I regret not going earlier! The World's Three Great Wonders | Yingxian Wooden Pagoda!
🚗This is the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in Shanxi
🔥It is considered one of the 'World's Three Great Wonders' along with Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Eiffel Tower in Paris
🌲The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda was built during the Liao Dynasty (in 1056 AD), and it has been quietly waiting for your visit for 968 years.
❗️'From afar it looks like a pillar holding up the sky, up close it resembles a hundred-foot lotus.' This is the highest level of description of grandeur and beauty by the ancients, because the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is 67.31 meters tall, equivalent to the height of a 20-story building. This was considered a very tall structure in ancient times.
🌟The 'hundred-foot lotus' refers to the dougong (interlocking wooden brackets), of which the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda uses a total of 480 pieces, in 54 different styles, reaching the pinnacle of architectural achievement. The lower you go, the more complex the dougong becomes. It truly amazes us with the wisdom of our ancestors.
📍Navigation: Yingxian Wooden Pagoda.
🧷If you are bringing elderly or children, you can navigate to the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda ticket office. Let the elderly and children get off the car first, then go to park nearby.
🎫Ticket price: 50 RMB per person
⌛️Visiting time: about 1-2 hours
🚶Currently, only the first floor of the wooden pagoda is open to the public, which houses an 11-meter-tall statue of Sakyamuni Buddha.
👀Visitors can appreciate the plaques, of which 54 are still in existence. And also the astonishing dougong.
📷About my favorite photo spots:
1️⃣In the west square of the pagoda, stand a bit further from the pagoda to capture a person looking at it, a dialogue that spans a thousand years.
2️⃣Walk around the pagoda to the 'Little Western Heaven', use the wide-angle mode of your phone, squat down and shoot through the doorway of 'Little Western Heaven' to capture the pagoda, the perspective effect is very cinematic.
3️⃣To capture the plaques and dougong, you need to use a telephoto lens to get the effect.
📣Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is about 1 hour away from Datong city center. You can visit them together. 🌟Nearby attractions include Jingtusi Temple, Hanging Temple, Yungang Grottoes, and more.
The wooden tower is beautiful, spectacular, I like it very much, I took a lot of photos at different angles, it is worth a visit. On the second day, there was a launch ceremony for the digital wooden tower. I regret to miss it. I went back and had time to visit it online.
Yingxian wooden tower, located in Yingxian Buddha Palace Temple in Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, was built in Liaoqingning two years (1056), is the world's largest and oldest pure wooden structure pavilion building, with the Italian Pisa Leaning Tower, Paris Eiffel Tower and called the "three strange towers of the world". 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 consists of three parts: tower, tower body, tower brake, tower base, tower base is divided into upper and lower two floors, the lower layer is square, the upper layer is octagonal. The tower body presents an octagonal shape, the appearance of five floors and six, it is actually a bright, dark, 49 floors.
This attraction is worth a visit, the world's first wooden structure tower, it represents the wisdom of our ancients, the whole tower is simple and solemn, in the sun, exudes the golden light. Very recommended
The Buddha Palace Temple Shijia Tower, also known as Yingxian Muta, is located in Yingxian Buddha Palace Temple in Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. It was built in Liaoqingning for two years (1056). It is the world's largest and oldest pure wooden structure pavilion-style building, with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, The Eiffel Tower in Paris is also called the "three chitches in the world". It is worth seeing the ancient wooden tower of China.
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.
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.
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.
At a glance, there is only one floor open now. But it is worth seeing under the tower~ The great bank of the wooden tower, the unique design, really even the child after understanding the history, sighing that it is about to pass away~ There is a temple after the tower, don't forget to see it. It is far from the ancient city of Datong. It is recommended to charter a car. You can also browse the scenic spots such as Hanging Temple and Hengshan by the way.