What does Wild Goose Pagoda mean?

Wild Goose Pagoda means: a tower next to the stadium in Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province.

Yanta is located next to the stadium in Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province. Ji Zheng, a famous minister in history and a senior minister in the Ming Dynasty, advocated the construction of pagodas for imperial examinations during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, hence the name Yanta. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, whose shape originated from the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi 'an, was once the place where the ancient imperial examinations were posted, and it was a symbol of "moire and Wenchang".

It is reported that during the Dragon Period in Tang Zhongzong, scholar Zhang Ju visited the Jean Temple. On a whim, he wrote his name under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Unexpectedly, this move attracted scholars to follow suit. All new Jinshi students first have a banquet in Qujiang and Xingyuan, and then climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda as a souvenir (the title of the champion in the article is Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the title of the champion in Wu is Little Wild Goose Pagoda).

In ancient times, Xianyou Jinshi worshipped the Big Wild Goose Pagoda before and after the exam. Pavilion-style bluestone structure, hexagonal seven-layer solid, base diameter 2 meters, height 12.6 meters. Double eaves, no carving, the second floor on the north side of the tower is engraved with the word "Wild Goose Pagoda" in block letters and signed in Wanli. The tower gate is gourd-shaped with a height of12.6m..

Double eaves, no carving, the second floor on the north side of the tower is engraved with the word "Wild Goose Pagoda" in block letters and signed in Wanli. The Wild Goose Pagoda and Tasha are gourd-shaped and well preserved. Now it is a county-level cultural relics protection unit. The Wild Goose Pagoda, also known as Sanjiang Song Pagoda and Sanjiang White Pagoda, is located in sanjiang town, south of Jingyan County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province 13km.

topological structure

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a brick-wood structure with dense eaves. The pagoda is square, with a height of 28 meters and a building height of *** 13. The bottom edge of the tower is 5.8 meters long, decreasing step by step and slightly inward. The ground floor is 4 meters high and gradually decreases upward. The stairs in the tower spiral up to the 10 floor. There are fake windows, a square hole and a bucket arch on all sides of each floor. All blue bricks have various shapes: the big brick is 55 cm long and 45 cm wide.

The small brick is 35cm long,17cm wide and 5.5cm thick. Round bricks and triangular bricks are used in the corner. During construction, one floor is built every three floors, and it is embedded with nails until it reaches the top of the tower, so it has strong seismic performance. Because the outside of the tower is painted with white ash, it is white from a distance, so it is called "white tower" by the people.