Hepu Wenchang Tower is located about 3 kilometers south of Hepu County, Guangxi. It was built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 300 years. The tower is octagonal, about 36 meters high, with a tower foundation of 8. 1 meter and an inner diameter of 2.6 meters. It is a 7-story brick tower with dense eaves and a narrow shape from bottom to top, with a red fenugreek at the top. Each floor has east-west ventilation doors, namely Kunmen and Fengmen, and the rest are fake doors for decoration. There are spiraling stairs in the tower. The tower is white, the turrets and arches are red, red and white, simple and beautiful. Climbing the tower, you can get a panoramic view of the North Sea. Wenchang Pagoda was named after the civilization of South Ding Huo. Wenchang Pagoda is the tallest pagoda in southern Guangxi, which is of great value to the study of ancient culture, art and architectural mechanics. Wenchang Pagoda was built in the 12th year of Wanli of Ming Dynasty (1584), and has undergone five renovations, the last time being in 1985. Wenchang Tower, 37 meters high, is a flat octagonal, seven-story pavilion-style brick tower. The first layer is 8.56 meters in diameter. The tower is located in the north-south direction. There is a turtle fish on the cornice of each floor, and there is a "dragon kiss" below. The inner stairs were originally made of wood, but the last repair was changed into cement structure. Four Zhou Tie water pipe railings have also undergone the last fashion renovation. The Wenchang Tower, whose top is covered with a round iron wheel and a copper seat (the copper seat is in 6544), has been repaired five times, and the restoration of the tower is carried out on the basis of maintaining its original appearance. The tower was first repaired in the 28th year of Qingganlong (1763). The second time was in the first year of Jiaqing (1796). After this renovation, on the evening of May 23 of the following year, it said, "There was a blazing flame at the top of the tower, and the residents in the city noticed it." As time went on, the tower suddenly collapsed inexplicably. Since then, in the twenty-second year of Jiaqing (18 17), the gentry of the whole city gathered to donate more than 4,000 yuan for the third reconstruction; The fourth repair was in 1959, and the people raised 7000 yuan to repair it. The fifth time was1985 65438+February, and Mr. Tan, an overseas Chinese living in Japan, donated 58,000 yuan for the latest renovation. Wenchang Tower is magnificent. "It is so named because of its soaring sky and its confrontation with characters." The tower was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Gaoming County in 1982.
Hepu Wenchang Tower has national key cultural relics protection units such as Dashige and provincial key cultural relics protection units, as well as ancient tombs. In addition, Hepu Wenchang Tower also has a state-level Yamaguchi mangrove ecological nature reserve and an autonomous region-level tourist resort-Nanguo Xingdao Lake, with an area of more than 6,660 hectares and 65,438 large and small islands +0026, with beautiful scenery. In May, 1996, the location shooting base of the large-scale TV series "Water Margin" prepared by CCTV was built and put into use here, which increased the scenic spots and facilities in the tourist area. It is in harmony with Beihai Silver Beach, forming a salty and light tourist landscape, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. Hepu County has been producing firecrackers and fireworks for more than 200 years. It is recorded in Hepu County Records. At present, the firecrackers produced have different production methods, ingredients and weaving techniques, such as single ring, double ring, chain ring and hen belt (that is, inserting big firecrackers into small firecrackers). The advantage of these firecrackers is that the sound is crisp and loud. There are more than 200 kinds of fireworks. About two-thirds of the products are exported to more than 20 countries and regions, such as the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, etc., and are well received by people all over the world.
