Gansu Heshui Tower Bay Statue Tower

Tower Bay Statue Tower, originally located in Miaocun Chuan Tower Bay Village, Taibai Township, Heshui County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, is now located in the Museum of Heshui County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, built during the Chongning period of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty (1102~1106). The Tower Bay Statue Tower is carved from local red sandstone, and the tower body is a hollow cylindrical structure, each layer is separated by a tower eave. The diameter of the bottom layer of the tower is 129 cm, which gradually decreases to the top of the tower body with a diameter of only 59 cm, which is the "thinnest" stone tower in China today. The Tower Bay Statue Tower is an octagonal thirteen-level dense eave stone statue tower with a total height of 10.93 meters. It is composed of the tower body, tower eaves and tower brakes. The stone statue tower is carved from local red sandstone, and the tower body is a hollow cylindrical structure, each layer is separated by a tower eave, and the tower body is thin and slender. The Tower Bay Statue Tower has a unique shape and is of great value for studying the construction technology, characteristics, and phased dating of Song Dynasty towers in the northwest region. On March 5, 2013, the Tower Bay Statue Tower was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.