Feng Shui Interpretation of Wenfeng Pagoda in Anyang?

Most of the towers we see are triangular, wide at the bottom and pointed at the top. Wenfeng Tower is not like this. Wenfeng Tower is an octagonal, umbrella-shaped and five-story structure, which is rare in the tower structure. Do you know why you want to build this shape?

1. Why is the plane of Wenfeng Tower octagonal? The plane of Wenfeng Tower is octagonal, which originated from gossip. Therefore, the octagon is the result of the integration of Buddhist culture, Confucianism and Taoism, and it is an important embodiment of the China of Buddhist culture. First of all, from the history of Buddhism in China, we can see that the octagonal stupa is the inevitable result of Buddhism in China. Buddhism originated in India and was introduced to China from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Pagoda also originated in India and was introduced to China with Buddhism.

Indian pagodas are semi-circular. After being introduced into China, they are combined with traditional pavilions and pavilions in China. The stupa was a wooden pagoda before the Tang Dynasty, but it became a brick-wood structure or masonry structure after the Tang Dynasty. Before the Tang Dynasty, its shapes were mostly quadrangles and hexagons, with few octagons.

After the Song Dynasty, many pagodas were octagonal, and some were hexagonal. The change of the shape of the stupa reflects the history of Buddhism in China, and the octagonal stupa shows that Buddhism has been China-oriented. Why does the octagonal pagoda reflect the Buddhist China? We can see it from the octagonal two-story pavilion-style gossip tower in the northwest corner of the original Tianning Temple (now the northwest corner of Dennis Shopping Mall).

The Eight Diagrams Pagoda is octagonal, with four directions of east, west, south and north, and four corners of southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast. Bricks are used on all sides, and the two-story wall brick is concave to form the eight diagrams symbol. The eight diagrams are in the east, in the west, in the north, in the kangua, in the south, in the southeast, in the Kungua, in the southwest, and in the northeast, which shows the arrangement order of the eight diagrams and is the product of Taoist culture. All directions of Wenfeng Pagoda also reflect the arrangement order of gossip. The shape of the stupa combines the gossip of Confucianism and Taoism.

Secondly, the sequence of Buddhist stories embossed on Wenfeng Pagoda reflects the orientation of gossip and the integration of Buddhism and China culture. In ancient times, the arrangement of gossip was from south to top and from north to bottom, which was completely opposite to modern times.

The relief on the first floor of Wenfeng Pagoda is also based on the south. There are three Buddhas in the south, Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle, Amitabha Buddha and Maitreya Buddha in the left and right, and Sakyamuni Buddha sits in the middle and faces south. Kun is in the southwest, late summer and early autumn. Everything grows and approaches maturity. The sculpture of Buddha statue is Sakyamuni Buddha, which shows that Buddhism has spread widely and flourished. In the west, it is for exchange, for gold and for joy. In autumn, the carving of Buddha statue is the birth of Prince Siddhartha.

When the Buddha was born, it will be a pleasure to celebrate all over the world. Northwest is dry, between autumn and winter. Yin and Yang fight each other, and the Buddha carving is an ascetic monk of Prince Siddhartha, who accepts hardships. The north is a ridge, the ridge is water, and the risk is a trap. The Buddha statue carved into Guanyin Bodhisattva shows that Guanyin Bodhisattva was the savior of ancient times. The northeast corner is the root, the end of everything and the beginning of everything. Buddha carving is the knot and fall of Sakyamuni Buddha, flying safely and listening. The east is an earthquake, the earthquake is thunder, it is spring, everything is born, and liberation is the nirvana of Sakyamuni Buddha.

Buddhism talks about reincarnation, where there is death and there is life, and death is life. The southeast is Xun, and Xun is the wind. Relief is the attendance of Persian kings and queens to Buddhism, which shows that Buddhism spreads as widely as spring breeze. Using gossip to express Buddhist stories shows the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

Practice has proved that the Eight Diagrams Pagoda is the best orientation of the architectural art of stupa, which not only has high practical value, but also has high aesthetic value, and is the highest realm of architectural art. Each of the Eight Diagrams Pagoda represents a direction, gathering the cosmic information field from all directions, and braking the wind force produces a strong field resonance effect, which is more durable.

Over the past 1000 years, it has survived many severe earthquakes and still stands tall, showing its unparalleled spirit. "Wenfeng Pagoda" rises from the ground and is magnificent. Its indomitable spirit, deliberately profound and peculiar modeling, superior and exquisite craftsmanship and solemn and harmonious form make people feel beautiful and enjoy, but also make people feel refreshed and inspire people to work hard.

2. Why was Wenfeng Pagoda built in the southwest of Tianning Temple? Pagoda has a long history in China, with different layouts in different times. The pagodas in the Northern Wei Dynasty were all built in the center of temples, which was the layout of early temples in China. In the Tang Dynasty, the Great Pagoda was generally built in front of or on the side of the Hall of the Great Hero, parallel to it. In the Song Dynasty, the stupa was built behind the main hall. According to Henan Tongzhi, "Song Zhiping built the pagoda in two years" and "Wenfeng Pagoda" belong to the architecture of Song Dynasty. Why was it built in the southwest of Tianning Temple?

