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From north to south tour route: Longxing Temple - Tianning Temple (Wooden Tower) - Kaiyuan Temple (Brick Tower) - Linji Temple (Green Tower) - Guanghui Temple (Hua Tower) - City Wall First stop: Longxing Temple The most peculiar Mani Hall, the most beautiful five-color hanging Shuo Guanyin statue, the oldest revolving wheel The earliest existing regular script stele, Sui 'Longzang Temple Stele', the tallest and oldest dry hand dry eye Guanyin, the most exquisite bronze cast Vairocana Buddha in ancient China Second stop: Tianning Temple Lingxiao Tower, commonly known as the Wooden Tower, is a brick-wood mixed structure, octagonal nine-level pavilion-style tower, currently 40.98 meters high. Originally named Huiguang Tower, Song and Jin architectural style. This tower preserves the tower core column form that is extremely beneficial to the stability of the tower body, and is the only example of studying the tower core column structure of our early ancient towers. Third stop: Kaiyuan Temple Sumi Tower, formerly known as Yan Tower, commonly known as Brick Tower, is 42.5 meters high. It is a nine-level secret eaves square tower of brick and stone structure. The four corners of the bottom layer are embossed with eight strong men, with vivid shapes. The layout of the bell tower and Sumi Tower facing each other in front of the hall is a typical example of the layout of Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty and occupies an important position in the history of Chinese architecture. Fourth stop: Linji Temple Chengling Tower, also known as the Green Tower, is 30.47 meters high and is a brick-wood structure secret eaves tower. Below the tower is a large stone base, in the middle is an octagonal stone tower base, and above it is a brick-built Xumi seat. The railings on the waist and flat seat of the Xumi seat are carved with strange flowers and birds. The nine-level tower body stands upright in the lotus, with fine carvings. Fifth stop: Guanghui Temple Hua Tower, 33.35 meters high, the tower body has four layers, the first layer has four small towers at the four corners, all of which are hexagonal pavilion-shaped single-layer suites; the fourth layer is the essence of the tower, the tower body is conical, the whole body is wall sculpture, and the whole body is along the eight corners. The layout of the eight faces is cross-sculpted with strong men, sea beasts, lions, elephants, Buddhas, bodhisattvas, etc., with vivid images and orderly arrangement, which is a unique example preserved in Chinese architecture. Sixth stop: City Wall Watch the sunset, watch the night view! It's 7:55 now to light up! Everyone arrange the time! What to eat in Zhengding /Ma's Chicken/Liu's Chicken/Hao's Ribs/Pot Stove Biscuits/Hele Noodles Shao Mai /Donkey Meat Huoshao/Beef Zhaobing 1. The city can be driven by car, and there are parking spaces around early 2. The walking distance between the attractions is about 600 meters, and there are also shared electric cars and bicycles, and taxis are within 9 yuan. 3. After visiting Kaiyuan Temple, you can go to the crossroads to the north to buy some food~ There are many delicious shops around! 4. It takes about 40 minutes to drive from the city center to Zhengding Ancient City
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