Where is Yingxian Wooden Pagoda a tourist attraction?

Sakyamuni Tower is located in the Buddha Palace Temple in the northwest of Yingxian County, commonly known as Yingxian Tower. It was built in the second year of Qing Ning in Liao Dynasty (AD 1056) and completed in the sixth year of Jin Mingchang (AD 1 195). It is the tallest and oldest existing wooden tower building in China. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

The wooden tower was built on a four-meter-high abutment, with a height of 67.3 1 m and a ground floor with a diameter of 30.27 m, showing a plane octagon. The first floor facade has double eaves, and the upper floors are single eaves, with five floors and six eaves, and there is a dark layer between the floors, which is actually nine floors. Because there are double eaves and corridors on the ground floor, the appearance of the tower is six eaves. Each floor is supported by two circles of wooden columns inside and outside. There are 24 pillars outside each floor and 8 pillars inside. Many braces, beams, beams and short columns are used between wooden columns to form multi-beam wooden frames in different directions. According to some calculations, the whole wooden tower is made of 3000 cubic meters of Korean pine wood and weighs about 2600 tons. The overall proportion is appropriate, the building is magnificent, the art is exquisite, and the shape is steady and solemn.

There is a door at the bottom of the tower, north and south. There are flat railings around the second floor, and each floor is equipped with wooden stairs, so visitors can climb up to the top step by step. From the second floor to the fifth floor, there are four doors on each floor, all of which are equipped with wooden partitions. There is plenty of light. When you go out, you can overlook the fence, with Heng Yue as a screen and mulberries as a belt. You can have a panoramic view and feel relaxed and happy. All floors in the tower are plastic Buddha statues. 1 layer is Sakyamuni, and the height is 1 1 m. It has a dignified face and a pleasant appearance. There are exquisite and gorgeous algae wells at the top, six Tathagata statues are painted on the inner tank wall, and King Kong, King of Heaven and disciples are also painted on both sides of the door. The murals are brightly colored and the characters are lifelike. The altar on the second floor is square, with a Buddha, two bodhisattvas and two mighty attendants on it. The three-story altar is octagonal with a square Buddha statue on it. Four layers of plastic Buddha statues and statues of Ananda, Ye Jia, Manjusri and Pu Xian. Five-layer plastic Pilu Tian Tathagata and National People's Congress Bodhisattva. Each Buddha statue is exquisitely carved, with different shapes and high artistic value.

The top of the tower is octagonal, with iron gates, beautifully made and coordinated with the tower body, making the wooden tower magnificent. Wind chimes are installed under the eaves of each floor of the tower, and the breeze blows, tinkling and very pleasant.

The design of Yingxian Wooden Pagoda boldly inherited the heavy architectural form with national characteristics since the Han and Tang Dynasties, made full use of traditional architectural techniques, and widely adopted the bucket arch structure. There are 54 kinds of bucket arches in the whole tower, and each kind of bucket arch has a certain combination form. Some beams, squares and columns form a whole, and each layer forms an octagonal hollow structural layer. Scientific and rigorous design, perfect structure and ingenuity. It is a building with national style, national characteristics and religious requirements. It can be said that it has reached the highest level of ancient architectural art in China, and even now it has high research value.

After the completion of the wooden pagoda, celebrities of past dynasties have hung plaques and inscribed couplets, which have profound implications and vigorous brushwork, adding a lot of color to the wooden pagoda. Among them: Judy of Ming Taizu led the Northern Expedition in the 4th year of Yongle (A.D. 1406) and lived in Su Ying. He went to the city to enjoy the tour and personally wrote "Shen Gong, the third runner-up"; In the third year of Zheng De, Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1508), the overseers defeated the little prince Tatar who had entered the fortress in Yanghe (Yanggao County, Shanxi Province) and Yingzhou, and when they boarded the wooden tower to entertain meritorious generals, they wrote down "Wonders of the World". There are 54 Ming, Qing and Republic of China plaques and couplets in the tower. There are also excellent couplets, such as "Rise from the ground, Mount Yunshan arch column, ride the wind and step on the moon to catch clouds"; "Look through the clouds and smoke, look at Yanmen in the west, the cave is small, the south of Bihan is exquisite, and the dragon head is low." In addition, like the wooden tower, a number of extremely precious Liao cultural relics were found in the tower, especially the color printing of Liao engraving, which filled the gap in the history of printing in China. Among the cultural relics, there are many scrolls, including manuscripts and woodcut prints of Liao Dynasty, some of which are more than 30 meters long, which is rare in China and provides valuable materials for studying the politics, economy and culture of Liao Dynasty in China.

The Sakyamuni Tower in the Buddha Palace Temple in Yingxian County has survived wind and rain erosion, earthquake and war, and is still well preserved. In addition to the solid foundation and rigorous structure, the continuous maintenance of the past dynasties is also an important reason, especially after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which has been systematically repaired and managed. 1953 set up a cultural relics preservation center. From 1974 to 198 1, the state allocated a large number of special funds to allocate high-quality wood for comprehensive maintenance of the wooden tower, making the ancient high-rise wooden tower building with the most complete protection, the most ingenious structure and the most spectacular appearance in the world look brand-new and stand tall. It attracts domestic and foreign tourists with its long history, unique artistic style and superb architectural technology.