Wind and thunder tower

Wind and thunder tower

Fenglei tower is located on the cliff north of Longhu hall in Sanqing mountain in Northeast Jiangxi. Facing the deep valley in front, it is majestic and belongs to the architecture of Song Dynasty. The tower is based on the huge stone on the cliff. It is made of granite, which is divided into three sections: the bottom, the body and the top of the tower. The eaves angle of the tower is slightly upward, and the top of the tower is of cusp type. Tower 2 meters high, simple and exquisite, Sanqingshan is the Pearl of ancient architecture. Chen Yunhe praised the tower in his poem: "the wind and thunder tower on the cliff is a skeleton of the Song Dynasty. It's neither morning nor evening, nor winter or summer. It's neither cold nor hot, nor sun or rain. It's a picturesque step into a modern family. It's still old, because wind and thunder and Qifeng are their own parents."

building structure

Fenglei tower stands on the cliff in the northeast of Sanqing mountain, a world natural heritage and national key scenic spot. Facing the deep valley, the momentum is precipitous. The pagoda is based on the huge stone above the cliff. It is carved with the whole granite, which imitates the Tang and Song Dynasty Pavilion style, with six layers and six sides. It is perfectly matched with the base of the pagoda. The six corners of the eaves of the tower are slightly upward, the top of the tower is gourd shaped, the section width of the bottom of the tower is 0.62 m, and the height of the tower is 1.96 M. The pagoda has six storeys and seven storeys of gourds on the top of the pagoda. It is simple and exquisite. It has stood upright for thousands of years. It is the Pearl of Sanqing mountain scenery and a treasure of ancient stone carving art. In July 1994, Luo Zhewen, a cultural relic expert from the State Administration of cultural relics, toured Sanqing mountain and marveled that the tower was a masterpiece among the national scenic spots.

Textual research on Culture

According to legend, Fenglei pagoda was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that it was built from the viewpoint of Canyu to avoid the wind and thunder at the mountain pass. However, some people think that the style of Fenglei pagoda is quite different from that of "Leigong pagoda" on the top of Zhan Biyun's tomb built in Ming Dynasty, which is far away from the layout of Sanqing palace rebuilt in Ming Dynasty according to Wang Wen's eight diagrams. Therefore, it is a Song Dynasty building.

After the postgraduate entrance examination, it is believed that Fenglei pagoda is a Ming Dynasty building. The reason why Fenglei pagoda is separated from the layout of the eight trigrams of Fudi Wenwang in Sanqing Dynasty is precisely that it is in Fuxi's congenital eight trigrams schema. This is a deliberate puzzle. On the surface, Fenglei pagoda is located in the northeast of Sanqing blessed land, which undoubtedly belongs to Fuxi's congenital eight trigrams position, rather than the eight trigrams position after Wen Wang's day. It gives people the feeling that Sanqing Fu Taoist architecture is built according to the congenital eight trigrams shape. In fact, this is just a cover coat, and in the inside, a second layer of underwear is made according to the shape of Wang Wen's eight trigrams, which puzzles many scholars. It is these unique and profound multi-layer maze layout settings that cover up the truth and confuse people's vision, so as to achieve the purpose of subtly hiding Zhan Biyun's tomb in the third layer of the core of the Big Dipper. Taking the eight trigrams and seven stars of King Wen Fu Dou as the hidden layout with Zhan Biyun's tomb as the core, it also has special symbolic significance, highlighting that Zhan Biyun (the pseudonym of Jianwen emperor's hidden trace) is the "Jianwen" idea of following the example of King Wen and governing the country by culture.

In addition, the pagoda on the top of the Xuangong palace of Zhan Biyun's tomb should not be called "Leigong pagoda", but a special Pagoda with seven levels of Buddha's funerary shrine, which is a symbol of the special architectural regulations that the eminent monks of Dade are entitled to enjoy. Buddhist pagodas are usually used for storing the relics and bones of eminent monks, which is completely different from the function of wind thunder Pagoda in lightning protection and evil suppression.

Address: Sanqingshan scenic area, Shangrao City

Longitude: 118.065398

Latitude: 28.921735

Ticket information: no ticket required. Included in the ticket of Sanqing mountain scenic spot.

Chinese PinYin : Feng Lei Ta