Single-story towers are mostly used as tomb towers. ()

Most single-story towers are used as tomb towers. This sentence is correct.

The pagoda forest is a collection of tombs and pagodas of eminent monks and abbots from past dynasties. This is an "ancestral system" and practice that has existed in the Buddhist world since ancient times. Whenever a virtuous and practicing monk in a famous mountain temple dies, his disciples or descendants will put their ashes or bones into the underground palace and build a tower on top to show their merit. The Shaolin Temple Pagoda Forest is no exception.

The Shaolin Temple’s pagoda forest is large-scale and well-preserved, ranking first among the pagoda forests in temples across the country. According to research, in addition to the Shaolin Temple Pagoda Forest, which is the largest Pagoda Forest in my country, the Lingyan Temple Pagoda Forest in Changqing, Jinan, is the second largest Pagoda Forest in my country, second only to the Shaolin Temple Pagoda Forest, and the Fengxue Temple Pagoda Forest in Linru County, Henan Province ranks third. .

In addition, there are also the Wutai Mountain Pagoda Forest in Shanxi, the Qingtongxia Pagoda Forest in Ningxia, the White Pagoda Forest in Feilong Mountain in Yunnan, the Tanzhe Temple Pagoda Forest in Mentougou in Beijing, the Yinshan Pagoda Forest in Changping County, and the Zhongtiao Mountain Pagoda Forest in Yongji County, Shanxi. The Rock Temple, Pagoda Forest, etc. are all large-scale Buddhist historical sites.

What is a tomb tower? Many people may think it is a cemetery, but it is actually very different. For example, in its earliest days, tomb towers originated from ancient India and were also a derivative culture of Buddhism. At that time, after Sakyamuni passed away, he requested that he be cremated. Only in this way could he throw away all distracting thoughts in this world and achieve bliss.