Luoding Wenta is located in luoding city City, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province. Wenta was built in the thirty-ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 1 1) and took three years to complete. This tower is 47 meters high, with seven floors outside and thirteen floors inside.
The pagoda is octagonal on the plane, and the eaves of each pagoda are slightly inclined, like petals in full bloom. The total weight of the iron column of Lotus Tower, Tasha 99 Pagoda, Zhu Bao and other castings on the top floor exceeds seven tons, which is the highest among the ancient pagodas in Guangdong. Huang, the top scholar at that time in the Ming Dynasty, also wrote "Creation of Wenta Reform Hall" for Luoding Wenta.
Luoding Pagoda was originally named Sanyuan Pagoda, and "Sanyuan" means that candidates in Luoding, Guangdong Province, won "Sanyuan" in the imperial examination at that time. The Sanyuan Pagoda was originally built by literati and has been valued by literati since ancient times. The pagoda is tall and pointed, just like the sharp pen used by literati, also called the pen tower, and later it was renamed the pagoda.
Architectural art
Luoding Pagoda is located on a peninsula surrounded by the winding river of Longjiang River. Built in the thirty-ninth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (16 1 1), it is 47 meters high. It is the earliest high-rise building in Luoding.
The pagoda is octagonal on the plane, and the eaves of each pagoda are slightly inclined, like a blooming petal. The whole tower is like a stack of seven blooming flowers. The top layer is formed by inserting an iron column directly into the sky to form a steeple surrounded by chains, like a prominent stamen. Seen from a distance, it looks like a gorgeous flower tower. The total weight of the iron column of Lotus Tower at the top of the tower exceeds 7 tons, which is the highest in Guangdong ancient pagoda.
When the tower was built, the iron pillars were engraved with inscriptions. It is also the best cast iron tower discovered and preserved in our province so far. It is an extremely precious historical relic and has been listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Luoding Wenta