Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Binxian County

Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Binxian County

Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Binxian County, Shaanxi Province, is commonly known as "Leifeng Pagoda". The tower was built in 1053, the fifth year of Huangyou in Northern Song Dynasty. It is a seven story octagonal brick tower. The bottom floor is 5.6 meters long and 47.84 meters high, with a single hollow wall.

Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Binxian county has two coupons in the South and North on the ground floor. Four coupons are set on each floor above the second floor. The upper and lower positions are staggered layer by layer. Each floor is made of three imitated wood structures, and each floor is overlapped with an eaves. The top of the pagoda is made of brick with a sharp top and an iron tower brake on it. Binxian Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda, also known as "Binxian pagoda", "Binxian pagoda", commonly known as "Leifeng Pagoda", is located at the foot of Ziwei mountain in the southwest corner of Binxian City, Shaanxi Province. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

historical origin

Binxian pagoda, also known as "Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda", commonly known as "Leifeng Pagoda", is located in Kaiyuan square at the foot of Ziwei mountain in the southwest of the county. It was built in the fifth year of Huangyou (1053) of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Layout structure

Binxian tower is an attic type brick tower. The tower is octagonal with seven hollow floors. It is 46.94 meters high and 14.04 meters wide at the bottom. Each floor has four arched openings, alternating with rectangular false doors. It changes its orientation layer by layer and overlaps the eaves. The waist eaves are equipped with flat balustrades, amber braces, brackets, cornices, tiles, dripping water, and stone corner beams.

The tower is equipped with a radioactive corner ladder, paved with wooden boards, which can spiral up to the top of the tower to enjoy the scenery of the county and Sichuan Road. The appearance of the whole tower is straight and beautiful, which shows the exquisite and superb architectural art of the Tang and Song dynasties.

Activity place

Nowadays, Kaiyuan square with a new look and a wide and tidy space has become the best place for Binxian people's leisure and entertainment.

Address: at the foot of Ziwei mountain in Binxian City

Longitude: 108.9049987793

Latitude: 34.225299835205

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