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Yingxian Wooden Tower Review

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Yingxian, Shanxi, has a wooden tower built by the Liao Dynasty, has stood for nearly a thousand years, compared to the underground cultural relics unearthed elsewhere, this kind of above-ground cultural relics look particularly unusual. It was a group of craftsmen not recognized by history, and at the command of the Liao king, a wooden tower with a height of 67.31 meters (20 floors high) and a diameter of 30.27 meters (7 basketball court size) was built with 100,000 wooden components. The wooden tower in Yingxian County is called the Buddha Palace Temple Shijia Tower. It is the oldest wooden tower in China and the only wooden pagoda. It was built in Qingning, Liaoning, China, in 1056, and Jin Mingchang in 6 years (1195), and it took 140 years to complete. For a variety of reasons, the wooden tower is now not allowed to visitors to visit the tower, we can only watch outside the tower. The tower is67.31 meters high, equivalent to the height of today's 20 or 30 floors, the bottom diameter is 30.27 meters, in a flat octagonal shape, the first floor facade is heavy, and the above layers are single. There are five layers and six layers, and each layer of the inner flats forms a dark layer, which actually has 9 layers. The outer corridor of the wooden tower is supported by 24 wooden pillars. At rest, each column loads 120 tons, but there is no nest in the stone foundation, and the section of the wooden pillar is directly flat on the stone foundation. Imagine a pure wood building that has survived fires, lightning strikes, soldiers, insects, and wind and rain for 1,000 years, and that is a miracle in itself. Now the millennium wooden tower faces a very serious problem it is crooked, even worse than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The structure of this tower is complex, the components are many, the materials are many, so far, no one in China can fully understand its structure, so can not scientific repair the wooden tower. At present, what we can do is to quickly see this national treasure!

Yingxian Wooden Tower

Posted: Jan 6, 2017
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  • M13***62
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    Jingtu Temple is not far from Yingxian Muta, and it can be reached in 5 minutes on foot. The environment is good. The most worth seeing is the algae well of Jingtu Temple. The place is not big, but the facilities are complete. Worth a visit, like! like!

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    Buddha Palace Temple Shijia Tower is67.31 meters high, the bottom diameter is 30.27 meters, the total weight is more than 7,400 tons, the main material is North China larch, and the bucket arch uses teak. The amount of wood is up to tens of thousands of cubic meters. The whole building is composed of three parts: the tower, the tower body, and the tower brake. The tower is divided into upper and lower two floors. The lower floor is square and the upper floor is octagonal. The tower body presents an octagonal shape, with five floors and six floors in appearance, which is actually four or nine towers in light and dark. The most regrettable thing is that I can't see the 2-5-story.

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    The child saw it on the book and took him to the field to see it. May 1st was like a knitting, and I witnessed the shock of the millennium ancient tower. It is a worthwhile trip. It is a pity that I can't climb the tower now. But in order to protect the monument, it is understandable.

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    Very spectacular, if you drive by car, you have to park in the designated parking lot of the scenic spot, and you have to take the bus in the scenic spot, but it is free. There are a lot of people, and you have to make an appointment to buy a ticket. We didn't make an appointment because we went late, and we watched it below. It was also quite artistic, lamenting the technical excellence of the ancients.

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    The driver master is very enthusiastic, the landscape is very beautiful, very beautiful, the three-level Chong should be unparalleled, and the nine-sey respects the first level. Qimenguan, Huo went to the disease from here to start the battle of the desert north to make the Xiongnu escape, Yangjia will guard the town for more than 20 years, leading the Qilang and Bahu to a ten-guaranteed family to defend the country, Han Gao Zu Liu Bang out of the anus to be trapped in the white mountaineering. Yingxian wooden tower is also very beautiful.

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    Mr. Liang Sicheng, the father of modern Chinese architecture, said after seeing the wooden tower in Yingxian County: "This tower is really a unique and great work. I don't know how likely the wooden structure is. I admire it very much, I admire the era of building this tower, And the unknown architects of that era, unknown craftsmen." And I finally followed the footsteps of the masters to Yingxian, and the shock was far from the tower itself.

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  • yee***56
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    Yingxian wooden tower is really the gem of my Greater China, more than 60 meters high, after so many earthquakes, still standing, showing the simplicity and incomparable wooden structure. The tour guide originally asked us to take a photo at the door, but I think it is more shocking to watch up close. I strongly suggest that you can buy a ticket if you are not in a hurry. These ancient buildings are really a look at a glance. The 50 yuan ticket right and for the protection and repair of ancient buildings. A little bit of a modest contribution.

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    Yingxian wooden tower is really a magical existence, the wooden result has experienced thousands of years to the present, telling us about history. It is a pity that it can't climb the tower anymore. From a distance, I saw the vicissitudes of Yingxian Muta. There are many birds flying around, and I really feel like I have returned to the long past. Minor attractions, there are not many people, it is still very recommended. It’s almost 30 minutes to visit.

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