Newspaper tower

Newspaper tower

Newspaper tower is located in Jiaxing City under the jurisdiction of Pinghu City when the Lake Street southeast of the East Lake sand basin Wei (parrot Island). It was first built in 1563, the 42nd year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. Now it is one of the eight new East Lake scenic spots.

Brief introduction of newspaper tower

Donghu newspaper tower, also known as Wenbi peak, is located on baotawei (parrot Island), Jianguomen community, Danghu street, Pinghu City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.

East Lake water, known as Danghu, Dongwu lake, parrot Lake in ancient times, has a huge water area.

Commonly called "Pinghu pagoda" or "Donghu pagoda", it is a cultural relic protection unit in Zhejiang Province.

Baoben pagoda is a brick pagoda of pavilion type. According to the records, it means to suppress evil and eliminate evil. The existing tower was rebuilt in 1688, the 27th year of Kangxi reign. The height of the tower is 49.39 meters (including 36.65 meters for the tower body and 12.74 meters for the tiecha). The plane is octagonal, and it is a wall folded structure. The outer diameter of the bottom layer is 8.97 meters, and the inner diameter is 3.58 meters.

The structure of brick and stone imitates wood. There is a flat overhanging eaves outside the tower. The eaves of the tower are folded with water caltrop shaped bricks. The eaves bear the upper tile eaves. There is a wooden enclosure on the top. It is firm and exquisite. Under the enclosure there is a flying eaves with an angle hanging bell. Inside there is a tower chamber, which is also octagonal. It is built into a dome with bricks.

Between the inner and outer walls is a corridor, which can climb up to the top of the tower. The tower is surrounded by Chinese eaves on all sides, with bells hanging from the upper and lower corners, and the sound is heard for several miles. The top of the tower is made of iron.

Each side of the tower is provided with a ticket door or niche. There are many niches on the inner and outer walls. The base of the tower is composed of wooden piles, strips of stones and block stones. The total thickness is more than 3 meters, forming a convex octagonal shape. The base of the tower extends outward for 1.8 meters, and the center of the base is surrounded by block stones to form an octagonal shape.

The tower has large scale, simple shape and reasonable structure.

History of newspaper tower

Initial construction

Baoben pagoda was built in 1563, the 42nd year of Jiajing reign in Ming Dynasty, and in 1659, it was ruled by Po in Qing Dynasty.

The 37th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1558).

County Magistrate Chen Yiqian sent migrant workers to dredge the river soil gravel in the lake to accumulate into three lake piers, one of which is yingwuzhou.

In the 8th year of Yue Dynasty, it was initiated by Lu Gao, the head of the Ministry of punishment, with the assistance of Feng Rubi and Zhao Yi. After three years, it was finally built. Influenced by the idea of "the foundation of all things in the world", Lu Gao named it baoben tower, saying: "loyalty and filial piety are the reward.".

There were seven floors in that year.

The pagoda is built and rebuilt. It is a famous temple in Danghu.

reconstruction

During the 27 years of Emperor Kangxi's reign (1688), it was rebuilt from seven stories to five stories, and rebuilt many times during the reign of Emperor Qianlong and Daoguang. Baoben pagoda is a brick pagoda of pavilion type. According to the records, it means to suppress evil and eliminate evil.

The tower is five stories high, octagonal in plane, and is a folding structure.

The diameter of the bottom floor is 8.18 meters, the center of the tower is a circular tower chamber, and between the inner and outer walls is a corridor, which can climb up to the top of the tower. The height of the tower is 49.39 meters. Each floor is composed of flat seat, tower body and tower eaves, and each side is provided with a ticket door or niche.

The eaves of the pagoda are folded and picked out with water caltrop toothed bricks, bearing the tile eaves on them. Now there is no tile eaves.

An iron brake is installed on the top of the tower. The tower has a large scale, simple shape and reasonable structure. It is one of the best ancient pagodas in Qing Dynasty in our province and has high historical and scientific value.

collapse

In 1659, Shunzhi collapsed suddenly, which caused a great shock at that time. On December 21 of the same year, it was vigorously rebuilt. The squire Lu Shenji gave a jade belt and a scroll of blood Sutra, which were the treasures of the town tower.

However, due to the soft base, the tower was in danger again in 1686. It was rebuilt in 1688 and restored by Lu Peng. The tower was changed from seven floors to five floors.

Since then, Qianlong and Daoguang have been repaired many times. In 1860, the temple was destroyed by the war of Taiping army, and the pagoda remained alone.

