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Guide to visiting ancient towers in China, this article is enough

Many people tell me that there is nothing interesting about towers, saying that towers are the most boring category among all ancient buildings, even saying that under the tower is either a buried person or a hidden underground palace, and "suppressing" the demons and ghosts in myths and legends... In fact, I am quite persistent about seeing towers, there are many historical ancient towers, and there are not a few famous towers, although like the Yongning Temple Tower of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Luoyang and the Baoen Temple Tower of Zhu Di in Nanjing are all destroyed by fire, but there are still more than 20,000 ancient towers in China... In the past 2023, I was fortunate to see no less than a hundred ancient towers all over the country, as the saying goes, where there is a tower, there is a temple, but in reality, the temple is often gone, but the tower often still stands. 🗼Types of towers 1️⃣By layers: It is said that there are seven levels of pagodas, but in fact, there are 3.5.7.9.13.15.17 and even 37 towers, mainly odd numbers 2️⃣By shape: square, round, hexagonal, octagonal, multi-treasure, five-wheel, attic, secret eaves, tomb tower, Vajra throne tower... various shapes and secularized 3️⃣By texture: wood, brick, stone, jade, gold, silver, copper, iron, glaze, glass, crystal... brick towers and stone towers are more common 4️⃣By style: Lama tower, bowl-shaped tower, niche tower, wild goose tower, house tower, pillar tower... the style of the tower reflects religious beliefs to a certain extent 💁🏻Personal recommendation: ✅Xi'an Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Shaanxi: Combines internet celebrity check-in and ancient buildings ✅Ying County Wooden Tower in Shanxi: The less you see, the less you see ✅Xiuding Temple Tower in Anyang, Henan: The relief tower brick can be exchanged for a set of houses ✅Zhuozhou Twin Towers in Hebei: The product of the military competition between Song and Liao ✅Chongxing Temple Twin Towers in Beizhen, Liaoning: The boutique among Liao towers ✅Four Towers in Zhengding, Hebei: Mr. Liang Sicheng's favorite ✅Qiyun Tower in Luoyang, Henan: The first tower in China ✅Kaiyuan Temple Twin Towers in Quanzhou, Fujian: The ceiling of the height of Chinese stone towers ✅Zhaoguan Stone Tower in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu: The Lama-style street-crossing tower in the south of the Yangtze River ✅Duobao Tower in Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang: Ignored by 99% of people ✅Tal Temple Tathagata Eight Towers in Xining, Qinghai: Eight towers each have deep meaning How many ancient towers do you know Which exquisite ancient towers have you been to⁉️
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Posted: Jan 28, 2024
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