Does the Seven Treasures of Ashoka Tower really have the true bones of Sakyamuni Buddha? Please introduce the gold-plated seven treasures Ashoka Tower.

Where is the Buddha's real bone relic of Sakyamuni? According to legend, 2,500 years ago, after Sakyamuni's nirvana and Buddha's body were cremated, disciples got skulls, teeth, middle finger bones and 84,000 relics from ashes. Since then, the Buddha's top relic has spread to Southeast Asia, and it has been widely enshrined as a Buddhist relic. In 657 AD, an envoy of the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to India to retrieve the true bone of the Buddha's top.

In 2008, when Nanjing Museum excavated Dahongzhi in Jinling, it accidentally discovered the underground palace and stone tablet of Changgan Temple in Song Dynasty. The inscription records that the host of Chang Gan Temple and others built a nine-story pagoda with the approval of Song Zhenzong, which was "200 feet high", and said that "the Ashoka Tower was made of ten induction relics, Buddha's true bones, all saints' relics, gold coffins, silver combs and seven treasures, and wrapped in iron characters".

The inscription information made the experts very excited. When digging the underground palace, they soon found a huge iron letter, which was 1.3 meters high and weighed 50 kilograms. According to the inscription, there is a seven treasures Ashoka tower in the iron letter. In order to better protect cultural relics, the iron letter was not opened immediately after it was unearthed, but was sent to the basement of Nanjing Museum for storage.

On August 6th, 2008, Nanjing Museum, together with Nanjing Guardian and Phoenix Satellite TV, broadcast live the opening of Tiexin all over the world. When Tiexin's double-layer iron plate cover was slowly opened, a golden pagoda surrounded by precious stones and gold ingots came into view. This scene amazed dozens of old experts present and bluntly said that they had never seen such a magnificent gold-plated pagoda in their lives.

Indeed, everyone will be shocked to see such a colorful national treasure.

At this point, the statue of Ashoka discovered in Nanjing has become the largest Ashoka Tower in China and even the world, and its exquisite carving is enough to "dominate" the world.

Because Tiexin has been buried deep underground for thousands of years, and the inner wall of Tiexin and Ashoka Tower is very narrow, the tower body is "locked" and the work of taking the tower is forced to stop. Later, after several months' careful study by top cultural relics experts in China, the steps of taking the tower were worked out, and finally the world-famous tower king was successfully taken out on165438+1October 22nd.

At present, the Ashoka Tower excavated in the world can't be compared with the seven treasures Ashoka Tower in terms of artistic value or historical value.

Let's enjoy this rare treasure ~ ~

Seven treasures Ashoka Tower is 1.2 meters high, 40 centimeters wide and weighs 50 kilograms. The tower, pedestal and banana leaves are all decorated with different jewels. The tower is decorated with seven treasures of Buddhism: gold, silver, crystal, agate, glass, colored glass and dragonfly. There are more than 100 in the crystal alone. These jewels are of high quality, crystal clear and bright, and they are very beautiful in the golden pagoda. Because of the seven treasures, this tower is called "Seven Pagodas of Ashoka".

This tower is well cast. The main body is a square sumeru seat at the bottom, with four banana leaves on it, which is connected with the tower brake by a long chain with copper bells hanging on it. The design on the tower is exquisite, and the Buddha statue is vividly carved. The banana leaf of the mountain flower is only 20 cm, but the three images on its side are the most meaningful, namely the reincarnation of the white elephant in the Buddhist story, the Buddha becoming a Buddha under the bodhi tree, and the Buddha's nirvana. There are also many stories related to Buddhism engraved on the surface of the leaves of the mountain flower banana.

There are four colossus in the four directions of the tower: Prince Saqiu gave his life to feed the tiger, quick eyes to Wang Xian, bright head to Wang Xian, and King Pi cut meat to feed the eagle to save pigeons. These stories come from Buddhism and tell the Buddha that he "gave his life to save others".

On the top of the tower are "Long live the emperor", "Peace to the people all over the world", "Long live the ministers" and "Good weather". There is also the origin of nearly 100-word pagodas, with antlers and golden-winged birds under them. In Buddhism, Dapeng golden-winged bird is the patron saint of Buddha.

As soon as it was unearthed, this tower caused a global sensation and became a national treasure of China, not only because of its perfect and gorgeous shape, but also because there is a real Buddha bone in the tower.

What is the true bone at the top of Buddha? It is recorded in the Records of the Western Regions of Datang and other books that the true bone at the top of Buddha is the skull of Buddha of Sakyamuni, which is a complete skull with a diameter of 10 cm and a circumference of 35 cm. It is said that when the Buddha's true bone was unearthed, it was yellow and white with clear pores. This real bone on the top of the Buddha was placed in the Seven Treasures Ashoka Tower.

After thousands of years, the true bone of Buddha's top reappears in the world, becoming the only true bone relic of Buddha's top in the world, and it is also a precious skull left by Sakyamuni's founder after nirvana. It can be called a relic, which is of great significance.

See what Ashoka is all about ~ ~

Ashoka is known as Ashoka, the third king of the peacock dynasty in India. That was 2200 years ago. It is said that he has built pagodas all over the world, including 19 in China and Asoka Pagoda in Chang Gan as the second.

According to legend, 2500 years ago, after Sakyamuni's Nirvana Buddha was cremated, disciples got skulls, teeth, middle finger bones and 84000 relics from ashes. Since then, the Buddha's top relic has spread to Southeast Asia, and it has been widely enshrined as a Buddhist relic. In 657 AD, an envoy of the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to India to retrieve the parietal bone of the Buddha.

From the 7th century to 2008, the world has not seen the parietal bone of Buddha for nearly 1400 years. This time, under the comprehensive textual research of stone tablets, X-rays and the characters of the tower body, the parietal relic preserved by Ashoka Tower is undoubtedly Sakyamuni's.

It is said that due to the special status of the stupa relic, when the skull relic sent a letter, according to Buddhist rules, the abbots of the five major temples in Nanjing came to the scene in person, and 50 mages sang Buddhist scriptures. Finally, all the wizards bowed to the "Three Sages of the West".

Only in this way can this precious cultural relic, which has been submerged for thousands of years, be seen again.

The Asoka Pagoda with seven treasures is really extraordinary. It has witnessed Buddhist stories, Indian culture and China culture, and its position in the world history is unique.

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