How tall is Luodingwen Tower?
47 meters.
Luoding Wen Tower is located in the urban area of Luoding City, Yunfu City, Guangdong Province. The Wen Pagoda was built in the 39th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1611) and took three years to complete. The tower is 47 meters high, with seven floors on the outside and thirteen floors inside.
The pagoda is octagonal in plan, and the eaves of each floor are slightly raised, shaped like blooming petals. The total weight of the cast iron pillars on the top floor of the lotus seat, the Nine Heavens Plate, and the orbs exceeds seven tons, making it the largest ancient pagoda in Guangdong. Huang Shijun, the number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty, also wrote the "Notes on the Creation of Wenta Weixintang" for Luoding Wenta.
The original name of Luoding Wen Pagoda is Sanyuan Pagoda. "Sanyuan" means the hope that candidates in Luoding Prefecture, Guangdong at that time could win "three yuan" in succession in the imperial examination. The Sanyuan Pagoda was originally built for literati and has been valued by literati since ancient times. The tower is tall and pointed, as strict as a sharp pen used by literati. It is also called Pen Pagoda. Later, people changed its name to Wen Pagoda.
Architectural Art
The Luodingwen Tower stands on a peninsula surrounded by the meandering waters of the Longjiang River. It was built in the 39th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1611). The tower is 47 meters high and the building is magnificent. It is the earliest high-rise building in Luoding era.
The pagoda is octagonal in plan. The eaves of each floor are slightly raised, shaped like blooming petals. The entire pagoda is like seven blooming flowers stacked on top of each other. The top layer is composed of an iron pillar reaching into the sky. The top of the tower is protected by iron chains all around, shaped like an outstretched stamen. From a distance, it looks like a colorful flower tower. The total weight of the iron pillars with flower pedestals on the top of the tower exceeds 7 tons, making it the largest ancient tower in Guangdong.
The iron pillars are engraved with the inscriptions of the time when the tower was built. It is also the best-preserved iron-cast tower pillar with an absolute age that has been discovered and preserved in our province so far. It is an extremely precious historical relic and has been listed as It is a provincial cultural relic protection unit.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Luoding Wen Pagoda