Brilliant embodiment of Dali royal family —— Detailed explanation of the three towers of Chongsheng Temple

Chongsheng Temple in Dali is the glorious embodiment of Dali royal family and a symbol of royal status. In Jin Yong's works, there is also its figure, known as "Tianlong Temple". Everyone knows that the royal family pays the most attention to feng shui, so what about the feng shui of the three towers of Chongsheng Temple? This issue of architectural feng shui takes you to understand.

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Chongsheng Temple, bordering Erhai Lake in the east and Cangshan Mountain in the west, is located one kilometer north of the ancient city of Dali, Yunnan, at the foot of Diancang Mountain and on the shore of Erhai Lake.

Chongsheng Temple is famous for its three pagodas, also known as "Three Pagodas in Dali". It is one of the famous pagodas in China, and was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 196 1. Like three giant pens, it embellishes the ancient city more brilliantly and adds a lot of brilliance to the scenery of Canger. The three pagodas have always been the symbol of Dali. It is the building in front of Chongsheng Temple in the old days (that is, "Tianlong Temple" in Jin Yong's martial arts novel Tianlong Babu). Today, the ancient temple no longer exists, but the three pagodas still stand. The Three Pagodas is one of the oldest existing buildings in Yunnan, and it is also a famous tower group in China.

The magnificent Chongsheng Temple was burned down during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, and only three pagodas were well preserved. It is a symbol of Dali, a symbol of ancient Yunnan history and culture, and one of the oldest and most magnificent buildings in southern China. 196 1 year, the first batch was announced as national key cultural relics protection units.

According to historical records such as Nanzhao unofficial history and Cooper Tongzhi, when Chongsheng Temple and its main tower were built (834-840 AD), there were 890 houses at the bottom of the temple, with 1 1400 statues of Buddha, which consumed 40,590 Jin of copper and cost more than 708,000 yuan.

Chongsheng Temple was the royal temple of Nanzhao and Dali local government more than 0/000 years ago. According to the Records of Dali County, Chongsheng Temple, also known as Santa Temple, is located under Xiaocenfeng in the northwest of Dali. Its square is seven miles, covering more than 300 acres. There is a Guanyin statue in the temple, which is twenty feet high. According to statistics, it is 1 1400 Buddha, which is 89 1 house. The changes in Chen Bing have been completely destroyed, but the Three Towers still exist. Explain its scale. Among them, Cangshan Guan Sheng Building is a large-scale building, which is listed as Yunnan Pass in Ming Dynasty. Cangshan Guan Sheng Building is located in Lisan Chongsheng Temple, northwest of Fucheng. Built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the wall clock was cast between Xian Tong and the Tang Dynasty. It also shows that the architectural level of Dali in Nanzhao period of Tang Dynasty was quite high.

During the Dali Kingdom in the Song Dynasty, the king believed in Buddhism, and the incense in Chongsheng Temple was more prosperous. Among the twenty-two generations of kings in Dali, nine did not love the country and the world, and went to Chongsheng Temple to become monks. 1056, the king of Myanmar came to Chongsheng Temple twice to visit the tooth of the Buddha, and Duan Silian, the king of Dali, gave each other jade buddhas at Chongsheng Temple. Xu Xiake, a great traveler in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in his Diary of a Journey to Yunnan that the temple was built under the Ten Peaks of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty (one of the Nineteen Peaks of Cangshan Mountain). The first three towers stand upright, and the middle tower is the tallest, showing a sixteen-story square, so it is called the three towers today. The tower is surrounded by towering pine trees and enters from the west. There is a bell tower facing the three towers. There is a clock in the building, and the sound can travel 80 miles. Behind the building is the main hall, and behind it is the Yutong Guanyin Hall.