Yangzhou has many pagodas with magnificent architecture and majestic momentum. It is a good place to explore ancient times. The famous pagodas in Yangzhou include Dayun Pagoda, Wenfeng Pagoda, Tianzhong Pagoda, Yinling Pagoda, and Dogwood Pagoda. Pagodas, etc. The following is a brief introduction to these pagodas. Those who are interested can learn more.
Universiade Tower
The first pagoda built with a steel structure as the main body in Yangzhou, using more than 2,200 tons of steel components, it is a veritable steel tower. The main building of the Universiade Tower is 103 meters tall. Together with the top spire, the total height reaches 112.3 meters.
The Grand Canal Tower is located in the Three Bays Scenic Area of ??the Canal and is an important part of the China Grand Canal Museum. The tower is 100 meters high and can be entered through the Changhong Horizontal Wave Corridor built on the roof of the Grand Canal Museum. The Universiade Tower is designed in the style of a Tang pagoda and will reproduce the ancient charm of the Tang Dynasty. The tower on the canal is the pearl on the canal.
Wenfeng Pagoda
Located in Wenfeng Temple on the bank of the Grand Canal in the south of Yangzhou City, it was built in the 10th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1582). It is the only remaining ancient pavilion-style pagoda in Yangzhou City. The tower is 47 meters high, with a brick and wood structure, seven levels and eight sides. There is a stone tablet of "Ancient Canal" under the tower. Monk Jianzhen of the Tang Dynasty entered the river through this point during his second, fourth and sixth eastward journeys; Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited the south several times.
Tianzhong Tower
It is located in the Gao Temple at the mouth of the Sancha River at the intersection of the ancient canal and Yiyang River in the southern suburbs of Yangzhou. It was built in the eighth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. In 1651, Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong both visited the pagoda in person. In the 24th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1844), the pagoda collapsed. At the end of the last century, under the auspices of Elder Delin of Gao_si, the Tianzhong pagoda was rebuilt. The pagoda is 72 meters high. , nine floors.
It is worth mentioning that the Dayun Pagoda is about 1.2 kilometers away from the Wenfeng Pagoda of Wenfeng Temple and about 4 kilometers from the Tianzhong Pagoda of Gao_si. It is the highest in Sanwan Scenic Area. Looking from the observation deck, you can see a tower spire in the north and south respectively: Wenfeng Tower in the north; Wenfeng Tower, Universiade Tower, and Tianzhong Tower in the south, which will be connected together by the canal. Line, forming a landscape with three towers reflecting three bays.
Yinling Tower
"Si water flow, Bian water flow, flows to Guazhou Ancient Ferry." Guazhou Ancient Ferry Park is surrounded by water on three sides. , located at the gateway of the Yangzhou section of the Grand Canal Scenic Belt. The Yinling Pagoda is located in Gudu Park. It was newly built after the founding of New China.
The Zhuyu Pagoda is located on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (Seven Rivers). The commanding height of the Eight Islands area is located on Hongxing Island at the north end of Zhuyuwan Park in Wantou Town, the eastern suburbs of Yangzhou. It is a navigation lighthouse newly built after the founding of the People's Republic of China. You can not only see the canal scenery here, but also climb up here to see the distance. It is the Double Ninth Festival every year, and we can revisit the ancient custom of planting dogwood trees to climb high.