The towers built on city walls across the country?

The Wenfeng Pagoda built on the top of the city wall 2005-8-29 Large, medium and small print Wenfeng Pagoda is a Feng Shui tower. It has been built all over the country since the mid-14th century, especially in places south of the Yangtze River. It was especially popular because Feng Shui legends were popular at that time; on the other hand, according to legend, Wenfeng Pagoda could solve the problem of not getting the top prize in the county, scholars failing the exams, and losing their reputation. After the Wenfeng Pagoda was built in the county, literati arose, the number one scholar was awarded, and the atmosphere in the county flourished. This is one aspect. Wenfeng Pagoda itself is built in the style of a Buddhist pagoda, but there are horizontal plaques on the pagoda, and couplets are written with poems and essays by literati. The upper and lower rows of poems are composed of poems and pairs, forming a literary style. This is different from the pagoda of Buddha. The location of Wenfeng Tower is generally built in a vacant part of the county seat. In short, most of them are built in the northwest of the county seat. Someone asked, why are some Wenfeng Pagodas built on city walls? Many county towns are built on flat land, surrounded by plains without mountains. Of course, towers can be built. When the county town is surrounded by mountains, Wenfeng Tower is also built on the top of the mountain, so that it can be reached from 90 miles away. Saw Wenfeng Pagoda. For example, in Ruijin County, Jiangxi, the county is surrounded by mountains. There are five Wenfeng Pagodas, all built on the top of the mountain. People who come to Ruijin can look at the Wenfeng Pagoda from a distance before reaching the county town. In this way, the county has a prosperous cultural atmosphere. , why not produce literati? Why not win? So why was Wenfeng built on the city wall again? Because Wenfeng Pagodas are all large towers, rising from the ground, and are more than 30 to 40 meters high. When the county's economic strength is not enough, it cannot build tall towers, so of course it will build small towers, which can save money. There are two reasons for building a tower on the city wall: the first factor is that the county has no money. When the small tower was built, it was not high and was not noticed by people, so it was built on the city wall so that the city wall could be used as a Doesn’t the tall base of the small tower make the tower taller? The construction of a high platform foundation can be omitted. The second reason is that towers usually built on city walls are built in the southeast corner so that Emperor Wenchang could be here. Taking this opportunity, Emperor Wenchang was also enshrined in Wenfeng Tower, placing the tower close to buildings such as Wenchang Pavilion. This further explains The flourishing style of writing produces good students, and the school spirit and writing style flourish. For example, in Jiangzhou, Shanxi, Wenfeng Pagoda was built on the city wall in the southeast corner. Many other counties also built Wenfeng Pagoda on the city wall. There are quite a few Wenfeng pagodas in China, especially in the vast counties in the south of the Yangtze River. As far as Guizhou is concerned, they are basically Wenfeng pagodas and there are really few pagodas.