Zhenhai tower

Zhenhai tower

Zhenhai tower, formerly known as zhanwan'ao tower. Yanguan town in Haining City, Southeast of the seawall. Watching the tide from Zhenhai tower, when the tide comes, the waves are dangerous, and you can see them from the bottom of your eyes, just like thousands of troops and horses, which is very spectacular.

brief introduction

It's a tide resort. It was built in 1612. The body of the tower is 7 levels, the plane is hexagonal, the height is 15 feet, the circumference is 9 feet and 6 feet. There are stone steps leading to the top of the tower, and corridors and wings are built outside.

Zhenhai pagoda is located in the north of Jizhou city, Hebei Province, next to Zhulin temple. Before I came here, I didn't find much information about this pagoda. I thought it was an ancient pagoda, but later I found that this pagoda and its surrounding buildings were all newly built in the 1990s. I love my house and I love Wu, so the new pagoda is also worth visiting.

Zhulin temple and Zhenhai pagoda are built on a small island in the middle of a lake. It is connected with the land by a bridge. It is made of reinforced concrete. It is octagonal pavilion style. It is five stories high. Each story is covered with eaves. The eaves and the top of the pagoda are covered with glazed tiles. The first floor of the pagoda is very wide. Inside it is a labyrinth. We need to go through the labyrinth to find the stairs to climb the pagoda. We spent more than half an hour in the dark labyrinth to find the way to climb the pagoda There is an iron ladder inside the tower to reach the top of the tower.

The island is called Xuankong island. In addition to Zhulin temple and Zhenhai tower, there are also artificial scenic spots such as the great wall and underground palace. The package ticket for landing on the island is as high as 30 yuan. It's the first time that we have encountered a new temple with such a high ticket price.

I always disapprove of temples charging tickets. From the Buddhist point of view, temples are places to publicize Buddhism and play the role of Buddhist schools. Monks are teachers. How can schools charge high tickets? The monks in these ticket temples are no longer teachers, but actors, and so on. The ritual activities held in these temples can only be called commercial performances.

Zhulin temple is a temple with a long history in Jizhou. Is it really gone now? After many inquiries, we learned that the ancient Zhulin Temple site was not here, but in Beiguan village, three kilometers north of the city. So we decided to visit the ancient Zhulin Temple site on the spot.

After a bumpy rural road, you come to Beiguan village, which is close to Hengshui Lake. No one knows about the ancient Zhulin temple. The ancient temple site is located on an island in the Hengshui Lake in the north of the village, about 500 meters away from the bank. Now there are no buildings on the ground. At present, there is only a small temple on the island built with private funds in recent years.

We negotiated with the fishermen by the lake and agreed to take us to the island. The island is about the size of a football field and covered with weeds. The newly-built Zhulin temple here has only two conjoined temples, which are usually unattended. Only when there are ritual activities can people go to the island.

We found a fallen ancient stele on the island, as well as some fragmentary ancient building bricks and stone components. According to the boatman, when he was young, there were still some ancient building foundations on the island. However, we searched for a long time in the grass on the island, but we could not find the imprint of the ancient Zhulin temple. The power of time is huge, and there is no trace of the former glory. This reminds me of a time Some ancient pagodas, which are now in great danger, are still unprotected when they exist. Once they collapse, they will soon disappear. It is our duty to protect the crystallization of ancient civilization.

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Zhenhai tower was built as early as the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, there was a master monk in Tianning Temple named Fanqi, who was named Chan Master Chu Shi. Fan Qi is a native of Xiangshan, Zhejiang Province. He became a monk at the age of nine. When he was young, he heard from the old monks in the temple that building a pagoda is the greatest merit, so he always wanted to build a pagoda himself. Later, he became a monk and decided to go out to raise money for the pagoda. In 1337, the construction of the tower began. After four years, the pagoda was built. The tower is seven stories high, 24 feet in total, with eight sides of red paint back to the column. It is very spectacular and named Zhenhai tower. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the pagoda suddenly caught fire, destroying all the wooden structures, leaving only the core of the pagoda. Later, the tea house was rebuilt by master Yuanhan, a monk of JinSu temple. After eight years, it was restored to its original state. During the Anti Japanese War, after landing in Jinshanzui, the Japanese aggressor troops invaded the south coast, targeting at the sea salt pagoda and bombarding it with artillery. It is said that more than 100 shells were fired. The northeast side of the pagoda was badly damaged. The whole body of the pagoda tilted to the southwest, so that it could not be recovered. Now only the base of the pagoda is left, which has been converted into a water tower.