First of all, look at the overall layout of Tianning Temple. The overall layout of the ancient Tianning Temple is the acquired gossip, with the mountain gate, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall and the Guanyin Hall as the central axis, and the east and west correspond. The northwest corner is the direction of divination, and there is a pavilion-shaped gossip tower, which means vigorous and straight. This tower is the only gossip tower in our city. In the southeast corner, in the direction of divinatory symbols, there is a sparkling Hulu Lake, which means the position is low. Southwest is the direction of Kun Gua, and it is also the place where Wenfeng Tower was built.

"Wenfeng Pagoda" was built in the southwest of Tianning Temple, which embodies the builder's unique conception and profound cultural accomplishment. Southwest belongs to Kun hexagrams, and Kun is the land. Wenfeng Tower was built in Kun, that is, it stood on the earth with great virtue and heavy load, formed a blue sky at the top of the tower, stood upright, connected heaven and earth, formed a pattern of integration of heaven and earth, and embodied the core idea of Zhouyi. Kunde is soft and slippery, "cohesion": "Fu Kun, the world is the most slippery."

Haiku: "To the greatest extent, everything is born in harmony." "Shuo Gua": "Kun is also, the land is also, and everything is raised." It is pointed out that Kun hexagrams are obedient to heaven and make everything grow. Kungua is located in the southwest, at the end of summer and early autumn. It is the stage when everything absorbs sufficient nutrients from the earth and grows sturdily. It is the sum of heaven and earth and a livable place.

"Cohesion" also said that "the size of heaven and earth is called life", and the solitary yin is not born, and the solitary yang is not long. Only the combination of heaven and earth, that is, the combination of yin and yang, can produce everything. The greatest virtue of heaven and earth is to produce all things. Man is the spirit of all things and the most important content of the spirit of all things. Therefore, the most important thing in everything is all kinds of talents. "Wenfeng Songxiu" inscribed by Huang Bangning, the magistrate of Zhang De in Qing Dynasty tells the truth and the profound traditional cultural connotation of Wenfeng Pagoda. "Wenfeng Pagoda" is not only an ordinary stupa, but also has far-reaching implications.

3. Why is Wenfeng Tower umbrella-shaped and five-storeyed? Wenfeng Pagoda is an umbrella-shaped five-story pagoda with pavilions and dense eaves. Its modeling is rare at home and abroad. From the first floor to the top of the tower, each floor is bigger than the next, and from the bottom up, it looks like an open umbrella. Because this strange shape is really rare, for thousands of years, people didn't understand its meaning, only knew what it was, but didn't know why. In fact, as long as we know the nature of Wenfeng Pagoda, the implication is not difficult to understand.

Wenfeng Pagoda is both a stupa and a pagoda. From the humanistic point of view, the height of the tower can represent not only time, but also talents, both the quantity and quality of talents. The moral is that the number of talents is increasing year by year, from generation to generation, with more and more talents, wider and higher levels. It embodies the earnest hope and sincere prayer of Anyang people for more talents and more talents.

Why did Wenfeng Tower build five floors? The content here is very deep. First of all, we must understand the meaning of the word "five". The word "five" is written in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Xu Tian said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "The ancient prose is like this." Duan Yucai's Note: "Ancient prose is like the shape of yin and yang in the afternoon." Shuowen writes the word "five", which may be interpreted as "from two". Duan Yucai also noticed that "between heaven and earth, Yin and Yang meet in the afternoon". "Two images of heaven and earth". The so-called "from the second" means that the "one" above the five characters is the sky, the "one" below the five characters is the ground, and the "X" in the middle is the intersection of Yin and Yang.

One day and one night, Yin and Yang intersect at noon and midnight. Sunny in the morning during the day, cloudy in the afternoon and intersecting at noon. Yin is before midnight, Yang is after midnight, and Yin and Yang intersect at midnight. "X" is called "Yao" in Zhouyi, which means the turn of Yin and Yang. The combination of rigidity and softness changes in it, that is to say, when it changes, it is an opportunity for all kinds of talents to display their skills.

"Five" is odd in Zhouyi, odd is yang, and even yin. The fifth is yang number. "Cohesion": "The sky is one place and two places, the sky is three places and four places, the sky is five places and six places, the sky is seven places and eight places, and the sky is nine places and ten places", 13579 is the number of days, of which five days are in the middle, which can be understood as neither too early nor too late, just in time, the day is the best, and the advantage of the place is that young people are full of energy.

For more than 1000 years, "Wenfeng Pagoda" has gathered the information of the universe and the essence of culture, set up the yardstick of all things, entrusted the dream of life, and the majestic image of indomitable spirit has been firmly imprinted in everyone's heart in Anyang, inspiring the people of Anyang to ride the wind and waves, make great efforts and constantly create new glories.

The interpretation of "Wenfeng Tower" in Zhouyi enables us to see the deep traditional cultural connotation from the appearance of "Wenfeng Tower" and deepen our understanding of "Wenfeng Tower" and China traditional culture. Although it is only a superficial interpretation, it makes us realize that Zhouyi is not a "divination", but the root of China traditional culture. The Book of Changes is not profound, but it is accompanied in our lives. "People unconsciously use it in their daily lives.". Zhouyi originated in Anyang, where the thought of Zhouyi shines everywhere. Wenfeng Pagoda is the reflection of Zhouyi culture and the concrete embodiment of China traditional culture.

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