Hongjue Temple Tower is located on Niushou Mountain outside Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing, and it is named after Tayin Temple. The temple was built in 503, the second year of the Southern Dynasties. In the early Tang Dynasty, Farong monks gave lectures here, which was the birthplace of Buddhism "Tauren Zen". In the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty (774), a tower was built here to commemorate Master Farong. When Japan invaded China, the temple destroyed the tower.
The tower of Hongjue Temple is about 40 meters high, with seven layers of bricks and eight sides, and each side has an arched tower door. 1956 In July, this underground palace was found at the bottom of the tower. There are the gilded Lama Pagoda of Amin Dynasty, about 10 feet high, and the Buddha statues of Sakyamuni and Wei Tuo, which are now in Nanjing Museum. This tower has been repaired in recent years, and it has reappeared the majestic posture of a thousand years.
The tallest tower-Guling Tower in Guling Park
The tallest traditional tower in Nanjing is the Guling Tower in the eastern suburb of Nanjing. This nine-story tower made of modern reinforced concrete is 6 1 m high. Each floor is paved with green glazed tiles, with corridors outside and stone fences around, and built-in spiral escalators, which can climb to the top step by step.
1927 The Northern Expedition was successful, and the National Government made Nanjing its capital. In order to commemorate the soldiers killed in the national revolution, a cemetery was built at the site of Linggu Temple in the early Ming Dynasty to comfort the loyal soul. Gulingbaota was built by Fuji Architecture Factory, which built Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and was completed in 1933.
The oldest tower-Gaochun Baosheng Temple Tower
Baosheng Temple Tower, also known as Sifang Tower, is located in the east of Gaochun, a suburb of Nanjing, by the beautiful Gucheng Lake. It is the word street of Gaochun's "Four Treasures of the Study" square tower and the first cypress tree in Bai Mudan. According to the Qing Guangxu "Gaochun County? Baosheng Temple Pagoda was built in 239 in the second year of Wuchiwu. According to legend, Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Soochow, built it for his mother, and it is the earliest stupa in Nanjing, which has been maintained from generation to generation.
The pagoda of Baosheng Temple is a pavilion with seven floors in four directions, all made of blue bricks. The tower is 3 1 m high and 5.3 meters long on both sides of the ground floor. It is a cone that gradually becomes square from bottom to top, with overhangs on each floor, wind chimes installed at four corners and iron gates installed at the top of the tower. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "jade bamboo shoots pull out the ground and the pen is empty". Each floor of the tower is equipped with cloister railings, so visitors can climb the inner ladder to overlook it. The lakes and mountains are beautiful.
The most artistic stone pagoda-qixia temple stupa
On the south side of qixia temple Buddhist Scripture Building, there is a stone pagoda with exquisite shape and unique style, which is the famous stupa. The tower was built in the first year of Sui Renshou (60 1 year). According to legend, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty met a monk and got hundreds of Buddhist relics. He ordered eighty-three states in the world to build pagodas for worship, which were first sent to qixia temple, Jiangzhou, Nanjing, where pagodas were built and rebuilt in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The pagoda has a five-level octagon, seven floors with a pedestal, and the height is18m. It's a stone cornice type. The upper and lower floors of the tower base are carved with patterns such as sea water, lotus flowers, dragons and phoenixes, fish and catfish, and the eight sides of Sumitomo's waist are engraved with eight-phase pictures symbolizing Sakyamuni's life. The pagoda is dignified and elegant, and exquisitely carved. It is a masterpiece of China stupa art.
The most famous leaning tower-Fangshan Ding Lin Temple Tower
Ding Lin Temple Tower is located at the northern foot of Fangshan Mountain in Jiangning, Nanjing, and is named after the temple. According to the Qing Tongzhi "Shangjiang two counties? It is said that in the main road of the Song Dynasty, Shan Jian monks raised funds to build a temple here, which was named after the Ding Lin Temple in Zhongshan was abolished. The tower was built on Avenue for nine years (1 173), with seven floors and eight sides and a height of thirteen meters. The ground floor is very high, the door faces south, and the other three sides are shrines. Pagoda and eaves were destroyed. This tower was tilted in the early years and was restored in 1974. In recent years, its eccentricity has reached 1.2 degrees 3 1 minute, which is 5 degrees 30 minutes higher than the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy. Recently, relevant parties are digging holes and pouring steel bars on site to ensure that the tower will no longer tilt and slip.
