Do you know the origin of Dingzhou Tower?

Dingzhou has Kaiyuan Temple first, and then Dingzhou Tower.

Kaiyuan Temple, formerly known as Tiqi Temple, was built in 49 1 year during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty. /kloc-In 0/6, Emperor Huang Kai of Sui Dynasty changed the Tiqi Temple to Zhengquan Temple, and in Tang Dynasty, Zhengquan Temple was changed to Kaiyuan Temple from 904 to 907.

Hebei people call Cangzhou Iron Lion, Dingzhou Kaiyuan Temple Tower and Zhengding longxing temple Bodhisattva as "Three Treasures of Hebei". The four treasures of North China refer to "Cangzhou Lion, Dingzhou Tower, Zhengding Bodhisattva and Zhao Zhouqiao".

Kaiyuan Temple Tower was built in the early years of Northern Song Dynasty. It was named after it was built in Kaiyuan Temple. Because it is located in Dingzhou City, it is also called Dingzhou Tower.

According to documents, the monks in Kaiyuan Temple in the early Song Dynasty were able to learn from the Buddhist legend of West Tianzhu (India) and bring the Buddhist relics back to life.

In the fourth year of Xianping (A.D. 100 1), Song Zhenzong wrote a letter to build a tower in Kaiyuan Temple in Dingzhou to commemorate it. In the second year of Song Renzong (A.D. 1055), it took 55 years to build the tower.

(According to the records of Dingxian County, there is another saying: This tower was built in the same year, but it was built in the first year of Ganxing [AD 1022], and the second year is the year of reconstruction. Accordingly, the repair time should be 22 years.

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In the confrontation between Song and Liao, this tower played an important role in the military.

The geographical location of Dingzhou was very important at that time.

According to historical records, there are eighteen roads in the world, but Hebei is the heaviest.

There are thirty-six state armies in Hebei, and Dingzhou is the heaviest.

Dingzhou is really the most urgent thing in the world. "

In the Song Dynasty, Dingzhou was an important frontier in the north, bordering on Qidan in the north, and wars often occurred. In order to defend the Khitan, the Song Dynasty often used this tower to observe the enemy's situation.

This tower is towering into the sky, and you can see the movement of the Khitan when you climb it, so it is also called the "enemy tower".

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Dingzhou Tower is all brick-wood structure, with 13 octagonal plane.

This plane consists of two squares.

Well-proportioned and beautiful in appearance.

The outer edge of the tower foundation is128m long.

The tower on the first floor is tall, with a flat seat on the tower eaves, and only the tower eaves on other floors (except the flat seat between the first floor and the second floor, there are no other floors).

Tower eaves are short eaves picked out by layers of bricks, with concave cross-section and unique style.

There are more than a dozen bricks, and the largest one is 70cm long, 24cm wide and10cm thick. The smallest brick is 36 cm long, 7.8 cm wide and 7 cm thick.

In order to enhance the tension between bricks, a large number of loose wooden materials are added, which shows the complexity of the project.

Pagoda brake is a huge honeysuckle mosaic on the brake seat, with an iron wheel and an exposed disk on the cover bowl and two bronze pearls on the top.

This tower is the only ancient tower in the north.

The whole tower is like a small tower wrapped in a big tower. There are also 45 inscriptions embedded in the tower, and there are 34 existing ones.

The central octagonal column has brick steps to reach the top.

Its buildings are symmetrical in proportion and rigorous in structure.

The tower has four front doors, and the other four sides are equipped with fake windows and carved geometric windows; There are steps on every floor of this tower.

The tower is divided into inner and outer floors, and an octagonal corridor is formed between the two floors.

On the wall of each corridor, there are many inscriptions and poems by famous people of past dynasties.

There are Buddhist niches in the tower, and murals are painted in the niches for statues, which are extremely beautiful.

Kaiyuan Temple has a history of more than 900 years, during which it experienced 10 earthquakes. In June of the 10th year of Guangxu reign (A.D. 1844), the northeast side of the tower collapsed from top to bottom.

Destroyed the integrity of this magnificent ancient building, but it still stands tall today.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the state has carried out comprehensive repairs to the tower many times.

196/kloc-0 was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit on March 4th.

Folk stories:

After Pangu created the world and Nu Wa created man, there was a war between water god and Vulcan Zhu Rong in the universe.

In ancient times, the world was desolate, and people lived a life of watching and helping each other and drinking blood.

At this time, there is a palace of light on Kunlun Mountain. There lived a Vulcan named Zhu Rong in the Palace of Light.

