Scale free pure light relic tower

Wugou Jingguang relic pagoda was built in the 13th year of the reign of emperor Chongxi of Liao Dynasty. It is a rare hollow three story brick Pagoda in China. Now it is one of the famous ancient buildings in Shenyang. There are 1548 relics in the pagoda. Under the pagoda, there is an exhibition hall for relics of ancient pagodas. There are many Buddhist art treasures on display, such as gilded Buddha, relics, scriptures, porcelain and so on. At ordinary times, many Buddhist believers come here to worship and pray. The "tawan sunset" of the relic tower is one of the eight famous sceneries in Shengjing. At sunset, the whole relic tower is shrouded in gold. The setting sun is like hanging on the top of the tower. The scenery is very beautiful. There is a new forest of Steles and Huilong Temple beside the relic tower, which can be visited together. In addition, it is only a few minutes walk to Tanan park. The park is a place for local people's entertainment. If you want to experience the local culture, you can go for a walk.

Scale free pure light relic tower

The relic tower was built in 1044, the 13th year of the reign of emperor Chongxi of Liao Dynasty, and rebuilt in 1640, the 5th year of Chongde of Qing Dynasty. Because there are 1548 "relic" in the pagoda, it is also called Wugou Jingguang relic pagoda. Located in the northwest of Shenyang City, No.15, Lane 45, shilita street, Huanggu District, is magnificent and has a long history, and the scenery has not been reduced since ancient times. It was announced as a cultural relic protection unit in Shenyang in 1985 and the seventh batch of national key cultural relic protection units in 2013.

brief introduction

No scale Jingguang relic Tower: a cultural relic protection unit in Liaoning Province. Shilita street, Huanggu District, Shenyang

On the Loess Hill. It was built in the 13th year of Chongxi (1044) and rebuilt in the 5th year of Chongde (1640). It is one of the oldest buildings in Shenyang. Once upon a time, it was connected to Zhaoling in the East and swamp in the south, with ancient color. "Tawan sunset" was one of the eight scenic spots in Shenyang. The tower is a 13 story octagonal brick tower with dense eaves, about 33 meters high. The whole can be divided into five parts: underground palace, tower base, tower body, tower eaves and tower brake. The underground palace is under the pagoda, where the relics are buried. The pagoda is an octagonal lotus xumizuo, which is made of brick. It is 1.7 meters high and 5.5 meters wide on each side. There are niches on each side of the pagoda, carved with curly grass, crabapple pattern, beautiful umbrella cover, flying sky, etc. on the raised rosette, there are sitting Buddhas in cassock, and there are assistants on both sides of the niche. Under the eaves of the pagoda, there are brick arches, on top of which there are tile ridges, and on the corner ridges there are animals and sitting animals. The eaves of the pagoda with 13 stories are retracted layer by layer, and finally form the octagonal top of the pagoda. The metal brake rod in front of the tower top is strung with gourd shaped pearls and connected with the corner ridge by 8 iron cables. The whole tower is tall and magnificent. When it was repaired in 1985, it was found that the tower is hollow, which is the only one of the similar buildings in China. A large number of cultural relics, such as gilt Buddha, relic, scriptures and porcelain, were unearthed in the pagoda, and a circular underground palace with a ceiling on top and a floor below, and well preserved color murals, such as Ananda, Kaya and Dharma protector, were found on the four walls. The large stone letters unearthed from the pagoda are engraved with the inscription "the 15th leaf collection of shuomingsheng in April, the 13th year of dongchongxi reign, Fengren village, Liaodong, Shenzhou, northwest of dada Khitan state in southern Weizhou" and the name and position of the tower builder. They are important material materials for the study of the pagoda construction and Liao history. It was officially opened to the outside world in May 1986.

