Introduction to Miaoguang Pagoda of Wuxi Nanchan Temple?

Miaoguang Pagoda, also known as Nanchan Pagoda, is located on the east bank of the canal outside the South Gate of Wuxi City. Municipal cultural relics protection unit.

The pagoda was built during the Yongxi period of the Northern Song Dynasty (984-987), and was built by donations from the people of the city. In the third year of Chongning (1104), Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty gave the pagoda the name "Miaoguang". During the Yuan and Ming dynasties, there were many ups and downs. In the 14th year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty (1449), it was rebuilt and became the present tower. It was later repaired. It suffered a fire during the Xianfeng and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty, leaving only the roofless and desolate tower. In 1926, Wuxi industrialists Rong Zongjing, Rong Desheng and Tang Shenbo invested in an overhaul and transformed the tower eaves, platform and guardrails into reinforced concrete building structures. It was restored again in 1980, the tower base and pedestal that had been buried underground for many years were cleared out, and the bottom ring corridor was restored.

Miaoguang Tower is an octagonal seven-level pavilion-style brick tower. The diameter of the base of the tower is 13.5 meters. The tower is divided layer by layer. The top of the tower is 6 meters and the maximum height is 43.3 meters. Among them, the ring corridor is three meters deep, the tower base is 1.3 meters high, the tower is 36 meters high, and becomes smaller layer by layer, with the top of the tower being six meters. The base of the tower is a Xumizuo carved from bluestone, and the waist part is decorated with the Ming Dynasty "top rosette belt" pattern. The tooth feet of the Xumizuo are the "Gui feet" popular in the Ming Dynasty. Under the Xumizuo is a layer of carved "continuous clouds". The decorated bluestone base is finely carved, and the corners on the bottom floor of the tower are all brick leaning columns. The center of the tower is hollow, with brick staircases on each floor leading up to it, and a platform corridor, guardrails and eaves. During the reconstruction in the Republic of China, it was changed to a reinforced concrete structure, and the top of the tower was changed to a porcelain cement hoist. There are ten small niches on the four doors on the outer wall of the ground floor, housing seven small iron Buddhas and three imitations. In the circular corridor on the ground floor, there is preserved the "Record of the Pagoda Reconstruction of Nanchan Temple" written by Zhang Si'an and Chen Mianshu in the first year of Tomorrow Shun (1457). 》The head of the monument has been damaged. There is also the stele "Reconstruction of the Miaoguang Pagoda" written by Qian Jingchun in the 14th year of Wanli (1586). When the pagoda was completed in 1983, a monument "Rebuilding Miaoguang Pagoda" was engraved on one side. In front of the pagoda are stone incense burners from the 14th year of Jiajing (1535) and the 11th year of Wanli (1583) unearthed during the construction of the pagoda.

Since Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, "Nanchan Pagoda" has been listed as one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Xishan". It was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit twice in 1957 and 1983.

Wuxi Nanchan Temple Miaoguang Pagoda

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