Zhu Rong is very kind and compassionate, so he handed down the fire and taught people how to use it.

People take fire from the palace of light and cook the captured wild animals on the fire, which is delicious and not disgusting. Therefore, people worship Vulcan Zhu Rong.

In this way, the water god was angered.

* * * Workers live in the East China Sea. He has a bad temper and great power.

* * * Workers think that the world is hateful, and water and fire are inseparable things in people's lives. Why only respect Vulcan, but not my water god?

In a rage, he decided to compete with Zhu Rong.

Before leaving, he called the snakehead essence home, made a confession, and led the aquarium to the Guangming Palace in Zhu Rong.

As a result, * * * was defeated, and he was ashamed and annoyed and ran into the island.

Before the collapse of Zhoushan Mountain, the Tianhe River suddenly tilted and flooded, which led to the later theory of the goddess mending the sky.

On this day, the * * * workers' home will produce snakehead essence. He lived in fear when he heard that the workers were defeated. He was afraid that Zhu Rong would hit Donghai Water Palace again.

At this time, Xiao, the guardian of the palace gate, will report in the future: General Black, please welcome the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

The snakehead is restless, and he feels uneasy in the water palace. Why don't you have a few drinks with Aoguang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea?

The snakehead thought for a moment and ordered: Mount the horse! Teenagers become turtles, snakeheads jump on them, and soon they arrive at the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea.

The snakehead essence came down from the turtle's back. Just two steps later, the Dragon King of the East China Sea greeted him from the palace.

When they approached, the Dragon King knelt down and said, "Little God Ao Guang, come and meet General Black!" ! The snakehead didn't help, but said, Ao Guang, don't bother, get up! It turns out that snakehead's department is higher than him and his qualifications are higher than him.

In mythology, * * * is the water god of Fuxi and Nuwa.

After Dayu was canonized by Nu Wa, the Dragon King was appointed to the Crystal Palace in the East China Sea.

Therefore, when Ao Guang met the snakehead elf, he bowed down and called himself a "little god".

After the ceremony, the Dragon King of the East China Sea led the snakehead essence to the Crystal Palace.

After the two men sat down first, the Dragon King of the East China Sea said: Victory or defeat is a common occurrence in military strategists, and the general should let go as soon as possible.

The snakehead said: I am a powerful aquarium. Why did I fail miserably?

The Dragon King of the East China Sea said with a wry smile, General, let's not talk about this for the time being. Drink, drink! After that, a group of ladies-in-waiting held utensils and presented them to the table.

This wine is the nectar of the Crystal Palace, and that dish is all unique seafood in the world.

All the tables and drinks are ready, and the two of them are chatting while drinking.

While speaking, the Dragon King of the East China Sea sighed from time to time.

The snakehead asked him, What happened to Ao Guang? The Dragon King sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, I conquered Zhu Rong this time and sent 100,000 Shui people to help. Unexpectedly, every soldier did not come back and all died. " .

In this way, the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea lacked weapons and there was no war. Once there is a war, there is no way to meet the enemy.

The snakehead said, I see. You don't have to worry. I'll take care of the weapon.

The dragon king was overjoyed and quickly toasted the snakehead to show his gratitude.

After drinking, the dragon king led the snakehead to play in the back garden.

There are endless beautiful scenery in the back garden. If it is not led by the dragon king, it can only be a change of scenery, and the beauty of the scenery cannot be seen.

Finally, they came to Yongquan Pool, where there are large and small springs.

The snakehead asked: This is the bottom of the sea. Why is there spring? The dragon king said, general, I don't know. All these springs lead to underground rivers on land.

When Yu Wang was harnessing the water, it not only let the rivers on the ground flow into the East China Sea, but also dredged the underground rivers, so that the underground rivers also crossed the East China Sea.

All these springs are sea eyes leading to land.

The Dragon King pointed to a spring, saying that this leads to water curtain cave in Huaguoshan, and pointed to another place, saying that this leads to Dingzhou in the Central Plains.

(That was before the 22nd century BC, Dingzhou was under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, one of Kyushu. Originally, it was not called Dingzhou, but for the convenience of telling stories, it was called Dingzhou.

The snakehead said: water curtain cave is a cave and Dingzhou is the Central Plains. I want to have a look.

The dragon king said, the general said, you will come back when you go. I will prepare dinner for the general's return.

Say and snakehead essence jumps into the sea eye leading to Dingzhou.

In fact, when Dayu was harnessing the water, he closed all the underground rivers leading to the seabed.

