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The east, the west outside clear Shen Yangcheng that the tower is built by clear large emperor s Taiji the forth day, the south, the tower of the north four, 1643 years (high morality is eight years) Start building, 1645 years (the two year of Shunzhi s rign) Complete. Every below of tower build one of temple, tower and the intersection of temple and department build up at the same time, bear firmly in mind year according to tablet: Hold Beijing and each build the solemn treasure temple on four sides. One of Big Buddhism under every temple, about the intersection of Buddha and two, eight of Bodhisattva, four of king, float first of picture, the east bright to take for intelligent light, name say smooth temple forever; The south is the common people in Puan, call the wide kind temple in name; Consecrate the longevity for being sincere in the west, the name says that lengthens the life in the temple; Execute in order to circulate in the north, the name is called The temple .
Fourth the position of the temple tower is: The smooth temple forever of east Tamerlan, 2.5 kilometers outside comforting nearly doors, it is large east Tower Street of east district now.
Lengthen the life in the temple in the west tower, push up 2.5 kilometers at the door outside, it is west Tower Street of peaceful district now.
The wide kind temple of south tower, hold 2.5 kilometers at the door in Germany, it is east south Tower Street of district of imperial tomb now.
North tower The temple, in load 2.5 kilometers at the door, it is in No. 27 Tower Street of north big district now.
There are palaces in four original temples, the roll 97 is recorded according to holding the open will of Beijing : Five principal columns of a hall of original audience hall of smooth temple forever, two stone-tablet pavilions, two three principal columns of a hall of king s hall, Bell and Drum Tower, three principal columns of a hall on the mountain door. The one east pagoda of temple, 24 monk s rooms of meditation room. There are five principal columns of a hall of audience hall originally to lengthen the life in the temple, by the intersection of hall and Two wide kind temple original principal columns of a hall, stone-tablet pavilions of audience hall five, three principal columns of a hall of king s hall, two Bell and Drum Tower, one south tower of temple, three principal columns of a hall on the mountain door .
The palaces of four temples now, except that The temple keeps five principal columns of a hall of audience hall, three principal columns of a hall of king s hall, every five principal columns of a hall of side hall in a palace or temple of things, the one north pagoda of temple, outside three principal columns of a hall on the mountain door, the buildings of other all temples have been already depletion. Four towers of construction forms, it is hiding lama s tower, is formed by base, body of the tower, looks wheel three part. Base, for being square to need fill one while being with a tight waist, there are upper and lower frames, erect two stone pillars the middle four corners and every surface, thus each forms three doors. All carve line decorations such as the flower, luxuriant lotus of the west,etc. of treasure on the stone pillars. Treasure basin and flame of tile carving are put on each middle door, there is a tall and big and protruding male lion of tile carving on the left and right door. Three layers of bricks arise to build round jar seat again above the frame on the base. The above supports the supernatural card in niches for a statue of Buddha in the south of a bottle type body of the tower of body of the tower of treasure, inlay and flow the beautiful cloud pearl around the niche for a statue of Buddha. Body of the tower 13 the intersection of phase and wheel, stop for tower, by casted in bronze to face upward dog days treasure build and sun, moon, mound make up.
Hang the wind tongued bell under the treasure lid. West tower because long neglected and in disrepair, can t bear while being broken already, remove in 1968. Publish the five cereals, branch of the pine and cypress, light tower of fragrant mud, gold and silver piece and gold pearl, amber pearl, agate pearl, gem pearl,etc. in the body in west Tata, there are texts of many kinds of characters. Excavate copper gold-decorated the intersection of world and Buddha in the underground palace It is Buddha s warrior attendant of big Vad of dense one) ,Buddha one wears crowns, set up Buddha, 12 arms on day on the head on four sides, possess and lower the evil spirit poke in the hand, tie the celestial being to ask for, musical instruments used in a Buddhist or Taoist mass such as the monster-revealing mirror. Buddha gather around on ground Buddha and day, possesses the musical instruments used in a Buddhist or Taoist mass in the hand. Hang a lot of number of people under world Buddha s body, admire two pieces of evil spirit body of one volt stepping on under the foot. Have small tower silver boxes to also appear in the underground palace, the box installs a small calabash, jade inside. Contain the amber pearl, apyrite pearl, blue colouring pearl, turquoise in the blue plate of a Jingtai, star ruby, sapphire, malachite is seven treasure, there is fruit,etc.. It is the thing that world Buddhism supported.
And It is comparatively intact to keep the temple, in January of 1962, People s Committee, Shenyang is announced as the municipality protected historic site. National allocation has been paid and maintained the north tower, and repaired in 1984 The audience hall, mountain door, side hall in a palace or temple of the temple, have held dense arts of Buddhism and held the style and features of ancient city of Beijing to display, the newly-built forest of Steles, opened to the outside world formally in October of 1987. The east tower, south towers were repaired in succession in 1985 and 1986 too, laid out into park and beauty spot.
