Introduction to Tianfeng Tower
Tianfeng Tower is located at the intersection of the west end of Dashani Street and Jiefang South Road, Haishu District, Ningbo City.
It was first built in the reign of Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty. During the years of Long Live the Heavenly Records and the Long Live Dengfeng (695-696), it got its name from the beginning and end of the year when the pagoda was built, and the Tianfeng. After completion, the tower is 18 feet high, about 51 meters, with 14 floors, divided into 7 light and 7 dark (including the underground palace), and is hexagonal. Tianfeng Temple, first the pagoda and then the temple, was built with a pagoda. It was built in the third year of Qianyou (950) of the Later Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties. It was first named Tianfeng Pagoda Courtyard and later named Tianfeng Temple. In the third year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1129), the Jin soldiers captured Ningbo, and the Tianfeng Pagoda and the temple were destroyed by the fire. Shaoxing was rebuilt in the 14th year (1144). It was destroyed again in the thirteenth year of Jiading (1220). It was completely destroyed in the third year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty (1326), and was restored in the first year of Shun (1330). During the Zhizheng period (1341-1368), Pingzhang Fang Guozhen and his younger brother Guomin rebuilt the pagoda courtyard. In the tenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1412), thunder and fire destroyed the third floor, and it was rebuilt in the same year. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing reign (1557), a typhoon fell off the top of the tower, and it was rebuilt in the thirty-eighth year. It was overhauled in the 17th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1660). In August of the 16th year of Qianlong reign (1751), a typhoon hit the top of the pagoda. It was rebuilt in the 21st year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong (1756). In December of the 3rd year of Jiaqing reign (1798), the pagoda was about to be built. However, due to a fire in the tower lamp, the eaves and flat roof of the tower were damaged. The base and railings were burned, leaving only the brick tower body. It was rebuilt in 1935. In June 1984, the Ningbo Municipal Archaeological Institute conducted an archaeological excavation of the underground palace. More than 140 cultural relics such as the Silver Palace and the Silver Pagoda were unearthed. Among them, the Silver Palace and the Silver Pagoda were engraved with the inscription of the 14th year of Shaoxing. In December 1989, the reconstruction project based on the style of Song Pagoda was completed. Tianfeng Pagoda is a unique and typical Song Dynasty attic-style brick and wood structure tower in Jiangnan, my country. It has the characteristics of Song Pagoda's exquisiteness, simplicity and solemnity. It is a water navigation beacon for river and sea navigation in Mingzhou Port in ancient times and an important symbol of the port city. Since the Tang Dynasty, Mingzhou Port has risen and become one of China's three famous foreign trade ports. Foreign envoys, students and business travelers can go directly to Kyoto from Mingzhou Port via the East Zhejiang Canal and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Professor Geng Sheng, President of the China Society for the History of Chinese-Foreign Relations, said that the French described it in the "Field Investigation of China's Export Trade": Ningbo, the most beautiful city in China, has a large number of historical monuments. The most eye-catching one is called the Chifeng Tower (i.e. Tianfeng Tower). On the wall of the tower, the names of many sailors on the French three-sail Alcmena were found. The ship visited Ningbo the previous year. Tianfeng Tower is a witness to history and an important cultural relic of the Maritime Silk Road.
