The pagoda is an ancient landmark building. Why did the ancients like to build pagodas? What are the details?

The ancients knew that no place can be perfect, and some bad environments can be changed artificially. The so-called skill of eyesight is the tool of workmanship. From the large-scale planting and strict protection of forests in Houlong Mountain and Shuikou Mountain in ancient villages, we can know that the ancients attached great importance to the construction of the ecological environment. There are also many methods such as changing rivers, building bridges, building roads, digging ponds, building walls, building towers, etc. to change the Feng Shui site to obtain a good living environment.

The stupa, a kind of Buddhist architecture in ancient India that buried the relics left after the cremation of Buddha Sakyamuni, was introduced to China during the Han Dynasty and combined with Chinese local architecture to form the Chinese pagoda. With the spread of Buddhism in the East, the architectural form of stupas also spread widely in the East, and the pagoda, a traditional architectural form with oriental characteristics, developed.

With the introduction of Buddhism into China, the stupas were combined with the heavy buildings of China. They experienced the development of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and exchanged and integrated with the architectural systems of neighboring areas, gradually forming Pavilion-style towers, dense-eaves towers, pavilion-style towers, bowl-covered towers, Vajra throne-style towers, Baozhen-style towers, five-wheel towers, multi-baco towers, seamless towers and other tower systems with different shapes and structures. , the building plan gradually evolved from the early square to hexagonal, octagonal and even circular. During this period, the construction technology of the tower also continued to improve, and the structure became increasingly reasonable. The materials used also expanded from traditional rammed earth and wood to masonry. , ceramics, glass, metal and other materials. After the 14th century, the pagoda gradually moved from the religious world to the secular world. Therefore, according to the sutra system, the pagoda can be divided into Buddhist pagoda and Wenfeng pagoda.

In terms of architecture, the tower is a very unique oriental building. It is tall and uses a variety of materials. In different regions, the geological conditions are different, and the tower construction techniques are also different. The architectural research on the tower It involves many aspects such as material mechanics, structural mechanics, soil science, geology and so on.