What kind of towers are there in Nanjing?

·The largest pagoda - Hongjue Temple Pagoda in Niushou Mountain

Hongjue Temple Pagoda is located on Niushou Mountain outside Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing. The pagoda is named after the temple. The temple was built in 503, the second year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty. Monk Farong once gave lectures here in the early Tang Dynasty. It is the birthplace of the Buddhist "Niutou Zen". In the ninth year of the Dali calendar of the Tang Dynasty (774), a pagoda was built here in memory of Master Farong. When the Japanese invaded China, the temple was destroyed and the pagoda remained.

The tower of Hongjue Temple is about 40 meters high, with seven floors and eight sides of bricks, and an arched door on each side. In July 1956, the underground palace was discovered at the bottom of the pagoda. There is a Ming Dynasty gilt lama pagoda about a foot high, as well as statues of Sakyamuni and Wei Tuo. They are now in the Nanjing Museum. This tower has been repaired in recent years and has restored its thousand-year-old majesty.

·The tallest tower - Linggu Tower in Linggu Park

The tallest traditional tower in Nanjing is undoubtedly the Linggu Tower in the eastern suburbs. This nine-story tower built with modern reinforced concrete is 61 meters high. Each floor is covered with green glazed tiles, has a corridor outside, is surrounded by stone railings, and has a built-in spiral escalator for climbing to the top.

The Northern Expedition was successful in 1927, and the Nationalist Government established Nanjing as its capital. In order to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the National Revolution, a cemetery was built at the site of Linggu Temple in the early Ming Dynasty to comfort the loyal souls. Linggu Pagoda was built by Fuji Construction Factory, which built Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and was completed in 1933.

·The oldest pagoda - Gaochun Baosheng Temple Pagoda

Baosheng Temple Pagoda, also known as Sifang Pagoda, is located in the east of Gaochun City, a suburb of Nanjing, on the bank of the beautiful Gucheng Lake. It is the first of the four square pagodas and white peonies in Gaochun's "Four Treasures" street. According to "Gaochun County?" written by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty: "The Pagoda of Baosheng Temple was built in 239, the second year of Wu Chiwu." Legend has it that it was built by Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu, for his mother. It is the earliest pagoda in Nanjing and has been repaired in the past dynasties.

The tower of Baosheng Temple is a square seven-level pavilion style, all made of blue bricks. The tower is 31 meters high, with each side of the bottom floor 5.3 meters long. It is tapered in steps from bottom to top to form a square pyramid. The cornices on each floor are raised in the air. Wind chimes are installed at the four corners. There is an iron brake on the top of the tower. Since ancient times, there has been a "jade bamboo shoot" It is known as "Pull out of the ground and make your pen strong". There are corridor railings on each floor of this tower, and visitors can climb up the inner ladder to have a distant view. The lakes and mountains are so beautiful.

·The most artistically valuable stone pagoda - the Qixia Temple Relic Pagoda

On the south side of the Qixia Temple Sutra Collection Building, there is a stone pagoda with exquisite shape and unique style. This is the famous relic. tower. The tower was built in the 601st year of the first year of Renshou in the Sui Dynasty. According to legend, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty met an eminent monk and received hundreds of relics. He ordered eighty-three states in the world to build pagodas for worship. He first sent them to Qixia Temple in Nanjing, Jiangzhou. The relic pagoda was built from there and rebuilt in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The stupa has five levels and eight corners, including the base and seven floors. It is 18 meters high and is made of stone with dense eaves. The upper and lower floors of the pagoda base are carved with patterns such as sea water, lotus, dragon, phoenix, fish, and turtle. The eight sides of the Xumizuo girdle are engraved with eight-phase diagrams symbolizing the life of Sakyamuni. The pagoda is dignified and elegant, with exquisite carvings. It is a masterpiece of pagoda art in my country.

·The most famous leaning tower - Fangshan Dinglin Temple Pagoda

Dinglin Temple Pagoda is located at the northern foot of Fangshan Mountain in Jiangning, Nanjing. The pagoda is named after the temple. According to "Shangjiang Two Counties?" written by Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, during the Song Dynasty, monk Shanjian raised funds to build a temple here because Dinglin Temple in Zhongshan was abandoned, and the name of the temple continued. The pagoda was built in the ninth year of Qiandao (1173), with seven levels and eight sides, and is 13 meters high. The ground floor is extremely high, with an open door on the south side and Buddhist niches on each of the other three sides. The pagoda and waist eaves have been destroyed. The tower tilted in the early years and was repaired in 1974. In recent years, it has become eccentric to 1.2 degrees, reaching 7 degrees 31 minutes. The tilt exceeds the 5 degrees 30 minutes of the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. Recently, relevant parties are drilling holes and pouring reinforcements on site to ensure that the tower will no longer tilt and slip.

