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Wansong old tower - Wansong elderly
  Lines show the elderly that is Wansong Wansong Master, claiming Wansong Noe. Jin Hanoi (now north of Yellow River) people. Monk in Jingzhou, a renowned Buddhist master Jin and Yuan (being Buddhist sects Cao), 15-year-old monk in Jingzhou, ordained after wandering around the world, to find teachers and friends, participate in the Road study Zen practice. According to the "five lights strict unification" of the transfer: line show on the science of non-philosophers do not pass, the "Flower Adornment Sutra," Kung Fu under the most. He is fluent in Cao Zen, but also longer than the machine debate, a young man on the Illustrious. Confucian classics deep pass at the same time. Gold Mingchang were in four years (1193) summoned him, asked Buddhism, and gives a gift Jin-Qi Tai Seng Yi; bearing security two years (1197) and Yanjing edict Wansong live west of the line show the habitat of Yangshan Hidden Temple, until he passed away 81 years of age. Mongolia at the time of its reputation because of the book of the things that Yelüehucai synergetic divisions. Yelüchucai reference to the school for three years, Buddhist monks to the eye Zhan, Wansong language are elderly had the "rule of Confucianism, Buddhism rule to heart", which Yelüehucai Taizong in any Zhongshu Ling Yuan (equivalent to prime minister ), the implementation of its ideas. Wansong old author of "calm record," "After the Qing Yi Lu", "Wanshou Quotations," and so on. Repair the old man passed away Wansong Muta, octagonal tower was originally seven Miyan Shi pagoda. Eighteen years of Qing Emperor Qianlong (1753) when increasing the height of nine-level restoration. A stone tower containing a letter "Qianlong eight years old plays 癸酉 Valley Dan Hong Feng Chi Wang Yongen pro rebuilt." Republic of sixteen years (1927) by the rebuilt by Ye et al, the provision of door and Shihmen book value "per Wansong old tower." Million in 1950 by Ye et al Abode colleagues asked the government to take over Wansong elderly tower, then taken over by the Beijing Cultural Relics Commission order. Xicheng District People's Government in 1986, funding maintenance brick tower and the tower housing the three before the door. Maintenance of the Qing in 1986 found the tower wrapped element tower. The tower is the only one pagoda Beijing area. Xicheng District, has been announced as cultural relics.
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Wansong old tower - Design structure
  The construction of very sophisticated Wansong old tower. Inside and outside the two-tower ID, coated with white, east, west, south and north sides _set_ coupons door, surrounded by the provision of the remaining lattice window (false window), windows carved from large tiles. The top two layers, the directions are the provision of coupons door. The door for the arch type, the square outside the painted pattern, with the amount of brick door, the door
  Hairpin. Layers of the tower, the canopies are Corbel, asked out of a platform, but the bottom of a roof ridge. Yan Jiao Jie You EAVES layers of wood, the outer end of a hoop, the original home wind Duo (big bell). Tata elderly Wansong between the heart and the outer octagon Huanlang as if wrapped in a layer of a large tower in the small tower. Corridor on both sides has 25 niche, niche, or clay, like a mural, a carved gallery top of the ceiling tiles, plus painting, engraving and intricate. Niches in the pillar base of the main base, and the brick walls of the corridors each floor, containing a number of inscriptions and famous Ode, Song of the history and ancient architecture of great value. Brick layers along the cis-class and on the ladder up to the top. Lingta top overlooking the plain aspect terraced rice paddies, Taihang mountainous winding down, urban villages, rivers, roads, fresh. I have several boarding, students often given a "afraid of clouds block our sight, just because at the highest level," the practical experience. Wansong old tower was built from the date, exactly a thousand years of history. In the long years of wind and rain erosion, this tower has undergone a dozen earthquakes, but the towering ancient tower still stands. Unfortunately, years of the Qing dynasty (AD 1884) in June, from top to bottom the northeast tower collapse, undermining the integrity of this important building. Since 1986, the state has invested heavily in cultural relics department to conduct an overall strengthening of its maintenance, has been basically completed in late 2001, is expected to open to the end of 2002, this historic tower will be the new face of weight now before the world.
