Zhenguo Tower

The East and West Twin Towers of Kaiyuan Temple are the most famous, and the East Tower is also known as the "Town State Tower". The six-year (865 AD) construction of Xiantong was completed by the advocate Wen Xuan Zen Master. This building weighing more than 10,000 tons has been immobilized despite more than 700 years of wind, frost and rain. An 8-magnitude earthquake in 1604 could not shake its foundations.

Quanzhou people often say: "Standing to the east and west towers, lying like Luoyang Bridge." Quanzhou East and West towers is a landmark building in Quanzhou, about 48 meters east tower "town tower", about 44 meters west tower "Renshou tower", two towers after years of wind, frost and rain and still.

The twin towers of Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, Fujian, stand in the squares on both sides of the Byting, about 200 meters away from the octagonal five-story pagoda imitation wooden structure stone tower, it is an important cultural relics of Kaiyuan Temple. The East Pagoda is called the "town State Pagoda", and the five-story wooden tower was built by the advocate Wenxuan Zen master in Xiantong six years (865 AD). After several destruction and re-repairs, easy wood is brick.

There is a saying in Quanzhou: stand like the East and West Towers, lying like Luoyang Bridge. As the treasure of Kaiyuan Temple Town, the East and West Towers are the tallest stone towers in China, located in Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple. The East Tower, also known as the "Town State Tower", was built in Xiantong six years (865 AD) by the advocate Wen Xuan Zen master to build a five-story wooden tower. The height of the tower is 48 ． 24 meters, and the tower plane is divided into four parts: the corridor, the outer wall, the inner corridor and the octagonal column of the tower. The tower is a framed structure. The central column of the tower is straight through each layer, which is the support of the whole tower. The tower wall uses processed granite, stacked in a crisscrossing method, and the calculation is accurate and the construction is dense. The solid foundation, equipped with a solid tower heart in line with the principle of mechanics, makes this building weighing more than 10,000 tons, despite more than 700 years of wind, frost and rain, and the 8-magnitude earthquake can not shake its foundation. The stone tower is not only strong, but also exquisitely shaped. The tower is curved and curved outward, and the angles are high, so that the tower has a flying posture, which is light. Each layer has four doors and four fins, which are interchangeable layer by layer. This is both an average dispersion of gravity and makes the tower's appearance more vivid and beautiful. Each tower has a bronze scorpion at the corner of each tower. When the breeze blows, the snoring is pleasant and pleasant. The East Tower has been selected as the king of the stone tower in 1997. Kaiyuan Temple does not need tickets, it is a must-check in place to Quanzhou, there are many exquisite reliefs and stone carvings in the temple, which are worth enjoying.

The town tower is the east tower in Quanzhou Dakaiyuan Temple. It is the largest five-story imitation wooden pavilion-style stone tower in China. It was built in Tang Dynasty and is now built in the Song Dynasty. It is strictly in accordance with the book "Creating French". After thousands of years, it is still awestruck.