Restorative construction after liberation

After nearly a hundred years of turbulence, the wooden enclosure was completely destroyed in the 1830s, leaving only the brick tower body and the iron tower brake. After decades of civil war and cruel eight years of Anti Japanese War, in the cultural revolution, it has become the newspaper tower of factory water tower. Because of the newly added practical functions and the dilapidated tower body, it is lucky to escape the disaster of breaking the four old ones.

In the early stage of reform and opening up, the tower has been inclined to the northeast by 2 ° 1'18 ", with an eccentricity of 1.2 meters, becoming a dangerous tower.

In August 1997, it was announced by the people's Government of Zhejiang Province as the fourth batch of cultural relics protection units in Zhejiang Province, and the protection scope and construction control zone were delimited and announced.

In 1990, the government launched a fund-raising campaign to repair the pagoda. However, due to the lack of funds at that time, only the pagoda was cleared of weeds, the tower brake was corrected and reinforced, the phase wheel was repaired, the upper passage of the pagoda was renovated, and the inner wall was painted.

In 2000, the municipal government invested 530000 yuan to rectify and reinforce the leaning tower. In July 2002, it invested nearly 2 million yuan to repair the tower.

In the process of restorative maintenance, the iron tower brake cast in 1686 of the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was inspected. It was found that the inside of the tower brake was seriously corroded. For safety reasons, it was decided to replace it with bronze. On September 11 and 12, 2002, four pieces of cultural relics were found during the demolition. They are rectangular tin box, purple sand relic tower, six classics volume and tin cylinder of Lu Peng in Qing Dynasty, miaofe Lotus Sutra volume of Yuanbi in Ming Dynasty and round jar with cover of Huanghua pear.

Although the breakeven tower has been repaired, the flat seat and waist eaves have been restored, and the tower brake has been replaced, the body of the tower has not been excessively repaired. In line with the principle of repairing the old as before, it still retains the vicissitudes of history.

Baoben tower has sunk. There are not yet semicircular pot doors on the East, West and south sides of the ground floor, but no doors on the north side. The door is closed by iron.

The pagoda has eight sides, with round brick columns at the corners on both sides. The top of the column is decorated with cloud patterns, under which Yuanbao is decorated, and under the column is a round stone column base. The top of the two brick columns is decorated with two brick beams. There is a plaque between the beams, and the corner between the columns and beams is decorated with dragon shaped brick carvings. The eaves of the pagoda are folded and overhauled with eight layers of water caltrop shaped bricks, bearing the tile eaves above, and the copper bell under the tile eaves overhanging angle.

The tile eaves bear flat seats, which are wooden railings, and each corner is connected with the upper waist eaves by wooden columns. The bottom tile eaves are slightly larger, more like a minor step. Each side above the second floor has a semicircle pot door on the top, and there are square niches on both sides of the pot door. There is a small eaves on the niche, which is at the same level as the door of the pot. The tower body is coated with white plaster, most of which are not preserved without maintenance. It is mottled and rugged, showing the vicissitudes of life. There are inscriptions on several bricks of the pagoda, probably: "some bricks donated by someone". The copper tower brake is composed of Fubo, Yanglian, Xianglun and Hulu. Xianglun is nine heavy and eight wave locks are octagonal. There is no original Tasha around the ancient pagoda. I don't know where it is. It is estimated that it is in Pinghu Museum. On the east side of the pagoda stands the stone tablet of the cultural protection unit, and on the north side is the introduction of the pagoda.

The tower is 49.14 meters high, octagonal in plane and 8.18 meters in diameter at the bottom. There are spiral stone steps in the tower. Today, the pagoda is not only restored to its original appearance, but also equipped with lights, making it one of the eight new views of the East Lake.

The tower inclines to the northeast by 75.5 cm, which is not the same as the famous tower of Pisa in Italy in the world (the top of Pisa Tower deviates 5 meters), but it is also an inclined tower. The ancients had the so-called spirit of "knowing it can't be done, but doing it". Newspaper tower can be used as an example.

Address: East Lake scenic area, Huancheng East Road, Pinghu City, Jiaxing City (Baota Road)

Longitude: 121.02664967055

Latitude: 30.692219423378

Tel: East Lake Scenic Area Tel: 0573-85135667

Ticket information: no ticket required. It's included in the entrance ticket of baoben temple.

Chinese PinYin : Bao Ben Ta