The origin of Yanling tower

Gan Ming Temple Tower was built in 604 A.D. 1549 A.D. in the fourth year of Emperor Wendi's Renshou and the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. Under the auspices of Zen Buddhism and Siam, the Gan Ming Temple Tower in Yanling was completed. The rebuilt Gan Ming Temple Tower basically retains its original style and features, and looks more magnificent, but the original iron gate at the top of the tower is replaced by a windmill copper gate. Under the tower, "there are many trees around the veranda, painted with Buddha statues and covered with gold-plated chalk. The building is magnificent, the bells ring, the monks burn scriptures and recite them, and the music is heard far and near." Moreover, it is almost impossible to win because of the lush pines and cypresses and the noisy crows in the magpie nest ... "。

More than 400 years have passed, and the Gan Ming Temple Tower has experienced wind and rain erosion, floods, space earthquakes and roaring gunfire, passing it again and again. In September, 1947 Kuomintang army set up its headquarters in Gan Ming Temple Tower in Yanling County, equipped with machine guns, etc. In an attempt to fight back, leaving countless wounds on the tower. After liberation, the Party and the government allocated special funds for the maintenance of Gan Ming Temple Pagoda for many times. 1960 was designated as the first batch of cultural relics protection units by the Henan Provincial People's Government.