Introduction of Miao Tong Tower and Nengren Temple;
1August 3, 9921day, the people's government of Lianshui County made a decision to rebuild the reclining Buddha Temple and its Miaotong Pagoda in Liancheng Ancient Scenic Area, and set up a reconstruction working committee for Miaotong Pagoda in Lianshui County. This move has won the support and help of millions of Lianshui people and overseas Lianshui people. Pagoda is a kind of Buddhist architecture, which originated in India. Formerly known as the narrow-walled woman, it is also known as "pagoda, pagoda, Buddha's Tu". Its original meaning is "tomb", which is a memorial building for Buddhism to bury the Buddha's body or Buddhist remains. Pagodas were introduced into China with Buddhism and spread all over the country with the prosperity of Buddhism. Pagodas are used to store relics (Buddhist bones) and translate scriptures, so they are also called pagodas by the people. Miao Tongbao Pagoda and Nengren Temple in Lianshui are naturally related to Buddhism, but they are different from ordinary pagodas and temples: first, the name and plaque are given by the emperor, and second, the pagodas have unique architectural structure and technology. These are all in memory of those who lie on the back of the Buddha. The corridor, whose surname is Lou Ming, was born in Lianshui in the early Song Dynasty. Born in the first year of Stegosaurus in Song Taizu (960) and died in the first year of Ganxing in Song Zhenzong (1022). His family lives on the shore of Dinghu Lake near the Sleeping Buddha Collection in Yaohong Town. His parents are fishermen and make a living by the lake. Shoujian was born with a round skull, wide forehead, flat head and big eyes, stubborn skin, smiling without knot, so he was called Maitreya Buddha by villagers when he was young. When he was a teenager, his parents sent him to Chengtian Temple in the county town to become a monk and work as a handyman in the kitchen. Everyone thinks that it is a monk to keep warm in summer and bathe in the snow and ice in winter. Legend has it that on the first day of May in the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu (/10 10/kloc-0), the beneficiary of Crown Prince Zhao was born, crying day and night, and the physician was helpless, so he posted a list of famous doctors all over the country. The Taoist priest wants to send a letter to Bianjing to cure the prince from crying at night. He also said that the prince was a barefoot fairy and would be in charge of 4 1 year.
Give him the Buddha's name as a witness and tell him to go back to Chengtian Temple to find the abbot. In the winter of the fifth year of Tianxi (102 1), the new knowledge army of Lianshui Army did not believe in Buddhism, and the master told his disciples that the fate was over. In the first year of Zhenzong (1022), he died beside him at noon on the 11th day of the first month. In February of the same year, Zhao Deyi ascended the throne. After another day's prosperity, the imperial edict changed Chengtian Temple into Nengrenjue Temple, awarded it posthumously as a master dancer certificate, and ordered a tower to be built in Nengrenjue Temple to commemorate it. In the eighth year of Tiansheng (1030), the tower was built and the monument was given by Qin. After Song Renzong changed Chengtian Temple into Nengrenjue Temple, it was renovated. There are Daxiong Hall, Sleeping Buddha Hall, Wei Tuo Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building, Guanyin Pavilion, etc. The weather is beautiful and magnificent. Miaotong Pagoda, with seven floors and eight sides, is 32 meters high and stands in the temple, pointing to the blue sky. The whole tower is a masonry structure, and there are no inch wooden columns in it. There is a north gate on the ground floor. You can climb to the fourth floor along the bluestone steps and then take a ladder to the fifth floor. From the fifth floor to the seventh floor, you must leave the door of the fifth floor and circle around the tower from a path nearly one meter wide outside the tower. There is a door on the sixth floor that can enter the tower. Above the seventh floor is the top of the tower, which is a circular plane with a diameter of about two meters. There is a big stone pier with a diameter of nearly one meter on the plane, which can seat 2 ~ 3 people. Ordinary pagodas can't climb to the top, but Miao Tongbao Pagoda can climb to the top with twists and turns, which is really unique. As we all know, most pagodas have a top, but Miao Tongbao Pagoda was built by the emperor to protect the relics of the reclining Buddha, and there is no top. There is only one big stone pier, which is recorded in "Andong County Records" of Yongzheng, on June 17th (19: 00 ~ 260: 00) in the seventh year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1July 25th, 668). I see. It was the strong earthquake that caused the top of the tower to slide down from the large stone pier on the surface of alunite, and later generations could not reinstall it, thus forming a headless tower. It is a great pity that this Millennium Pagoda was completely destroyed in the war of July 1948. Its original site is located in the courtyard of Lianshui sauce vinegar factory. The pillars are rippling half the sky in the city, and the morning light is faint green. In the past, Miao Tongta was surrounded by the ancient Nengren Temple, and stood above the whole town with its stalwart shape and overlapping pavilions. It not only adds the appearance characteristics of Liancheng and becomes the symbol of the ancient city, but also enjoys the scenery and is a tourist attraction. In fact, this scenic spot in Damolin has always been a leisure place for Lianshui people, government officials and poets to travel. Needless to say, Su Dongpo, Min Nangong, Cao Fu, magistrate and other outsiders' poems and songs have long been spectacular. Try to climb to the top, look south at the Yellow River, as clear as practice, and never return to the East China Sea. Looking east at the sea, it is magnificent, and the turbid waves are empty; Looking at the sky in the north, the peaks are green, and the Huaguo Mountain hides water curtain cave; Looking west at the canal, there are many sails and a heavy line running through the north and south. Looking down at the four fields, the Tianhe River is lush, the blue waves are surging with the wind, the farms are dotted with red walls, and there are streams, peach blossoms, sunset, shepherds, village girls and business trips, all dressed up as a quiet, harmonious, natural and beautiful pastoral scenery. However, when the pagoda reappears in the future, when it is really the top of the cloak, will its mountains, water, flowers, grass, clouds, wind, city, hometown, men, women, red, green, feelings and thoughts be completely expressed in pen and ink? However, it doesn't matter, because the Miao Tong Tower, as a symbol of Lianshui City, has stood in the hearts of Lianshui people for generations. Today, the people of Lianshui will give this pagoda a brand-new life, so that it will play a special role in beautifying the great cause of building Lianshui and establish outstanding feats. Miaotong Tower and Yueta Tower are also called sister towers. After reconstruction, the tower is octagonal, 68.88 meters high, with 7 floors above ground and 1 floor underground, with a total construction area of 17 19 square meters. The cultural relics unearthed from Miao Tong Tower have been approved as national first-class cultural relics.