Fenyang Wenfeng Tower was built in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. It is located in Jianchang Village, 2 kilometers east of Fenyang City. In 1996, it was announced as a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. Wenfeng Pagoda was built according to the Feng Shui theory by the ancient people in order to promote the local literary style and culture and create more talents. It is a building with dual meanings of ornamental and symbolic significance. It can be found in prefectures and counties across the country. It is a product of the imperial examination system. , is also the product of the simultaneous influence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Fenyang Wenfeng Pagoda is 84.93 meters high, majestic and tall, ranking first among the ancient pagodas in the country. It is an outstanding representative of Wenfeng Pagodas in my country.
According to the "Fenyang County Chronicle" during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Fenyang Wenfeng Pagoda The peak tower was built on the initiative of Zhu Zhijun, a Fenyang scholar in the late Ming Dynasty (who served as the Secretary of the Imperial College in the Ming and Qing dynasties). The tower is a brick structure, consisting of three parts: the tower base, the tower body, and the tower brake. The outer outline is octagonal in plan, covering an area of ??217.8 square meters. The tower eaves are composed of brick-carved rafters, flying and brackets between the outer outline tower layers. Separated from each other, the tower is divided from bottom to top to the top, with a total of 13 floors. The inner chambers of the tower are square in plan, and the tower chambers are connected by a turning corridor-style stepped tower passage. The outer tower wall and the inner tower wall form a sleeve-type structural building. The base of the tower is a Xumi base made of strips of stone. The stone strips are carved with patterns of "bamboo joints", "Yanglian" and "curled grass". The tower body is built of green bricks. The eaves and brackets of each floor of the tower are centered, heavy arched, single-column arched and interlocking. There are 48 ceilings on each floor from the first to the sixth floor, 40 ceilings on the flat floor, 8 corner ceilings, and 32 ceilings on each floor from the seventh floor to the thirteenth floor. , there are 24 pieces in the flat body section, 8 pieces in the angle section, and there are 512 pieces of brackets in the whole tower. The eaves and wings of the tower are raised, and the eaves are very short. The entire tower body has no obvious curling, the upper and lower floors are significantly divided, and the outline of the tower body is straight upward. You can enter the tower from the tower door on the first floor. There is an empty well inside the tower, which connects up and down. Looking up from the tower room on the bottom floor, you can see the patio on the top floor, with a wooden lattice window manhole cover on the patio. The stairway of the tower is located between the tower chamber and the outer wall of the tower. It turns counterclockwise around the tower chamber and upwards. There are rest tables and arched windows at the corners of the stairway. Cross-shaped passages are set up in the southeast, northwest and northwest of each floor of the tower chamber through the center of the tower. Outside the passage There is an arched window at the entrance. The top of the tower room and all the passage tower windows are arch-type structures, and the top of the tower is pointed. The thirteenth-story tower has an eight-sided slope from the eaves to the top of the tower, which is gilded in copper.
Wenfeng Tower was severely damaged by the Fenyang earthquake in the 1920s. In May 1998, with the support of the people of the city and relevant provincial and local departments, the Fenyang Municipal People's Government carried out maintenance on Wenfeng Tower. In December 2000, the maintenance project was completed. The tallest tower in China radiates brilliant light again!