Yongfeng Tower: Standing for thousands

In Juye, when it comes to Yongfeng Tower, almost no one knows that no one knows it. It has witnessed the rise and fall of the giant savage and the changes of the city. In the hearts of the giant savage, Yongfeng Tower is the oldest ancient building in the county, but also an indispensable memory source in the important memory scene of countless people. On May 3, 2013, Yongfeng Tower was approved by the State Council as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The reporter drove to the eastern section of the People's Road in Juye County. He saw this towering for thousands of years. The carving was still exquisite and the shape was still vivid.

Simple and thick,

Landmark Guta Sealing Number of Life Memories of Local Residents

"It's been more than 10 years, you always arrived early." "It's still the same as before, you and I have not changed!" Next to the Yongfeng Tower of Juye County, Heze City, a pair of sisters who have not seen each other for many years meet again. Although they have not seen it for many years, they always have endless memories and endless words. Such a scene, in the giant people, seems to have been commonplace, and meet in the Yongfeng Tower "meeting", which has become a tacit consensus reached by many giants.

According to Yao Jiping, the head of the Cultural Relics of the Cultural and Tourism Bureau of Juye County, Yongfeng Tower, also known as the Great Buddha Temple, has been repaired many times in history. "The tower is an octagonal tower of the seven -level pavilion. Due to the flood of the Yellow River at the end of the Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, the bottom two levels are buried underground. The layer decreases. A layer of tower eaves are stacked and astringent eaves, and there are no fighting under the eaves. The other layers of the Hua arch are composed of the eaves of the upper eaves. There is a re -repaired stone platform number on the west side of the tower, and the steps can enter the tower. Each floor has a coupon door on the east, south, west, and north. It is different, or it is a patio, or the corridor in the tower. There is a corridor in the tower, and there is a stone step to reach the top of the tower. The height of each layer of the tower and the tower diameter decreased layer by layer. There is a tower ventricle at the bottom layer, and 7 Buddhist stone statues are inlaid on the indoor wall. Because the tower is surrounded by water on all sides, the tower body is slightly tilted to the northeast, and the Ming and Qing dynasties have been repaired many times. In recent years, the county has also carried out protective maintenance many times, which has basically maintained its original appearance.

"Although Juye is a millennium ancient county, there are not many ancient buildings reserved in the city. This Yongfeng Tower is the oldest one of the ancient buildings in the county seat. Witness. "Yao Jiping said that the shape of Yongfeng Tower is simple and strong. It is a pagoda building that was preserved earlier and well preserved in the southwestern region of Luneng. It provides physical historical materials for studying ancient architectural art, especially the development of Buddhism in the Song Dynasty.

"When I was a kid, I always climbed up and down on the tower to play, and the story of the elders told the Yongfeng Tower. The place where my childhood was the most happy in Yongfeng Tower." The ancient tower, who took care of him for most of his life, said, "At that time, the tower could still enter and exit casually. In summer, the elders in the family often took the mats and the fan to take us to the lunch break. Many young people are even more common in Yongfeng Tower. In the eyes of the giant savages, Yongfeng Tower has an irreversible memory caution. "

The millennium ancient tower stood up

The Yongfeng Tower has been more than a thousand years since it has been eroded by wind and rain. After floods, earthquakes, and war, it still stands tall. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Van Tower Chaohui, one of the eight scenic spots of Juye, refers to Yongfeng Tower. Whenever the rising sun rises, the golden sunlight shines on the towering pagoda. Surrounded by golden halo.

A reporter from the Mudan Evening News reviewed "Juye County Chronicle" and found that the literature recorded that Yongfeng Tower was originally "located in the prehistoric Buddhist temple in the county". During the Tang and Song dynasties, the Great Buddhist Temple occupied more than 20 acres of local circles. The temple was built in the west of the temple, and the Buddhist scriptures were hidden in the tower. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, north of Yongfeng Tower was a commercial downtown area in Jeju City.

Although the Great Buddha Temple has long been transformed into the dust of history, the towering Yongfeng Tower has been retained. During the interview, many elderly people living nearby told reporters that as early as the 1950s and 1960s, there was a large -cast bronze Buddha statue next to Yongfeng Tower. Nowadays, the Yongfeng Tower green brick tower is engraved with the vicissitudes of years, and the Yongfeng Tower under the lake is filled with the shadow, which makes this pagoda with a history of thousands of years full of mystery.

"Juye County Chronicle" records that the Yongfeng Tower was originally seven, the Yellow River was flooded in the Yellow River in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, and the Tower of Juye County was reduced. There was no second level of the tower. "Feng" means "Guotai Min'an, Grandarta Feng Deng".

There are many statements about the construction of Yongfeng Tower. In recent years, after the provincial, city, and county archeologists have been repeatedly examined and analyzed, they can only draw preliminary conclusions. "The lower two floors of the top of the ground and the three layers of new and old are different. In the Five Dynasties Zhou, because of the short period of age and not completed, the construction of the tower was complete after the Northern Song Dynasty. It is also said that the tower was built in the Tang Dynasty and was suspended from the top of the tower. Cheng. "Yao Jiping told reporters.

For thousands of years, Yongfeng Guta has been flowing for a long time, and the four seasons are changing. It has always stood proudly in the reincarnation of spring, summer, autumn and winter. It has witnessed the historical changes of Juye, and it has long been condensed into a special emotion in the hearts of local residents.

Heze Newspaper All Media Reporter Meng Xinwenjie

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