Wenchang Tower, Dongkou County, Hunan Province
Dongkou Wenchang Tower is located near Wenchang Pavilion in Dongkou County, Hunan Province, hence its name. The tower was built in the tenth year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (1860). Wenchang Tower at Dongkou is a brick octagonal nine-level solid tower with dense eaves. There is a wide octagonal stone platform under the tower, on which a sumeru pedestal is placed, and its waist is carved with extremely rich patterns of exotic flowers and birds, on which are carved wooden brick arches, flat seats and railings; Then, the tower is supported by three layers of lotus flowers made of bricks. The first floor of this tower is very high. The front is a split arch false door, and the side is decorated with a lattice false window. Lean against the corner in a circle. The eight eaves of the tower are close to each other, giving people a sense of dense eaves. On the whole, except the corner beams of the first floor and each floor are made of wood, the bucket arches and platform railings under the eaves of other floors are made of brick-like wood. Brick-carved brake seats, iron-cast phase wheels, rising moon and balls at the top of the tower increase the solemnity of the tower. Wenchang Tower in Dongkou is exquisitely designed. Beautiful shape, rich sculpture and diverse structure can be called a masterpiece in the dense eaves tower. However, due to the age, it has long been broken. So it was overhauled in 1985, and the tile roof, broken bucket arch, brick carving and bronze mirror of each floor were repaired one by one, and it was completely new. Magnificent in shape, complex and rigorous in structure, with spiral step walkways, dome-shaped annular roof, eaves and central inner walls decorated with colorful paintings. The roof is like an iron roof, the cornice is upturned, and eight bronze bells are hung around the octagon. When the breeze rises, the bells are sweet. There are several evergreen trees at the top of the tower, such as crowns, which decorate the tower very spectacular. A couplet is engraved on the stone pillar that enters the door: "Clear water circulation doubts Peng Road; Going straight to the sky, people are in Xiao Qiong. " There are poems written by Zeng Yi, Xian Qing, Matsukawa and others on the inner wall. The first temple in front of Wenchang Tower in Dongkou is the Tianwang Hall. In front of the temple, there are four flower beds, eight verdant tassels, two rows of luxuriant arrow bamboo neatly arranged on both sides, and two mighty and kind lions more than two meters high, giving people a particularly solemn and quiet feeling. Climbing the twelve steps, the twelve zodiac animals on the stone railings on both sides are lifelike. Children like the clown in the little lion's mouth best, and compete to play with it and make it smooth and round. The ingenious layout in front of the king's palace is amazing, and the Buddha statues in the king's palace make your heart surge. Maitreya, who laughs heartily, makes you feel more cordial; The mighty Wei Tuo Bodhisattva will make you fear; The lifelike four heavenly kings are more than ten feet tall, some holding pipa, some holding swords, some catching earthworms, some catching silver mice, all stepping on monsters. Wenchang Tower at the mouth of the cave faces Huilongzhou across the river. People say that dragons are like boats and towers are like poles, which set each other off.
Wenchang Tower, Qiyang County, Hunan Province
Qiyang Wenchang Tower is located on Qianshuyan on the east bank of Xiangjiang River in Qiyang County, Hunan Province. It was built in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1573), 5 kilometers away from the county seat 1.5, and was later destroyed. It was rebuilt in the ninth year of Qing Qianlong (AD 1744). The tower is 36.8 meters high, with masonry structure and seven floors, each floor. There are reliefs on lintels and shrines everywhere. The second and third floors are surrounded by stone fences, and the tower base is a double-decked Sumi Mountain, with many small shrines carved with stories of Buddha rituals, mountains and rivers, flowing water, pines and cypresses, auspicious clouds, pagodas, temples, wild animals and figures, which are lifelike. In particular, the full-line musical instruments such as sheng, Xiao, Qin, harp, cloud board, gong, drum and flute on the upper part of Sumi, as well as auspicious eight-treasure patterns such as Falun, falling snail, treasure umbrella, white cover, lotus flower, Aquarius, goldfish and Pan Chang, are exquisite and lifelike, and the ribbons tied on the cloud board are like waves, which seems to flutter with the wind, which is amazing. Above Mount Sumi, there are three layers of lotus petals supporting the tower. The tower is relatively high, with brick arches and semi-circular carved windows on all sides. Qiyang Wenchang Tower is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
As a scenic spot, Wenchang Tower in Qiyang has added a peculiar style to the ancient city, thus attracting people from all over the world to visit, appreciate and linger here for a long time. Wenchang Tower attracts more and more tourists with its unique charm, which has played a positive role in promoting the social, economic and cultural development of Qiyang County. Every day, an endless stream of tourists come here to study Buddhism or travel, and receive countless people from many countries in Asia, America and Europe and various provinces, cities and regions across the country, and countless tourists. The Wenchang Tower in Qiyang is rich in connotation, unique in charm, complete in variety and colorful, which not only adds infinite elegance to the beautiful ancient city, but also leaves us a valuable historical and cultural heritage today.
