Liang Village tower

Liang Village tower

Liangcun tower is located 12.5 kilometers north of Gaotang County, Liaocheng City, 100 meters north of Liangcun town. The pagoda is octagonal pavilion style imitation wood structure, built with grey brick, with a total of 13 floors and a height of 37.5 meters. The base of the pagoda is octagonal, covering an area of 32.49 square meters. The first floor is double eaves with a door in the north; the second floor to the tenth floor are single eaves with four windows on each floor. The tenth floor has a GUI angle shaped window with a pagoda brake of bottle type. Now the top of the brake has been lost. The tower is divided layer by layer from bottom to top, with ceramic brackets and rafters imitating wood and stone buildings.

Evolution of construction

The age of architecture can not be tested, but from the architectural form, especially the style of Dougong, it should be the architecture of Song Dynasty. There is an ancient pagoda tree about 10 meters north of the pagoda, which is hollow and endophytic gall, commonly known as "pagoda gall". Although most of the pagodas died in the fire, new branches and luxuriant leaves appeared on the stumped trees, which matched the ancient pagodas. It was called "pagoda of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty", which was regarded as a wonder. Liang Village tower was once included in the monograph of Liang Sicheng, a famous civil engineering expert, and is now a key cultural relic protection unit at the regional level.

Cultural relics

Xingguo Temple Pagoda, also known as Bodhisattva pagoda, is located in the east of Liangcun street, Liangcun town. It is an architectural style of the Song Dynasty. It has a vermilion gate with straight and unrestrained ridges, eight dragon shaped beasts, spirit beasts on the eaves, and gray tiles covering the top. It has been listed as a place of interest in Gaotang Zhou Zhi in Qing Dynasty. It is said that Xingguo temple was built for monks and local villagers. When the temple was built, it was named Xingguo temple, implying the meaning of national prosperity. Xingguo temple tower also got its name. Xingguo temple has been destroyed in the war years, and the tower has been repaired several times. In 1986, when the foundation of the pagoda was repaired, a half through stele with a cap was excavated at a depth of 5 meters from the earth's surface. The renovation in recent years is another major restoration after the 43rd year of Qianlong reign (1778), which reproduces the grand occasion of the ancient pagoda.

Current situation of cultural relics

The tower is a wooden pavilion style building, with green brick and white ash on the outside and green brick and sand ash on the inside. The corner eaves, steps and doors of the tower are reinforced with wood bars. The plane is octagonal, with a side length of 2.85 meters, a side diameter of 6.85 meters, a total height of 38.8 meters, a total of 11 floors, and a baosha. It covers an area of 33 square meters. The body of the tower is thin and straight, and the eaves components are cut and ground with green bricks, with exquisite workmanship. The first layer is a double eaves, with a bucket arch under the eaves and a door opening in the north. The top of the tower is full gourd shaped. There are 22 doors in the pagoda, each of which is carved with a stone Buddha, sitting cross legged with smooth lines. In addition to the three in the underground palace, there are a total of 25 Buddha statues. The first floor is lion Buddha, the second floor is Yanjian Buddha and Azhong Buddha, the third floor is Dharma Buddha and Daguang Buddha, the fourth floor is the most Shengyin Buddha and Xumi Xiangfo, the fifth floor is Nanzhi Buddha and Daming Buddha, the sixth floor is Sakyamuni Buddha, riyuedeng Buddha and dazumi Buddha, the seventh floor is Mingwen Buddha and Baoxiang Buddha, the eighth floor is Nisheng Buddha and Xumi Guangfo, the ninth floor is Wangming Buddha and Miaoyin Buddha, and the tenth floor is Bukong achievement Buddha, Baosheng Buddha, pharmacist liuliguang Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, the 11th floor is ruxumishan Buddha, wuliangjingjin Buddha, and the underground palace is Yuantong bodhisattva (four back Guanyin).

Cultural relics protection

Xingguo temple tower is called "Bodhisattva tower", which means the highest realm of Buddha. The 10th and 11th floors of the tower are connected by the upper, lower, East and West, implying that all living beings wake up and look forward to the light. Today, Xingguo pagoda has been listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Address: Liangcun Town, Gaotang County, Liaocheng City

Longitude: 116.24743652344

Latitude: 36.966857910156

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