The preventive measure is that the aquarium can land through the underground sea eye, and can only go in after sealing, but can't come back.

The dragon king doesn't know the secret, let alone the snakehead essence.

The snakehead got into the sea eye, followed the boundary pillar on the underground river, and soon arrived in Dingzhou.

He found a well and wanted to get out of it.

He stretched several times, but he still couldn't get out of the water.

He felt suspicious and looked carefully under the water.

At this moment, he saw Yu Wang's seal.

Facing the seal, he went crazy, jumping around in the water and rolling up and down.

After so much trouble, he broke out.

In less than an hour, Dingzhou was in Wang Yang, with numerous casualties.

Afraid of losing the land, the land god hurried to the sky to report to the Jade Emperor.

The Jade Emperor urgently summoned the Dragon King of the East China Sea to state the reasons.

The Dragon King didn't dare to hide it, so he reported the truth.

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor ordered the Land God to help the Dragon King to rescue the people in Dingzhou, and disposed of the snakehead essence to avoid future troubles.

After receiving the jade emperor's will, the land god and the East China Sea Dragon King came to Dingzhou.

They found a well to connect it with the underground river, and the raging flood entered the underground river and poured into the East China Sea through the sea eye.

The snakehead essence is still in that well, so I can't get out or go back.

Just as he was going crazy, a mountain of dirt pressed against him.

He was eager to break free, and there was a double seal of the Dragon King of the East China Sea and the Land God at the foot of the mound mountain, which made him unable to move.

Today, that heaped-up mountain is still there.

A fairy day, a human year, and three thousand years have passed in a flash.

The earth mountain that suppresses snakehead essence is still there, but the two seals of the East China Sea Dragon King and the Land God are consuming mana day by day.

This is no secret for snakehead essence, and this is the day he is waiting for.

So from the day when Tushan reached the top, he never stopped practicing his five elements.

After more than 3,000 years of practice and the consumption of seals, he felt that he could get away.

So he tried to move his body, but he didn't move.

He continued to practice, not discouraged at all.

But he found that his body was moving when he practiced every day.

The bigger the space, the more he secretly rejoices, knowing that this is the practice.

In this way, he kept practicing and his body kept moving.

Three months later, the body of snakehead essence moved to another well.

He wanted to enter the underground river, but with the seal of Yu Wang, he still failed.

He's angry again, furious.

So I decided to stir the well water, turn Dingzhou into Wang Yang, and then go downstream from the ground to the East China Sea.

This well is located in the southeast of Tushan, only 300 meters away from Tushan.

However, that was in the second year of the Song Dynasty in Song Renzong (A.D. 1055).

That well is the Buddhist holy land "Dingzhou Kaiyuan Temple".

Hearing the sound of water in the well, the host in the temple knew that the snakehead essence had escaped from the seal of the Dragon King.

If you don't cast a spell and surrender, Dingzhou will be harmed.

The host lit incense and knelt in front of avalokitesvara to pray.

The well water has flooded into the hall before a column of incense is burned halfway.

The monks in the temple were in a state of confusion.

Because of the prominent terrain of the hall, many monks came here to hide.

The water at the wellhead rose higher and higher, and the shorter houses in the temple were flooded.

Although the main hall is high, the water has reached the neck of the statue.

At this time, there was a loud bang and a towering octagonal tower landed in the courtyard.

When the tower fell into the water, all the water in the temple flowed to the bottom of the tower.

Where is the well? People were wondering when suddenly it came from the air: evil obstacles! You broke the dogma of 3000 years ago and killed countless people. Since you don't know how to repent, use this tower to hold you down.

You must remember that this stupa is a stupa, and no matter how you practice, you can't reach the magic of the stupa.

I still have a seal. This is the highest tool of Buddhism. Let it seal the wellhead.

This makes people see Guanyin Bodhisattva above Xiangyun.

Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "With a flick of your finger, a yellow silk floated from Xiangyun to the tower.

Avalokitesvara turned and disappeared.

Monks chanted Zen and knelt down to say goodbye.

Seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva off, the monks hurried into the tower from the ticket gate, all wanting to see what had happened.

In the center of the tower foundation, you can see that the wellhead has been covered by slate.

There is the seal of Guanyin Bodhisattva on the slate, and there is Sanskrit on the seal.

Listen to the sound again, there is no movement under the slate.

Later, the northeast corner of the tower collapsed due to the earthquake.

In the more than 100 years of losing horns, snakehead essence didn't dare to move.

As we all know, snakehead doesn't want to move, but the pagoda is too powerful.