Have four towers around Shen Yangcheng respectively, there is a lama s temple respectively by each tower. The south tower is called The wide kind temple ; The north tower is called The temple ; The east tower is called The mere temple forever ; The west tower is called Lengthen the life in the temple . Four tower build on high 5 years such as Der 1640 years) ,Completed in the two year of Shunzhi s rign. Emperor Qianlong once inscribed the horizontal inscribed board for four temples, hung above the audience halls of four temples. The mere temple is forever Breed group kindly efficaciously ,The temple is to lengthen the life The auspicious light of the gold millet ,The wide kind temple is The great other shore of heart ,The temple is week garden of gold mirror . Outside expelling to call different from statue of Buddha enshrined and worshipped in temple four, tower four, its scale of building and model are nearly totally identical. North tower The temple lies in No. 27 Tower Street of north big district, cover an area of more than 10,000 square meters, there are mountain door, bell tower, drum-tower, king s hall, audience hall, is aired and added up to 42 by various types of buildings such as the floor, monk s room. The audience hall hangs Qianlong high to inscribe The week round of gold mirror Horizontal inscribed board, support world Buddha in the hall One, about the intersection of Buddha and two, eight Bodhisattvas. world Buddha Commonly called as liking Buddha ,Embrace and hand over the form for men and women, symbolize world Qiaotai Palace . King enshrine and worship Maitreya Buddha, four major king and Wei, carry on the back in the hall. The tower lies in the northeast corner of the temple, high and about 21 meters, is made up of base, body of the tower, looks wheel three part. The base must fill seats for being square and with a tight waist, is carving lines such as passionflowers,etc. to adorn. The base and both sides of pot door each set up the stone pillar, is carving line decorations such as the pitch lotus, treasure lotus flower,etc., form three pots door with two stone pillars the middle every surface. The middle pot door is protruding, built-in treasure basin, flame pearl, the door of pot in both sides is accepted slightly.
Above the base is three layers of round jar seats, set up the body of the tower of the pagoda type, build by the brick, amounts to 13 layers, accept in each, build for the treasure, stop in the tower on the top of the body of the tower. Repaired in the 1980s in succession in the east, the south, tower of the north three, because the west tower was too broken, converted into eliminating in 1968. Having found the underground palace while removing the west tower, a batch of precious historical relics including statue of Buddha have been excavated. 1998, west tower and lengthen the life in the temple, rebuild, west Tata was 26.33 meters high, the tower base covered an area of 256 square meters. Lengthen the life the intersection of temple and occupation of land always with an area of 4000 square meters, mountain door, the intersection of king and hall, Mahavira Temple, the intersection of things and side hall in a palace or temple cover an area of more than 800 square meters together. The carved beams and painted rafter in the hall, simple and unsophisticated and grand. In addition, since 1985, the historical relic management office of Shenyang has set up the forest of Steles in a temple of the north, how openly to collect the stone tablet 100 now, among them the oldest one is to become the stone tablet in the period of melting in the Ming Dynasty, it is the stone tablet in false full period at the latest. These stone tablets are through repairing, mostly set up in the temple, state the thing at all times to visitors silently.
The scenery of the tower is introduced at city of old city of Shenyang four corners of location clear the forth day, there are the east, the west, the south, four towers of the north separately, all have one of temple by the tower, it holds four Beijing to be alike that people speak often . They present the Taiji purport order of the emperor of clear second emperor since founding of a country with respect, eight years (1643) for Yu ChongDe Build. The ones that build the tower The theoretical foundation : one yuan grows two appearances, two appearances and grows alike, four like growing the Eight Diagrams four . one yuan ,Point phoenix s floor of imperial palace, two appearances Point the clock, drum-tower, four is alike Point four towers; the Eight Diagrams Mean eight doors eight are closed. The design of four towers is basically the same, is all treasure bottle type s lama s towers of belly of drum, claim too Stop up the wave type ancient tower. They all 30 of common height, by square to need fill a base to commit Tamerlan while being with a tight waist in a 12 meter long one, white oval body of the tower of belly of drum and containing the life tower casted in bronze and stopping three parts and forming in facing upward and covering the basin casted in bronze. Four temples are under the tower: Lengthen the life in the temple, north tower in mere temple, the wide kind temple of south tower, west tower forever in the east tower Temple. Having gone through the trials and hardships of centuries, besides west tower, three other towers are remained; There are only north towers in four temples The temple can be kept. Have forests of Steles of Shenyang in the temple, exhibits stone engraving dozens of Ningbo of historical stone tablet of Shenyang.