Jianyang Baita Garden Review

The White Tower Garden of Jianyang City is located in the southern suburbs of Jianyang City. There is a Shengde Temple. There is a tower in the temple. The original name is Shengyin Tower. Because the tower is painted white with gray powder, it is called the White Tower. The locals also called the White Tower Temple. The temple destroyed the tower in the early years. When the tower was built in Song Ningzong, Professor Zhang Fang of Jianzhou and the monk Huizu of Shengde Temple raised funds and built it from Qingyuan Ding (1197 AD) summer, and completed in Jiatai two years (1202 AD) autumn. The tower is flat, 60 meters high, 20 meters around the top, 53 meters around the platform, the tower is empty and twisted, and there are ladders to go up and down. The tower body is 12 levels, each level is painted Buddha map, the wall is shaped Buddha statue, and the windows are opened on all sides to transmit light. Step up to the top of the tower, lift your eyes and see the river and mountain city. When Ming Jiaqing (1522 AD), the people who are expensive and collect maintenance, the missing are made up, the damaged are painted, and the dirty are clean. The new iron wind bell eight, with the ancient copper bell total of 16, mixed hanging, plus more than 30 kilograms of tin roof, more magnificent, and has the name of "Lingyan". Jianyang folk have "white tower is a fairy built in one night" legend, think the tower is towering, it takes 800 years without tilting, It is definitely a remarkable thing for people to build. The White Pagoda of Shengde Temple is a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Sichuan Province. In the early 1990s, the state allocated funds to repair the White Pagoda. Today, the White Pagoda Garden is built as the main body. The new cultural relics showroom, monument forest, grass house tea garden, etc. are built in the park. It has become an important cultural attraction in Jianyang City. Founded in the Tangganfu period (AD 874-879)