Open hour
Open hour: 8:00-17:30
Ticket
Open yuans of 10 of temple
Traffic
Hold yuans of traffic of temple: No. 2, No. 6, No. 24, No. 26, Line 601 of bus of special line of travel.
Introduce
Located in, open twin towers of both sides in the yuans of temple, the east the the intersection of town and the intersection of country and Tamerlan ,It is 48.27 meters high; The west is Renshou tower ,It is 45.06 meters high. The east, tower of the west two are the highest and also the largest pair of stone tower of China.
The tower of town country was established in Tang for salty open six years (A.D. 865) ,It is the wooden tower at the beginning; The treasure celebrates three years (A.D. 1227) in the Southern Song Dynasty Apt to be the brick tower; From good bright two years to the tenth year of the Chun You (l238 was annual the Christian era- 1250 years) ,Change into an extant octagonal five storeyed pavilion type imitates the colored hillock rock tower of timber. Renshou tower, were established in bright two years (A.D. 916) for five generations of roof beam chastities ,Wooden tower in the beginning, (A.D. 1174 1189 years) in the period of being pure and bright the Southern Song Dynasty Apt to be the brick tower. Continue definitely from the first year of an era to good bright the first year of an era (A.D. 1228 -1237 years) ,Change into an extant octagonal five storeyed pavilion type imitates the colored hillock rock tower of timber. Two Tata flat make, must fill the intersection of village and shape, each of tower turn on, set up 4 shrines by 4, the door shrine seat chases layer and exchanges. There are flat seat handrails outside, visitors can surround the tower and look far into the distance and look near. The top of the tower is stopped, stop the steel calabash of Australia s money sharp and high and hold, sparkle under the sun. Record oblique by eight the intersection of horn and spine at eight iron chain stop from tower, the light copper bell is hung under the each the intersection of corner and spine, the whole tower amounts to 40. The tower heart is the octagon solid body, builds stair on the eachth floor, offer visitors from head to foot. Tower layer of the intersection of door and the intersection of shrine and both sideses have warrior, king, Buddha s warrior attendant, arhat,etc. relief look like count 80, the expression is different, vivid. Tamerlan need fill the waists and have 39 blue and green stone relief Buddhism that are spread and pursued, the story draw materials in Sutras and ancient Indian folk mythical legend more, then the tactics carved by painting show, seem more vivid, more exquisite, more precious even more.
Things two tower go through trials and hardship, attack, earthquake give a violent shake to, still towering to stand upright, display the intersection of Quanzhou and stone to construct building and the intersection of stone carving and high achievement of art Song Dynasty, indicate and symbolize as uniqueness of Quanzhou ancient city.
