda are engraved. Among them, most women are called "shishiniang", which is the folk custom of Song Dynasty. At present, the tower is seriously damaged and needs to be repaired.

Address: 130 LITA street, Shihudang town (near Yanshou Temple)

Longitude: 121.18045

Latitude: 30.969838

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