Twins Temple of the Night -Lingxiao Two Tower

Shuangta Temple, Sanjin, named Yongzheng Temple, is located in the southeast of the urban area of ​​Taiyuan City. Here, the green trees and red walls, the Pagoda Van Temple, the exquisite of the pagoda, the monuments, the flowers overflowing, the pine and cypress, the solemn and quiet, the antique and ancient color.

Shuangta Temple, real name "Yongzheng Temple". Because of the two towering and spectacular towering towers in the temple, the ancient tower towering into the clouds was noticeable, and it was called Shuangta Temple by the world. Over time, the real temple name is gradually not watched, but commonly known as a household name and well known. The word "Yongzheng" of "Yongzheng Temple" is in the words "Book of Songs · Da Ya · Drunk": "Gentleman Wannian, Water Xizhen" sentence, "Yongzheng" is the slightly of "water tin" Write. "Eria Shi Gu" said: "Yong, Changye; Yong, Yuan Ye." "Said the Words" said: "祚, Chuan Ye; 祚, Fu Ye." "Jin Shu Yuefu" said: "Yongxuan, still." The word "Yongzhang" seemed to have the meaning of "forever, endlessness". This is the reason and meaning of the name of the temple. Shuangta Temple was built in the middle of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, between about 25 to 30 years (1597-1602 AD), and was more than 400 years ago. At the time of the founding, this temple we saw today did not reach the scale of now. At that time, only one of the "Cultural Movement" of the "Cultural Movement" was built with the "Xuanwen Tower", which is now the old tower that is now on the southeast. As for the rude temples built close to the tower, it has long been gone. At that time, the name of the temple was not called "Yongzheng Temple", but was called "Yongming Temple". Regarding the reasons for the establishment of "Yongming Temple" and "Xuanwen Tower", the "Shanxi Tongzhi" and the "Taiyuan Mansion" of Wanli Ben and Wan Li Ben have made clear records.

The Lingxiao Two Tower is the highest building in the existing ancient buildings in Taiyuan. The two towers are like a pair of twin sisters. They are fun.

The original name of Sari Tower was Xuanwen Tower (the same name as Wenfeng Tower), because it was monitored by Master Miaofeng (that is, Monk of Fudden) during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and there was a Buddhist House in the tower Went pagoda, or Sari Tower. Sari Tower is located at the northern end of the tower courtyard (northwest), so some people call it the North Tower in a direction. Sari Tower, the plane is an octagonal, with a total of 13 floors, a minimum of 4.6 meters long, and a total height of 54.78 meters in the whole tower. It is a typical pavilion hollow tower.

Wenfeng Tower is also called Xuanwen Tower, Xuanwen Pagoda. It is called Wenfeng Pagoda because it created for the "northwest of the southeast" for Bufu Taiyuan City, which is not conducive to the lack of terrain of the development of culture. From the perspective of architectural features, although Wenfeng Tower came out earlier than Sari Tower, they have many similarities with their works that belong to the middle of the Ming Dynasty. For example, the plane is the shape of an octagonal, and it is a thirteenth -floor building, and the height is only 2 cm. It is reported: Wenfeng Tower is slightly lower than Sari Tower, with a total height of 54.76 meters. Moreover, the structure and shape of the bucket arch, the cutting and masonry of the eaves, 椽, columns, and 枋, can be said to be similar.

For hundreds of years, the vast majority of people have regarded the "Lingxiao Twin Tower" of Yongzheng Temple as the art treasures and cultural relics with the same attributes at the same time as the world. However, it is not the case to study the story and study the cause of its creation. The two sisters of the twin are the "Wenfeng Pagoda" created in the first, and the other is the "Sari Tower" that followed in it. The so -called "Wenfeng Tower" is the Feng Shui Tower, which is "from the family", that is, the local gentlemen of the feudal society in order to supplement the terrain defects of the place, and to revitalize the culture of the regional culture. Sexual buildings. Although its shape is taken from the floating map of Buddhism, it has nothing to do with the doctrine of the Buddha and the Buddhist gate. "Sari Tower" is the sacred object of the Buddhist gate. It is a religious building that confess Buddhist and Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. This is exactly the "Lingxiao Han Tower" of Yongzheng Temple, which is close at hand, and the essence is far from the difference.

Today's Twin Tower Yongzheng Temple is greeted by Chinese and foreign tourists from north to north with a new and enthusiastic attitude.

Source: Economic France Weekly Reporter Investigation

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