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Wansong old tower - the heritage value
  Wansong old tower was particularly striking, in addition to its long history, strong incense, the temple has a treasure left behind many precious historical relics. For example, in hanging the "big significant pass Temple" plaque outside the door on both sides of the mountain, each with a stone, the stone dragon and tiger-shaped imitation, respectively, the words "Dragon", "tiger" two characters. Using dragon guarded the temple gates, very strange. And these two relics of the Tang Dynasty stone is very valuable. Front of the hall in the Great Manjusri
  Has two Beiting, kiosks and stone are also rather special, is no word of a monument, a monument is the word, there is the Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty Stele of Yubi. Canon House
  , The collection of all kinds of artifacts would be more. Here are the Northern Wei Dynasty bronze Zhan Tan Buddha, Po has opened between the Northern Song Dynasty Pagoda Inscription Tripitaka, were drawn in the Ming Dynasty on the leaves of Eighteen Buddha image, there Yangwu Lang used the weapons - eighty pound heavy iron bar ... ... However, in the old tower Wansong most precious heritage is the most worth seeing, but it is thousands of bowl Manjusri statue, Palaces and copper tower, immeasurable Hall, Sutra, and weighed nine pyramids thousand nine hundred ninety-nine half kilogram of large bronze bell. Copper Bowl, as thousands of Manjusri, Manjusri worship hall in the thousands of bowl. This statue, strange shapes, on the stack of five head; chest six hands, two of them holding a Jinbo, bowl Sakyamuni Buddha sitting behind a thousand hands to reach around , each hand has a Jinbo, each bowl has a Buddha. Therefore, this statue has been called the Thousand Buddha Manjusri Qianbi like thousands bowl. This Zunxiang glittering, cast in the Ming Dynasty, rare in the country. Palaces and copper tower, but also the rare cultural relics. Palaces high 8.3 m wide and 4.7 meters, 4.5 meters deep, is the Ming Wanli ten kg of molten copper. Hall full of statues cast walls, known as Ten Thousand Buddhas; Palaces partition board of the wall, casting a variety of patterns and flowers birds and animals, such as rabbit worship, Danfengzhaoyang, Erlongxizhu so very delicate. Palaces of copper tower before the original five, meaning five implied, is leaving only two, the eight-thirteen, exquisite beauty, eye-catching. Flower Adornment Sutra pyramid display in the Canon building. This pyramid is composed of teeny lower case characters. Ten feet or eight feet long, six feet wide and yellow and white silk damask, and the words "Flower Adornment Sutra," eighty volumes, six hundred thousand and forty-three words. This is the Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi years, Suzhou Xu heart design in four years, eight years to complete written work, really valuable. Was through a large bronze bell hanging in the bell tower of the Temple. This bell was cast in the Ming Dynasty Wanli forty years (AD 1620), re-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine half kilogram. Why not cast a kg of it? It is taboo for the emperor, "Long live the" master of the "million" words. This bell called Nether minutes. External clock, a cast regular script Buddhist, a total of more than ten thousand words. Because when the bell struck the long, spread far, so people ring the bell again the clock is called the length, also known as longevity minutes. Was through the bell, has always been a Fan Yu, a Buddhist symbol for people has always been praiseworthy. Great Buddha twenty-five years re-built during the Qing dynasty (AD 1899), the Department of wooden architecture. Main Hall, is the place to hold a grand Buddhist activities. This temple covers an area of ​​half an acre, tall and solemn. Beam in front of the hall, hanging Kangxi Yubi "A True power should be" Mubian, the following cross hanging banners, hanging banners on both sides of Kam. Hall stage, three parallel main Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, the middle east is the Medicine Buddha, Amitabha west, house walls on both sides of the eighteenth Ocean, both the Ming and Qing sculpture. Very spacious ground before the Buddha, the Buddha lamp is shining on the case, Baoding incense, for them the colored fruit, King has beautiful flowers. The east by the desk, but also them the drum, chime, clang, wooden fish and other Buddhist musical instruments. Monk monastery not only in this hall to do homework sooner or later, every major Buddhist Day, presided over by the Buddhist Association, the temple must be wearing the robes of monks and nuns, together bowing ceremony held here. Wansong old tower of the basilica preserved.
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