The most wonderful Feng Shui Pagoda-Lishui Yongshou Temple Pagoda
Yongshou Temple Tower is located in the northwest of Lishui County, Nanjing. It's not a common stupa, it's a feng shui pagoda. According to the old county? According to records, the northwest of the county seat in the Ming Dynasty was vacant because it was surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Qinhuai River just flowed north to Jinling. In order to prevent the river from taking away its wealth and prestige, the tower was built to make up for the shortage of mountains and rivers. In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1606), the magistrate of a county proposed to build it, formerly known as Yongchang, in order to pray for the eternal life of Lishui. The following year, the pagoda was built and named "Yongshou". Yongshou Temple was built around the pagoda and became the largest temple in Lishui. In the first year of Qing Qianlong (1736), the pagoda was rebuilt and renovated in recent years. The tower is a seven-story octagonal brick imitation pavilion, 33 meters high, simple and elegant.
The latest stupa-Jiming Temple pharmacist stupa
Pharmacist stupa is located in Jiming Temple in Nanjing. The temple, formerly known as Tongtai Temple, was built in the first year of Liang Datong in the Southern Dynasties (527). In the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1387), it was renamed Jiming Temple, which was repeatedly abandoned. 198 1 year, the state allocated funds for reconstruction. 1989 The newly-built pharmacist tower is the fifth big stupa in the history of Jiming Temple. It is 44.8 meters high, with seven floors and eight sides and double eaves bronze brake shoes. It's magnificent. The pharmacist Buddha, out of Sanskrit, means to eliminate disasters and prolong life. The Nanmu Buddha statue enshrined in the four niches in the tower is an old cultural relic of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, and the bronze statue of the pharmacist Buddha is an original work of Yonghe Palace in Beijing, which is particularly precious.
The Youngest Imitation of the Tang Pagoda —— the Sanzang Pagoda in Xiaojiuhua Mountain
The Sanzang Tower is at the top of the boat, and the mountain is named after it looks like an inverted wooden boat. In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a Tibetan temple in Shannan, so it was also called Xiao Jiuhua Mountain. 1in the winter of 942, the Japanese army built the "Inagaki Shrine" at the site of the Hongzhi Sanzang Pagoda outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing, and excavated a small bronze box containing part of the parietal bone of Master Tang Xuanzang, the fifth year of Song Tiansheng (1027) and the nineteenth year of Ming Hongwu (/kloc-0) This discovery caused a sensation throughout the country, and the Japanese wanted to keep it for themselves. After serious negotiations between the Buddhist community and the Wang puppet government, part of Master Xuanzang's skull was left in Nanjing, and a tower was built and buried in 1944. "Sanzang" is the general name of Buddhist classics "Jing, Lu and Lun". This tower is modeled after the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi.
The smallest tower-Peace Park is also the capital tower.
Peace tower is in the Peace Park to the east of Nanjing Municipal Government. This tower was built by Wang Jingwei's puppet government in 194 1 year. It is a true testimony of the humiliating history of the Chinese nation, and was later renamed peace tower. Tower height 17 meters, inclined from bottom to top, small and exquisite, unique in shape.
The most beautiful tower in Xuanwu Lake-Nano Tower
Nonata is in the north of Zhou Huan, Xuanwu Lake. Xuanwu Lake was called "Sangbo" in ancient times. It is said that there are black dragons and crocodiles in the lake, so it was renamed Xuanwu Lake as black, and Xuanwu represents the north. In the early Ming Dynasty, the national household registration was stored in a lake in Liangzhou, which was called the "Yellow Bookstore". There was a garden in Qing Dynasty, which was converted into a park in Xuantong three years (19 1 1 year). The Nona Tower was built in 1937, with nine levels and eight sides. It is beautiful and straight, which is in harmony with the scenery in the lake.
This may be the Great Baoen Temple Tower!