According to legend, the reason for the construction of Zhenhai pagoda is monk Fanqi's good intention. Because Haiyan is located on the coast, it often suffers from floods. As far as the Jin Dynasty, the county seat was far away from the sea. Later, due to the changes of Qiantang River, the coast collapsed due to the impact of sea water, which brought serious disaster to the people. The county seat was also forced to move to the southwest gradually. Fanqi wanted to build Zhenhai pagoda, so he specially built it This pagoda was built and named "Zhenhai pagoda". At present, the idea of "yita Zhenhai" is indeed a laughing matter. However, there is no need to be strict with such a Buddhist as Fanqi 600 or 700 years ago. Then, why didn't Haiyan County be destroyed by the sea again? In Ming and Qing Dynasties, the seawall was reinforced many times. At the same time, a fish scale stone pond was built along the coast to resist the impact of the tide, not because of the Zhenhai tower. After the liberation of China, the seawall was raised again. Under the stone pond, a flip-flop dam was built to separate the tides and reduce the impact of the tides on the stone pond, which made the seawall more consolidated.

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Go through all kinds of calamities

According to historical records, Zhenhai pagoda was built in the Yuan Dynasty by Fanqi, the monk in charge of Tianning Temple at that time. It took five years to build and was completed in 1341. The tower is 7 stories high, 24 feet high, and has eight red lacquer corridors, which are magnificent. It was named Zhenhai pagoda because ancient sea salt was often shipwrecked, so it was named Zhenhai pagoda. Since its construction, Zhenhai tower has been overhauled or rebuilt five times. Especially in the eighth year of Kangxi (1669), due to careless use of fire, the seven layers of the tower were all burnt out, and only the heart of the tower remained. Temple monk juehai vowed to rebuild the Zhenhai pagoda. After eight cold and hot days, he finally restored the original appearance of Zhenhai pagoda.

In 1937, Japanese warships moored in the sea of Haiyan. They took Zhenhai tower as the target and blasted Haiyan County. Zhenhai tower was seriously damaged, which made the tower tilt to the southwest. After that, the tower was attacked by strong typhoons, and the tilt of the tower became more and more serious. Later, for safety reasons, the upper three floors were removed and rebuilt into a water tower. Since then, when to restore this pagoda with rich cultural heritage has become a lingering complex in the hearts of many sea salt people.

Repair the old as before

In an interview with the author, Zhang Genxiang, director of the County Bureau of culture and sports, said that the principle of Zhenhai pagoda restoration is to repair the old pagoda as it was before the collapse. For this reason, we specially selected Zhejiang ancient architecture design institute to design according to the original sample, invited the first Provincial Surveying and Mapping Institute to accurately locate the eight corners and the tower center of the ancient tower, which was undertaken by Zhejiang branch of Zhongfu Construction Co., Ltd., which has the first level qualification of ancient architecture and garden. The purpose is to make this 650 year old ancient tower reappear its original appearance.

According to Xu Youtian, deputy manager of the project department, Zhenhai tower is designed as a 7-story, 49.96-meter Pavilion style tower, which is a typical Ming and Qing style. The tower is hollow and can be used for climbing. The 9.16m Tasha is made of copper alloy. The pearls are dense and rich in rhythm, which makes the pagoda more exquisite and straight. On the outer edge of the tower on each floor, there is a sunflower style corridor with exquisite shape and bright colors, which can be viewed by visitors. In the night, the bright lights will dye the pagoda like a jade Pavilion. The breeze is so gentle that 56 wind chimes hanging on the corner come with a pleasant Ding Dong sound, which is quite like "the wind is blowing in the sky, so I can listen to it all night.".

In order to follow the principle of "repair the old as the old", most of the construction uses the traditional technology. All the tower bricks used are customized according to the composition and specifications of the original tower bricks. The tower tile adopts matte black glazed tube tile, highlighting the simple and dignified style. A large amount of wood required is all imported batty wood, and after special anti-corrosion and anti harm treatment, the service life of wood is greatly extended. Taking into full account the natural disaster factors, the anti-seismic and anti cracking degree is 6 degrees, and the anti wind capacity is increased to once in a hundred years.

Zhenhai tower has been the commanding point of Haiyan County from the beginning of construction to the last collapse, and it is also the best place for people to climb up and watch the sea. So, can the restored Zhenhai tower still watch the sea? "There are more and more tall buildings in the county, which will certainly affect people's sight. However, from the gap of the buildings, you can still see part of the sea view." Xu Youtian said with regret.

Some new ideas

The restoration of Zhenhai tower, in addition to the basic use of traditional technology, also uses some modern technology. For example, the traditional woodworking measurement is replaced by instrument positioning; the necessary electrical appliances and fire-fighting facilities are installed in the tower; the bottom of each floor of the newly-built part is cast into a reinforced concrete platform to make the pagoda more solid; in addition to retaining the 60 cm width of the original tower in the lower three floors, the newly-built part on the upper floor is relaxed to 80 cm, which is more convenient for visitors to climb; the eaves and auxiliary steps of the bottom floor of the tower extend outwards, forming a new shape It has become a large corridor, in which there is a rich Ming and Qing style of "beauty by", for visitors to rest.

In addition, the supporting facilities around the pagoda have also been designed. After completion, the pagoda can not only highlight the beauty of the pagoda, but also integrate with the whole Tianning Temple, forming a pattern of garden in the temple and tower in the garden. At that time, visitors can recite incense and worship the Buddha, and climb the pagoda in the garden, which is a good place for pottery.

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