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Introduction of Tianfeng Temple Tower in Ningbo?

Tianfeng Pagoda, namely Tianfeng Temple Pagoda, is located in Dashani Street, Haishu District, Ningbo City. The tower faces the City God Temple, which is the tallest building in ancient Ningbo and a landmark building in Ningbo. National key cultural relics protection units.

Tianfeng Tower was built between "Long live the heavenly book" and "Long live the Dengfeng" after the Tang Dynasty (695-696), hence the name "Tianfeng". Because the top floor contains treasure beads, it is commonly known as "pagoda". According to legend, when it was built, the sand piled high, leaving a lot of sand and mud around it, so it was named Dashani Street and Xiaoshani Street.

In the fourth year of Song Jianyan, Jin Bing invaded Ningbo. The citizens lit a bonfire on the Tianfeng Tower and called four garrisons to defend it. The nomads from the rulers were so angry that they destroyed the Tianfeng Tower. In the 14th year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty (1444), Tianfeng Tower was rebuilt. In the third year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1798), the tower was destroyed by fire, leaving only the brick tower body. Maintenance was carried out on 1957. A bronze treasure basket built by Qian Hongshu, King of wuyue in the Five Dynasties, was found at the top of the tower. It is a beautifully decorated pagoda with the words "Sui Ji of Yi Mao" (955) on it. After decades of wind and rain erosion, the tower is seriously tilted and cracked, which is in jeopardy. 1984,1989+February completed the overhaul of the urban sky wind tower.

Tianfeng Tower is 5 1.5 meters high, with seven floors bright, seven floors dark and fourteen floors hexagonal. Surrounded by a red wall, a pair of lion stones guard the door. The grass is lush, the flowers and trees are fragrant, the bridges are flowing, and the bamboo sea is poetic. Looking up, the tower eaves are sealed to the sky, the wing angles are exquisite, the building components such as the bucket arch are beautifully carved, and the ridge animals on the tower ridge are lifelike.

During the middle years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, local officials found a large stone tablet engraved with the words "March 18th, 14th year of Shaoxing", which contained more than 100 precious cultural relics, including the model of Hunyin gilded palace, the model of Hunyin gilded tower, silver incense, bronze Buddha statues, coins and scriptures, and many of them were included in the China Cultural Relics Essence Ceremony.

198 1 year 65438+February, Tianfeng Tower was announced by Ningbo Municipal People's Government as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

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