Open hour
8:00- 17:30
Ticket
5 yuan
Traffic
There is a travel public transportation route of reaching sister-in-law s tower scenic spot in the urban area.
Introduce
Sister-in-law tower ( Is also called Longevity Hill tower, closes the lock tower) Lie the intersection of stone lion and the intersection of city and southeast treasure build at the mountain, build on continue, revitalize the Southern Song Dynasty, ancient the intersection of Quanzhou and maritime navigation sign of traffic, close the lock mist and clouds in the twilight It is a large wonderful scenery in Quanzhou, the historic reservation unit of Fujian Province.
Sister-in-law s tower, is also called close the lock tower Or Longevity Hill tower ,It build A.D. 1131-1162 at continue and revitalize the Southern Song Dynasty, have a history of more than 800 years so far. It leans against the gulf of Quanzhou, faces the Taiwan Straits, there is South Sinkiang in towns and accuse of the tendency of east Ming. Claim the intersection of it and imprison, lock the intersection of water and the intersection of mouth and the intersection of town and tower too, higher than cloud table, person who can expect that step on oceangoing ship comes and goes at the the the intersection of Quanzhou and the intersection of office and will ,It is obvious, sister-in-law s real function of the tower, is regarded as the navigation mark. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou harbour is one of the largest trade ports in the world, foreign trade is very prosperous, there are business exchanges with more than 70 countries or regions. Wu Zi in Song Dynasty herds saying in the small stream of the dream was recorded : Want, suffused with foreign deal by ship, can go abroad Quanzhou. In order to meet the needing of overseas traffic, the treasure of Quanzhou port in location covers and builds the stone tower on the mountain, as the navigation mark beacon, its meaning is undoubtedly very important.
There is such a record in annals of eight Fujian : In would rather not forever in have by tower on stone being big very,trader be since person who moves sea, meant for supporting oceangoing ship by the issues of bank. The stone tower talked about herein, just refer to sister-in-law s tower. Though district annals record have only figure Liao Liao, afford to understand very much.
First in the west of tower this turn on one arcual door, second the intersection of layer and more than all have two door openings, corner rest on the intersection of cylinder and quincunx, carry, put, protect, fight, body of the tower each dwindle upwards, change astringent to produce in the eaves on the eachth floor. Have sanitation of rails all around outside every layers of bodies of the tower; There are stone steps that lead directly to the top of the tower inside the tower. Second storeys of doors is carved on the forehead Longevity Hill pagoda Four words. There is a square shrine in the exterior wall on the fifth storey, there are stone engraving portraits of two women in the shrine, it is said these two women are sisters-in-law. Su Zixi there were poems and said in the Ming Dynasty: The fine jade tree flies to the sail and brings the moon distantly as vacating. Two princess rings are sounded, the autumn scenery is soughing. This poem is written the sister-in-law the tower. Over several hundred years, people have all called it sister-in-law s tower ,Why no call it Longevity Hill tower Or close the lock tower (used at the end of a special alternative, or rhetorical question)? There is such a Section that is recorded in book of Fujian : Sisters-in-law are married for the businessman woman in former times, retailer s sea is long and unlikely, the sister-in-law looks at it in the tower, if Amah Rock, but carve the portraits of two women in the tower