Wenchang Tower in Hexian County, Anhui Province
Wenchang Tower, located on the north bank of Hengjiang River outside the small south gate of the county town, faces Maanshan Steel City across the river in the east, Tianmen Mountain in the south and Zhenhuaifu as a guest arch in the north. This tower was built by Guo in the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1600). Later generations said that this tower was built in memory of Zhang Wenchang, a poet in Central Tang Zhou. However, according to the Wenchang Tower written by Jiao Hong, the top scholar at that time, "Duke Guo of Liyang County was in power for three years, and the peasants played in the wild, and the scholars advised them to learn and asked the people about their sufferings, but they did not donate money. Salty, they said: the county water leaked from the southeast, and its shape was unprepared and not long. Scholars don't go to court, and words of good faith are tried and tested. I am willing to build a pagoda to win with strength. " It can be seen that at that time, due to the belief in Feng Shui superstition, the southeast of the state capital was flooded, the style of writing was unprepared, and the style of writing was depressed. So this tower was built for the prosperity of Wen Feng. In the forty-five years of Qingganlong (1780), Hezhou and Hehe rebuilt this tower; 1922, Liu Dongfu, the governor of Hexian County, rebuilt it again, and set up a monument to rebuild Wenchang Pagoda (written by Zhang Boxi and A Tsinghua). There is also a Guo Gong Temple in the east of the tower, and there is a "Sibei" in the temple to commemorate Guo's achievements in building Wenchang Tower. Taoist priests lived in the temple to protect the tower.
Wenchang Tower has 7 floors, with brick and wood structure, more than 30 meters high, hexagonal outside and square inside, with the tower door facing south. Outside each floor, a brick bucket arch hangs over the eaves, supported by wooden columns and tiled with wooden boards. Above the tower gate, there is a brick carving figure, carp yue longmen. Starting from the second floor, there are six brick doors on each side and each floor from bottom to top, which are alternately opened and closed horizontally. On the second floor, above the hexagonal gate and under the tower eaves, brick carvings such as "stepping on toads and fighting" and "swallowing clouds and seeing Han" are written in block letters from right to left. There is a pot (commonly known as an iron pot) on the top of the tower, and a conical roof made of bricks is under the roof, and a small tile is under the roof. There is a wooden ladder on the ground floor of the first floor, which can spiral up and climb to the top of the seventh floor to have a bird's eye view of the rivers and mountains.
In the past 400 years, Wenchang Tower has been eroded by wind and rain and destroyed by war. When the Japanese invaded, Japanese ships shelled Wenchang Tower on the sea surface of Jinhekou. Although the tower was hit, it didn't fall down because of its solid foundation. Now, there is a bullet hole in the northeast of the tower. Because this tower is located in the sedimentary gravel stratum and has been inclined to the northeast for a long time, it has also attracted some legends and comments. For example, someone commented in the newspaper that Wenchang Tower is one of the leaning towers in China. In April 1982 and 1, Wenchang Tower was designated as a key cultural relic protection unit by the county people's government. 1April, 985, the wooden structure in the tower caught fire because of naughty children, and was rescued and put out by the fire brigade. 1986165438+1October, the county people's government allocated funds to strengthen and maintain Wenchang Tower, so that it still stands tall in the sky, hoping that the style of writing and the country will be more prosperous in the new era.