Wenfeng Pagoda is about 23 meters high, with six sides and seven arches, which is magnificent. The top of the tower is in the shape of six rescues, the top brake is in the shape of an iron cast gourd, and there are six upturned eaves around it. The eaves are beautifully shaped and hung with tower bells. When the breeze blows, the wind will stir the bell and make it tinkle sweetly, as if playing a touching piece of music.
There are 36 true and false windowsills on the six sides of Wenfeng Tower, and 18 windowsills are used for overlooking, that is, two of every three windowsills are just for decoration, and the distribution of adjacent two floors is not the same.
The whole tower is made of brick and wood structure, and the tower body is divided into seven layers. The pyramid, which is small at the top and big at the bottom, shrinks upward layer by layer, and the whole tower body is covered with white ash, with a bright appearance. There are six stairs in the tower, each of which is a cantilever structure, and there are wooden stairs for tourists to climb. The foundation of the tower is marble, and Fiona Fang is more than 30 meters.
Built to fill the "land shortage"
Zhu Lin, deputy director of Jiangxi Institute of Culture, Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences, believes that Wenfeng Ancient Pagoda has a profound cultural heritage and is a humanistic landscape with historical relics and stories.
Because Liaohe River was called Longjiang in Ming Dynasty, Wenfeng Pagoda was originally named Longwen Pagoda. According to the Records of Anyi County in the Ten Years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, in the first month of the third year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1630), the gentry of Anyi's famous families got together to observe the sky and explore the land, and when they reached the geomantic omen, they found that the left side of the south gate of Anyi County was vacant, which was called "Qinglong". Coupled with the eastward convergence, "Shimonoseki" is extremely lax; Only by erecting altars and towers can this "land shortage" be made up. Xu Daxiang, a famous remonstrator, advocated running in conjunction with squires Xu Kunji, Liu Chenglie, He Renhua, Zhou Yingxian and Wan Wanjia. He Juan, the county magistrate, complied with public opinion and took the lead in raising funds, which was echoed by the whole city.
The construction of the ancient pagoda began in the autumn of the third year of Chongzhen (AD 1630), and it took about one year to build a five-story tower. However, due to the exhaustion of funds, there was no money to repair it, so the top was completed and named Longwen Tower.
People repay their kindness and donate money to repair it.
In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1734), when the tower in the greenhouse of Anyi Zhifu Palace was in ruins, he returned to the official's office to propose repairs and took the lead in donating money. The people of Anyi County responded positively and abandoned the old and established the new on the site of Longwen Pagoda. Three years later, the seven-story and six-story pagodas will continue to be built, with the same style. Renamed Wenfeng Pagoda, it means to cultivate the style of writing, help educate etiquette, revive culture and train talents.
During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, a monk named Ruyi raised funds to establish Longwen Temple in the northwest of the tower. In the seventh year of Kangxi, a century-old workshop was established in front of the Longwen Temple, and then a Qusi Pavilion was established. It is said that former officials will set foot in pavilions, gather their eyes and meditate, sum up the gains and losses of their predecessors and think about how to make progress in the future; When I left Renli Concert Hall in Metropolis, I thought of the past, or chose my words carefully, or wrote poems and couplets. I was very moved and left slowly.
Wenfeng Pagoda has experienced a hundred years of wind and frost. Although it didn't collapse, it has been repaired many times. 1978, Anyi County Committee allocated special funds for reconstruction. 1989, the people of Anyi County spontaneously donated money to build the tower foundation for the first time, creating granite hexagonal stone piers, which are close to the diagonal edges of diamond-shaped protective towers on both sides of the tower body, and there are 1 meter-high guardrail columns next to them. The entrance of this tower has two sides and three steps. The diagonal length of the edge of the first stone platform is 4.85 meters, and the horizontal height is 5.65 meters from the ground. There are steps with a width of 1.5 meters around, and the east and west sides are symmetrical to each other. 1998 and in 2002, Nanchang Municipal People's Government allocated funds twice to repair the tower. 1985 Wenfeng Tower was listed as a county-level key protection unit, 1986 as a municipal protection unit, and in 2004 it was declared as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.
Because of the war, the road to build the tower is rugged.
There are countless magical legends about Wenfeng Pagoda. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a kind of mullet essence in the blue waves of Longjiang River, which cultivated into a demon for thousands of years. It often made waves, flooded crops and swallowed villages. Let the world be restless and whine constantly.
One day, a fairy gave an official a dream to build a tower demon to save all beings. Officials woke up frowning and very anxious. Although he has been an official for many years, he is short of money. It is difficult to build a tower town demon. Later, he resigned as a Taoist priest and traveled around the world, determined to raise money to build a tower, and died of overwork and hemoptysis in the rush. At the end of his life, he left a lament: "it is a small matter to live up to destiny, but it is a big matter to live up to expectations." After many years of officialdom, I have not made meritorious service to my homeland and died without regret. "
There is another folk saying about the origin of Wenfeng Pagoda. One autumn night more than 500 years ago, the sleeping Anyi county magistrate suddenly came to Qimxy, only to see dark clouds rolling over Longjiang, flying sand and stones, a hideous monster, making waves, and its maw constantly devouring creatures. In an instant, bared his teeth and ran at him, and the magistrate was so scared that he was sweating and numb. At the critical moment, a rainbow appeared in the east, the sky was full of sunshine, and a golden dragon descended from the sky with smoke. In an instant, the monster disappeared and became calm. I saw a white-haired old man approaching the county magistrate, saying that this is a pivotal place and the city will be prosperous in the future. In order to be honest and upright, seven towers must be built in the east of the city. Say that finish, the old man drifted away. The county magistrate got this dream and made great efforts to build a tower for the people, but after years of war, his long-cherished wish never came true.
The landmark buildings in Anyi County
Although in these two stories, the people who wanted to build the tower failed, the ancient pagoda was built after all. Although it has been repaired several times, it still stands today.
The east of Wenfeng Pagoda is Xishan Mountain, the south is a fast-flowing river, the west is close to the busy Anyi Bridge, and the north is Anyi County. Climbing the Wenfeng Pagoda, you can have a panoramic view of the county. Lush trees adorn the glazed tile roof, and the Liaohe River in the south is sparkling under the sunlight, just like a fluttering ribbon passing around the city, and the hills and mountains in the distance are green.
County-level key protection units "Kuixingge" and "Hanting" are connected with the ancient pagoda triangle, which set each other off. The magnificent sight is refreshing and unforgettable. Whenever night falls, the neon lights on Wenfeng Tower outline the whole picture of the tower, just like a graceful girl standing on the bank of Liaohe River, attracting countless guests.