History of Tianfeng Tower
Tianfeng Tower is located at the intersection of the west end of Dashani Street and Jiefang South Road, Haishu District, Ningbo City. It was first built during the reign of Emperor Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty during the Long Live to Long Live Dengfeng reign (695-696). It was named after the year when the pagoda was built and the end of the Tianfeng period. After completion, the tower is 18 feet high, about 51 meters, with 14 floors, divided into 7 light and 7 dark (including the underground palace), and is hexagonal. Tianfeng Temple, first a pagoda and then a temple, was built with a pagoda. It was built in the third year of Qianyou of the Later Han Dynasty (950) in the Five Dynasties. It was first named Tianfeng Pagoda Courtyard and later named Tianfeng Temple. In the third year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1129), the Jin soldiers captured Ningbo, and the Tianfeng Pagoda and the temple were destroyed by the fire. Shaoxing was rebuilt in the 14th year (1144). It was destroyed again in the thirteenth year of Jiading (1220). It was completely destroyed in the third year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty (1326), and was restored in the first year of Shun (1330). During the Zhizheng period (1341-1368), Pingzhang Fang Guozhen and his younger brother Guomin rebuilt the pagoda courtyard. In the tenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1412), thunder and fire destroyed the third floor, and it was rebuilt in the same year. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing reign (1557), a typhoon fell off the top of the tower, and it was rebuilt in the thirty-eighth year. It was overhauled in the 17th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1660). In August of the 16th year of Qianlong's reign (1751), a typhoon hit the top of the pagoda. It was rebuilt in the 21st year of Qianlong's reign (1756). In December of the third year of Jiaqing's reign (1798), the pagoda was about to be renovated. However, due to a fire in the tower lamp, the tower's eaves, The flat seats and railings were burned, leaving only the brick tower body. It was rebuilt in 1935. In June 1984, the Ningbo Municipal Archaeological Institute conducted an archaeological excavation of the underground palace. More than 140 cultural relics such as the Silver Palace and the Silver Pagoda were unearthed. Among them, the Silver Palace and the Silver Pagoda were engraved with the inscription of the 14th year of Shaoxing. In December 1989, the reconstruction project based on the style of Song Pagoda was completed. Tianfeng Pagoda is a unique and typical imitation Song Dynasty attic-style brick and wood structure tower in Jiangnan, my country. It has the characteristics of Song Pagoda's exquisiteness, simplicity and solemnity. It is a water navigation beacon for river and sea navigation in ancient Mingzhou Port and an important symbol of the port city. Since the Tang Dynasty, Mingzhou Port has risen and become one of China's three famous foreign trade ports. Foreign envoys, students and business travelers can go directly to Kyoto from Mingzhou Port via the East Zhejiang Canal and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Professor Geng Sheng, President of the China Society for the History of Chinese-Foreign Relations, said that the French described it in the "Field Investigation of China's Export Trade": Ningbo, the most beautiful city in China, has a large number of historical monuments. The most eye-catching one is called the Chifeng Tower (i.e. Tianfeng Tower). On the wall of the tower, the names of many sailors on the French three-sail Alcmena were found. The ship visited Ningbo the previous year. Tianfeng Tower is a witness to history and an important cultural relic of the Maritime Silk Road. In December 1981, Tianfeng Tower was announced as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by the Ningbo Municipal People's Government.
The legend of Tianfeng Tower
Ningbo faces the rough East China Sea and is the intersection of the Yongjiang River, the Yaojiang River and the Fenghua River. One year, a troublemaking shark spirit appeared out of Zhaobaoshan, Zhenhai. From then on, Ningbo was often flooded and hit by waves, making it extremely unstable. At that time, there was an old stonemason in Siming Mountain. He hated the turtle spirit very much when he saw it doing evil things.
One morning, he suddenly saw golden light shining on the top of Siming Mountain, so he climbed to the top of the mountain and saw that it was a bright red gem shining there. So he spent seventy-seven and forty-nine days chiseling the gem into a sparkling orb. On this day, the turtle spirit came again to cause trouble and flooded the city of Ningbo. The old stonemason came down from Siming Mountain and took this dazzling orb. As soon as the turtle fish spirit saw the sword-like light, it fled to the bottom of the sea. And this precious light finally killed it. In an instant, the waves on the river were calm and the sea water receded. The old stonemason was determined to build a tower in the center of Ningbo to preserve this orb. After hearing about it, the people came to participate one after another. Moving rocks and sand and mud, we worked day and night. The craftsman who built the tower packed the mud and sand bag by bag, built a layer of tower, and piled a layer of sandbags. The next year the tower was completed, and the orb was placed on the highest layer. From then on, the tower and the orbs on it were used to suppress evil.
Nursery Rhymes of Tianfeng Pagoda
Tianfeng Pagoda has eighteen grids. The Tianfeng Pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty. The sand and mud piled up to form the tower. Master Lu Ban would be stunned. Poems of Tianfeng Pagoda "Climbing the Tianfeng Pagoda" Dong Xun (Yuan Dynasty)
Climbing the dangerous pagoda by ten steps can be climbed by experts from the sky. Qianxun rings around Xiaoguo, and a few flowers overwhelm the spring mountain. The bird stands steady on the edge of the fence, and the soles of the clouds are free. Ten years later, the scenery begins to bloom. The nameless Tianfeng Pagoda is in Mingzhou, and I am still tired when I take my leisure time to climb there; I raise my eyes to look up at the silver man approaching, and I can see a hundred clouds floating on my chest. Three thousand realms away from the sea and the universe, twelve stories above the wind and dust; Suddenly I heard the bell ringing below, and I looked back at the stars hanging on the eaves.