Thousands of pagoda

Thousands of pagoda

The thousand Buddha pagoda is located on the top of dadongyan mountain in the eastern suburb of Meizhou city. It is a women's public Temple developed for the protection of the thousand Buddha Pagoda in the Southern Han Dynasty. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. The whole pagoda is a treasure of traditional Chinese culture and art, and also a symbol of Meizhou's famous historical and cultural city. The tower lamp is shining high, and it is called "the Pearl of Lingnan".

The thousand Buddha pagoda was built in 965 A.D. and has a history of more than 1000 years. It is now a key cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province. The tower is divided into seven layers, with a height of 4.2 meters and a square shape. The bottom side of the tower is 1.6 meters long. It is made of pig iron. There are 250 statues of Buddha on each side and One Thousand Buddhas on all sides, so it is called thousand Buddha pagoda. In order to protect the tower, a new thousand Buddha pagoda was built above the tower on December 3, 1991. The whole pagoda is made of granite. The tower is 36 meters high, octagonal and magnificent. The second to eighth floors of the pagoda are inlaid with thousands of white jade Buddhas, and the ninth floor is dedicated to thousands of gilt bronze Buddhas. A seven storey small stone pagoda is held on the top of the pagoda, forming the artistic feature of "three thousand pagodas" with a pagoda in the pagoda and a pagoda, iron Buddha, jade Buddha and gold Buddha on the pagoda.

Historical evolution

The thousand Buddha iron tower was built in 965 A.D. in the eighth year of Dabao in the Southern Han Dynasty. In that year, it was located in Xiuhui temple in the city. In the Qing Dynasty, state officials moved it to Qizhou Temple (these two ancient temples have long been lost). The thousand Buddha tower has seven floors, 4.2 meters high and 1.6 meters wide at the bottom. It is square and has Thousand Buddhas cast on its body, so it is called thousand Buddha tower.

The thousand Buddha tower was damaged for a long time. Huang Zunxian, a patriotic poet of the city in the late Qing Dynasty, collected the fragments of the tower and collected them in renjinglu. He wrote the song of the thousand Buddha tower to record its affairs. Since 1935, Peng Jingyi, head of Meixian County, and Mr. Huang renhuan have moved the tower to Dongshan mountain and built octagonal pavilion for protection. Due to the changes of the times, the iron tower is surrounded in the iron and steel plant, which is polluted and damaged day by day. As a result, it is inconvenient for visitors to see, and public opinion has called for protection.

In the winter of 1989, at the invitation of Meizhou Buddhist Association, master Minghui returned to his hometown from Yunmen temple in Shaoguan. At that time, master Yuanzhao initiated the construction of Putong pagoda to help promote Buddhism and expand the Taoist temple.

In the Spring Festival of 1990, initiated by master Minghui and supported by many reasons, a nine story granite pagoda was built on the lotus hill behind Putong pagoda to protect cultural relics. The local Meizhou Municipal People's government and social leaders responded to this charity, and immediately got the approval of the cultural relics department of Guangdong Province, which "agreed to move and build with self financing".

In July of the same year, the Preparatory Committee for Meizhou thousand Buddha pagoda was established by the relevant leaders at all levels of the city, county and district, including Buddhist great virtue, Buddhist monk Foyuan, master yuanche and Dharma protector Shanxin at home and abroad. Master Minghui was in charge of the Preparatory Committee. He actively raised funds and traveled all over the world. He received warm support from overseas Chinese and local sages from Hong Kong and Macao.

On December 3, 1991, the foundation of the thousand Buddha pagoda was officially laid. On February 6, 1993, the main tower project was capped, the Qianfo iron tower was recast, moved to the bottom of the stone tower for protection, and continued to build a three-story tower

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In January 1994, the thousand Buddha tower was moved to the first floor of the stone tower and became the tower in the tower. The iron tower has a long history and is one of the earliest thousand Buddha iron towers in China. In June 1989, the Qianfo tower was announced by the people's Government of Guangdong Province as the third batch of cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province.

building structure

Thousand Buddha stone pagoda is made of granite, with strong structure, shockproof, lightning protection, wind proof and modern lighting equipment. Tower a total of nine stories, 36 meters high, octagonal, magnificent. There are six stone statues of the king of heaven protecting the pagoda on the outer wall of the first floor, and Zhao Pu Lao's plaque and couplet on the front door. There are 32 stone Buddha statues on the outer wall of the second to eighth floors, and thousands of white marble Buddha statues on the inner wall. There are couplets of great virtues at home and abroad on each floor. Thousands of gilt Buddha statues are worshipped on the ninth floor. The stone columns around the tower are carved with Sakyamuni Buddha's eight phases, 42 pictures of 500 Arhats and 48 pictures of flowers, birds and auspicious animals. The second tower, the main entrance and both sides are carved with stone unicorns and stone lions. The craftsmanship is exquisite.

protective measures

On June 29, 1989, the Qianfo tower was announced by the people's Government of Guangdong Province as the third batch of cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province.

Traffic information

Address: Qianfo Pagoda Temple, Lianhua peak, Dongyan, Jinshan street, Meijiang district, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Bus: take bus No.6 to Gangbei, get off and walk.

Address: 50 meters east of cuijiamiao village, Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, Shandong Province

Longitude: 116.413742

Latitude: 37.184897

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