[2025 Yuncheng Attraction] Travel Guide for Tower of Fanzhou Chan Master (Updated Apr)

After leaving Yuncheng Museum, we headed straight to the first stop of this Yuncheng ancient visit - the Fanzhou Zen Master Pagoda. Every time I go to Shanxi, I am amazed that every village in Shanxi has treasures, and this low-key Fanzhou Zen Master Pagoda hidden in the suburbs of Yuncheng is one of the best. · It is said that from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, China built more than 100,000 pagodas, and there are thousands of ancient pagodas still existing across the country. But among the thousands of ancient pagodas, only the Fanzhou Zen Master Pagoda is a rare round Tang Dynasty brick pagoda still existing in my country. ​ · The day we went there, the village was under road construction, so we had to park our car on the main road and then walk in. Sibeiqu Village, where the Fanzhou Zen Master Pagoda is located, is not much different from most villages in Shanxi. The low-rise bungalows and the elderly people left at the door look somewhat lonely. I thought the ancient pagoda would be in the core of the village, but I didn't expect to walk all the way to the end of the village before I finally saw the national protection monument. I pushed the door into the courtyard and finally encountered this 1,200-year-old legendary ancient pagoda. · The Fanzhou Zen Master Pagoda was built in the second year of the Changqing reign of the Tang Dynasty (822). At first glance, it looks a bit simple and has almost no complicated carvings. The tower consists of three parts: the base, the body and the top. The base of the tower is circular, tapering slightly from bottom to top. The lower part of the tower is a waisted Sumeru pedestal, and above it is the tower body. There are 8 square brick columns around it, dividing the tower body into 8 rooms. There is a door on the south side. The tower room is hexagonal with a stepped caisson on the top. There are broken lattice windows on the southeast and southwest sides. · The most precious thing about this tower is that the inscription on the back of the tower is still intact. The text is read backwards from left to right and most of it is still legible. It records the life of Zen Master Fanzhou and the process of building the pagoda. It turns out that Zen Master Fanzhou was not an ordinary person, but a descendant of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, and could be considered a member of the royal family. At that time, he was invited by Qu Huan, the famous Tang Dynasty general and governor of Jinchang County, to preach at Baoguo Temple. After Master Fanzhou passed away in the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793), Qu Huan built a stupa for him, namely the Master Fanzhou Pagoda. · It is sad to say that the Baoguo Temple was so grand in those days, but it eventually disappeared in the long river of history. Only the Fanzhou Zen Master Pagoda has been preserved. Standing under the tower, there was a moment when I suddenly felt less anxious... After all, it still stands after 1,200 years of dynasty changes and historical changes, and my troubles are just an insignificant speck of dust in the vast years. · 🏠Name | Fanzhou Zen Master Tower 🎫Tickets | Free ⛳Address | At the site of Baoguo Temple in Sibeiqu Village, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City 🚗Transportation | Just follow the self-driving navigation to "Fanzhou Zen Master Tower"

I saw the live broadcast in the snow this morning and was captivated by the snow scene The Fanzhou Zen Master Tower is an ancient building not far from Yuncheng city. Get your group together and set off immediately When we arrived, it was already past 1 o'clock and we missed the opening time. We thought we would not be able to see it. The tower keeper opened the door! Not many visitors today! The snow is well preserved The tower keeper is a young man, not an old man. The photography skills are also great📷 Heavy snow and ancient buildings are really suitable. We caught the first snow in Yuncheng. The snow was half a foot thick. Running on the soft new snow removed all the anxiety and class feeling. Don't miss it if you pass by Yuncheng. ⚠️The weather forecast says it will snow on the third day of the Lunar New Year!

During the holiday, I went to Hedong, Shanxi to explore one of the main birthplaces of the Chinese nation. It is the cradle of Chinese civilization, and the capital of the ancient Yao, Shun, and Yu dynasties were all located in Hedong. The ancient city of Tongguan is located near Chengbei Village, Yangjiazhuang, Gangkou Town, Tongguan County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. It is an ancient city site with a history and culture of thousands of years. The pictures are arranged in order: Boating Zen Master Tang Tower, Yongle Palace Wuji Hall, Yongle Palace Murals, Tang Dynasty Guangrenwang Temple, Tongguan Section of the Yellow River, Puji Temple, Tang Kaiyuan Iron Bull, Qiufeng Tower, Wanrong Feiyun Tower. Explore historical sites and learn more about Chinese culture.

Master Panzhou's Pagoda, the loneliest and most beautiful pagoda I encountered on this trip — located on the ruins of Baoguo Temple in the north of Siqū Village, with the adjacent temples and mountain gates no longer in existence. It took some effort to find a small iron gate that wasn't locked, and with a gentle push, it opened. This is a very well-preserved pavilion-style circular Tang Dynasty brick pagoda, and it's just the pagoda. 📍📍📍 The base of the pagoda is very beautiful, made of brick into a cylindrical shape with very smooth lines. On top of the platform is a sumeru base, which then connects to the brick-built circular pagoda body. The body of the pagoda is hollow, with the main entrance facing south, and the threshold, door jambs, and lintel all appear to be made of stone. 😊 The waist of the pagoda is carved with pointed lotus leaves and decorated with diamond patterns between the upper and lower owls. Zooming in on the carvings of the doors and windows above and the ornaments of the pagoda spire, they are all surprisingly intact, having withstood the wind and rain for over a thousand years. ♥️♥️ According to the books, Master Panzhou's Pagoda is currently the only existing example of a circular Tang pagoda and is unique.​ For this reason, the trip, despite its twists and turns, was very worthwhile.

The Panzhou Zen Master Pagoda was established in the second year of Changqing in the Tang Dynasty (822 AD), and is a Tang Dynasty building. It is a well-preserved pavilion-style famous pagoda, and an example and unique instance of a round Tang pagoda. In 1963, the Shanxi Provincial Government allocated funds to repair the collapsed base of the pagoda. The Panzhou Zen Master Pagoda is a single-story round brick pagoda, about 10 meters high and 5.7 meters in diameter. Apart from some stone materials in the pagoda body and the top, the rest are all brick structures. The construction plan is a perfect circle, and the facade is divided into three parts: the top, the body, and the base of the pagoda. The carvings from the doors and windows of the Panzhou Zen Master Pagoda to the pagoda's ornaments have survived for more than 1,100 years and are basically intact, providing reliable physical materials for studying the shape and carving art of ancient Chinese pagodas. On June 25, 2001, the Panzhou Zen Master Pagoda was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.