building structure

Basic introduction

The relic tower is a thirteen story octagonal brick tower with dense eaves, 33 meters high. The whole is divided into five parts: underground palace, tower base, tower body, tower eaves and tower brake. The underground palace is located under the base, where relics such as Buddhist relics are collected. The tower is octagonal xumizuo, 17 meters high and 5.5 meters wide on each side. The pagoda consists of two parts: the lower part has the waist of xumizuo in the shape of "Yang Fu Lian", with a pot door in the middle and a stone carved animal in it; the upper part is an octagonal circular leaning column with an arched niche in the middle of each side, with a sitting Buddha inside and flanked servants on both sides. The names of the eight sided Buddhas are different: Baosheng Buddha in the south, isoguan Buddha in the southwest, equality Buddha in the west, Huihua Buddha in the northwest, Daci Buddha in the north, Puji Buddha in the northeast, compassion Buddha in the East, and Akai Buddha in the southeast. There are thirteen layers of dense eaves on the top of the tower. Under the eaves, there are brick arches and Fengduo hanging. At the top is the tower brake, and at the bottom is the octagonal exposed plate. On the exposed plate is supported a disk of exposed body. On the top is an iron brake rod. On the brake rod are three round and semicircular pearls, and on the top is a gourd shaped copper pearl.

characteristic

Built by Qidan people in the north in 1044 and rebuilt in 1640, it is one of the oldest ancient buildings in Shenyang and a key cultural relics protection unit at the provincial level. This tower is a tower with dense eaves. When it was repaired in 1985, it was found that the tower was hollow, which is unique in the similar buildings in China. A large number of rare cultural relics such as gilt Buddha, relic, scriptures and porcelain were unearthed in the pagoda, and there are well preserved color murals on the four walls of the underground palace. On the north side of the pagoda, a new exhibition hall of relics of Shenyang ancient pagodas is built, in which a large number of precious cultural relics unearthed from various pagodas in Shenyang are displayed. Wugou Jingguang relic Tower overlooks Zhaoling in the East and swamps in the south. It is ancient and beautiful. There is a poem in the Qing Dynasty: "a bay tower shadow water spring, cold food smoke tree new, doubt is the rain green to the eye, thirteen mountain lust to keep people.". "Tawan sunset" is one of the eight famous scenic spots in Shenyang.

legend

Folklore

The relic tower is one of the oldest existing buildings in Shenyang and one of the famous "eight sceneries" in Shenyang. It is old-fashioned, "tawan sunset", charm is very good. According to legend, Emperor Qianlong visited Shengjing when he was on a tour to the East. Seeing the picturesque scenery here, he chanted a poem of seven wonders:

Tawan sunset, dark road, deep dike, crow trees.

Yandai Yuangang village is everywhere, and every household shines on the bright moon night.

There are various legends about the construction of the tower. According to legend, disasters often occurred in Shenyang in ancient times. Once there was a windstorm, which lasted for seven days and nights. As a result, the river stopped flowing, the well dried up, and the crops failed. The people could not live in peace. At this time, a monk came here and told the people that it was a disaster caused by the yellow dragon coming down from the sky. After hearing this, the people begged the monks to subdue Huanglong and save the people. After checking the topography of Shenyang, the monks confirmed that tawan was the dragon's head. This is the highest point in Shenyang. It is full of Yang Qi and good feng shui. Then he and his two disciples set up a high platform in tawan to worship the heaven. At last, Huang Long was locked up and the people lived a peaceful life. In order to thank the monk, the people built a temple called Huilong Temple on the dragon head for monks to live in. After the monk died, his disciples built the pagoda in the temple in memory of him.

True origin

In 1985, when the tower was rebuilt, a stone letter was unearthed, which revealed the true origin of the relic tower.

It turns out that Buddhism prevailed in the Liao Dynasty, from the emperor to the people, and everyone worshiped and believed in Buddhism, so the wind of building temples and towers was very prosperous. In order to pray for "good weather, peace and prosperity of the country, and happiness of all people", 1500 people volunteered to build pagodas. Each person's contribution is recorded on the stone letter to show his merits and virtues. It is said that the practice of raising funds and recording down the list of fund raisers and the amount of funds is handed down from here.

Tour information

Market price:

Free ticket

Opening Hours:

08:30~17:00

Traffic routes:

Take bus No.202 at Shenyang south station and get off at the terminal; take bus No.209 at Shenyang north station and get off at tawan;

Address: No.15, Lane 45, tawan street, Huanggu District, Shenyang

Longitude: 123.378915

Latitude: 41.835303

Tel: 024-86781651

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: take bus No.202 or 233 and get off at Tanan Park station

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 8:30-17:00

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