West Tower

West Tower

The West Tower is called "Yanshou Temple". Located in Xita street, Heping District, Shenyang City, the Xita was built in 1640, the 5th year of Chongde and completed in the 2nd year of Shunzhi. Emperor Qianlong wrote plaques for the four temples and hung them on the main hall of the four temples. Yanshou temple is called "Golden Millet auspicious light". The four pagodas and four temples have almost the same architectural scale and shape except for their different names and statues.

The West Tower is the largest ethnic gathering area outside the Korean Autonomous Prefecture and county in the three northeastern provinces, which combines the essence of Korean national culture.

. Xita commercial street has a long history of more than 120 years, which breeds unique ethnic customs. On both sides of the main axis of Xita street, a leisure culture industrial belt with strong Korean characteristics and Korean customs has been formed

. Xita night economy covers commerce and trade, accommodation and catering, residents' service, culture and art, sports and fitness, leisure and entertainment and many other business forms. It has gathered well-known businesses such as xinluocheng, mudanjuan, Duolaimi, Hanbai shopping mall and tell mom, and has become the economic and cultural center of Korean nationality in Shenyang

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brief introduction

Four towers are built around Shenyang City, and a lama temple is built beside each tower. The West Tower is called "Yanshou Temple". Located in Xita street, northwest Heping District, Shenyang City

The West Tower was built in 1640 and completed in 1640. Emperor Qianlong wrote plaques for the four temples and hung them on the main hall of the four temples. Yanshou temple is called "Golden Millet auspicious light". The four pagodas and four temples have almost the same architectural scale and shape except for their different names and statues.

The West Tower was demolished in 1968 because it was too dilapidated. When the West Tower was demolished, the underground palace was found, and a number of precious cultural relics including Buddha statues were unearthed. In 1998, in order to restore the West Tower and Yanshou temple, one of the "Eight Sights of Shengjing", Shenyang Municipal Construction Commission raised 30 million yuan of special funds to rebuild the original site according to the original appearance of the West Tower. After more than three months of intensive construction, it was completed on November 13. After reconstruction, the West Tower is 26.33 meters high and its base covers an area of 256 square meters. Yanshou temple covers a total area of 4000 square meters, and the gate, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and dongxipeidian hall cover more than 800 square meters. Carved beams and painted buildings in the hall are simple and magnificent.

Because the tower is white, it is also called white tower. In the west of the old city of Shenyang, it is commonly known as the West Tower. The name of Xita Street comes from this. In 1998, Shenyang Municipal Government rebuilt the West pagoda Yanshou temple.

history

In the summer afternoon, the sun shines on a huge body, which is the figure of Yanshou temple in Shenyang. There is a tower like building in Yanshou temple, commonly known as "Shenyang West Tower". In 1643 ad, in the eighth year of Chongde in the Qing Dynasty, four towers were built outside Shengjing City, East, West, North and south respectively. The tower in the West was named "West Tower". Since then, the sunrise bell and drum, Sunset Tower as soon as 361 years of vicissitudes.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the West Tower was destroyed until it was restored in the 1990s, which is somewhat disappointing. But at least a complete West Tower area is more suitable for its landmark image.

As one of the ancient and famous "four symbols of Shengjing", the West Tower naturally needs lively scenes such as bazaars, which is the oldest foundation of commercial civilization in the West Tower area today. As a regional concept, Xita area can be traced back to a hundred years. In 1904, the Russo Japanese war broke out. After Japan's victory, it began to invade Shenyang.

According to historical records, in order to build facilities to consolidate its power in Shenyang, Japan forcibly recruited a large number of cheap labor from its colonial Korean Peninsula. Some of these Korean people lived near the West Tower. Although the Korean people finally got rid of the Japanese rule, they did not choose to leave the land. They got used to the life here and began to multiply. This is the reason why the Xita area in Shenyang became a Korean community.

Restaurant

Xita cold noodle is a Korean flavor. It is made of flour and starch. It is squeezed and pressed in boiling water. It is picked up with a special cold noodle soup and sprinkled with special chili powder. Cold noodle soup is cool and refreshing. In winter, you can eat a bowl of cold noodle soup to cool your heart and warm your heart. In summer, you can drink a bowl of cold noodle soup to quench your thirst. With a little spicy cabbage, it's even more different. Xita cold noodle shop is very popular every day. If you want to enjoy a bowl, I'm afraid you have to wait in line for a while to eat it. The taste is really different. It's worth a try.

Culture

The Xita region has developed since the 1990s. Most of the investors who came here at first were Korean. They took a fancy to the characteristics of the Korean people living in Xita area, and began to use their own unique customs to influence the development here. They have opened a number of bathing, catering, entertainment facilities.

Therefore, it has been vividly said that there are only "bathhouses", "restaurants" and "Song houses" in Xita street. Due to the particularity of service industry and exotic customs, the mysterious concept of Xita street has gradually formed in Shenyang people's mind in the past 10 years.

The popularity of Xita in the whole country is mostly due to "South Korea week". Although it is a commercial activity, it also makes Xita street more cultural.

In the residential area of Xita, an elderly Korean said that they have a Korean elderly association. They have set up an Arirang Art Troupe, which mainly performs songs and dances. This art troupe, with an average age of 50, has been warmly welcomed by the local people in South Korea. They are often active in Xita and other Korean gathering places in Shenyang. They are indispensable protagonists in every Korean Festival or major event.

As a matter of fact, Shenyang citizens are also influenced by the Korean people. They prefer to come to xitajie singing hall to relax and order one or two Korean songs. It's not surprising that Xita street is a place of singing and dancing.

Another feature of Xita street is its restaurants which stay up all night. In the early hours of the morning, more than half of the hotels are still occupied. A Korean boss said: "Korean youth have similar habits with those in some cities in southern China. They work during the day and live at night. In 1988, when Seoul held the Olympic Games, tourists from western countries traveled all over the city. They wondered why there were so few nightclubs in Seoul. Fortunately, they needed jet lag. Later, inspired by the fact that there are more and more nightclubs in Korea, more and more people like to spend the night

When a city has streets that don't rest day and night, it also has two faces, day and night. Only then can it really move towards maturity and become more attractive.

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Longitude: 121.11511993408

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