·The most wonderful Feng Shui tower - Lishui Yongshou Temple Tower

The Yongshou Temple Tower is located in the northwest of Lishui County, Nanjing. It is not a common pagoda, but a Feng Shui tower. According to the records of the old county, in the Ming Dynasty, because the county was surrounded by mountains on three sides and the northwest was empty, the Qinhuai River flowed north to Jinling from here. In order to prevent the river from taking away wealth and popularity, this tower was built to make up for the lack of mountains and rivers. In the 34th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1606), Xu Liangyan, the county magistrate, initiated the construction of the temple. Its original name was "Yongchang", which means praying for the eternal prosperity of Lishui. The pagoda was completed the following year and was named "Yongshou". Yongshou Temple was built around the pagoda, becoming the largest temple in Lishui. The pagoda was rebuilt in the first year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1736), and has been renovated in recent years.

The tower is a seven-story octagonal brick imitation pavilion style, 33 meters high, simple, simple, handsome and elegant.

·The latest pagoda - Jiming Temple Pharmacist Pagoda

The Pharmacist Pagoda is located in Jiming Temple, Nanjing. The predecessor of the temple was founded in the first year of Liang Datong in the Southern Dynasties (the fifth The Tongtai Temple in the 27th year of the Ming Dynasty (1387) was renamed the Jiming Temple. It was rebuilt many times and was rebuilt in 1981 with state funding. The newly built Medicine Buddha Pagoda in 1989 is the fifth large pagoda built in the history of Jiming Temple. It is 44.8 meters high, has seven levels and eight sides, brackets and double eaves, and copper temple tiles. It is magnificent. Medicine Buddha comes from Sanskrit and means to eliminate disasters and prolong life. The nanmu Buddha statues enshrined in the four niches in the pagoda are old items from the Forbidden City in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty. A bronze statue of the Medicine Master Buddha is an original item from the Yonghe Temple in Beijing and is particularly precious.

·The youngest imitation Tang pagoda - Xiaojiuhua Mountain Tripitaka Pagoda

The Tripitaka Pagoda is located on the top of Fuzhou Mountain. The mountain is named after its shape like an inverted wooden boat. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Dizang Temple was built in the south of the mountain, so it is also called Xiaojiuhua Mountain. In the winter of 1942, the Japanese army built the "Inagaki Shrine" at the site of the Tripitaka Pagoda of Dabaoen Temple outside Zhonghuamen in Nanjing. They broke ground and unearthed a stone letter containing a small copper box containing part of the parietal bone of Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty and the fifth year of Tiansheng of the Song Dynasty ( 1027) and the 19th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1386). This discovery shocked the whole country, and the Japanese wanted to take it as their own. After negotiations between the Buddhist community and the Wang Puppet Government, part of the parietal bone of Master Xuanzang was left in Nanjing. In 1944, this pagoda was built and buried. "Tripitaka" is the general term for the Buddhist scriptures "Sutras, Vinaya, and Treatises". The shape of the tower is modeled after the Xi'an Wild Goose Pagoda.

·The smallest tower - Huandu Tower in Peace Park

The Peace Tower is located in the Peace Park east of the Nanjing Municipal Government. This tower is the "Huandu Memorial Tower" built by Wang Jingwei's puppet government in 1941. It is a true witness of a humiliating history of the Chinese nation. It was later renamed the Peace Tower. The third floor of the tower is 17 meters high. It is tilted from bottom to top. It is small, exquisite and unique in shape.

·The most beautiful tower - Xuanwu Lake Nona Tower

Nona Tower is located on the north side of Huanzhou in Xuanwu Lake, Nanjing. The ancient name of Xuanwu Lake is "Sangbo". According to legend, a black dragon and crocodile appeared in the lake, so it was renamed Xuanwu Lake. Xuanwu means black, and Xuanwu represents the north. In the early Ming Dynasty, the national household registration records were stored in Liangzhou in the middle of the lake, which was called "Huangceku". Gardens began to exist in the Qing Dynasty and were turned into a park in the third year of Xuantong (1911). The Nona Pagoda was built in 1937. It has nine levels and eight sides. It is beautiful and tall, and complements the scenery in the lake.

This may be the Da Baoen Temple Pagoda!