Zoroastrian Tower - China Travel

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Zongshen Tower is located in Jiexiu City, also known as Xuanshen Tower and Yaoshen Tower. It is a pavilion-style building that combines a gate tower, a music tower and a street-crossing tower. The Zoroastrian Tower was originally a part of the Zoroastrian Temple, and the back temple was destroyed in the eleventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1532). During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt into the Sanjieyi Temple, and it was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, and the Zoroastrian Tower was built in the 50th year of Qianlong (1786).

The front of the Zoroastrian Tower is in the shape of a "convex" with a total depth of 20 meters. The street-crossing building protruding outside the corridor is three rooms wide and three rooms deep. The wider part, the Lelou in the temple, is five rooms wide and four rooms deep. between. Surrounded by corridors, the space is open and bright. The flat seat at the waist of the mountain gate is connected with the flat seat of the crossing building, and the upper floor is covered to form a music building dedicated to the temple and performing plays.

It has two floors inside and outside the temple, and it is four floors high with the flat seat and the double eaves on the upper floor. The four through-columns in the building directly support the beam frame on the upper floor, and the upper and lower floors of the Shanmen Theater are stacked. This high-rise ancient building has a harmonious proportion of depth and breadth inside, so it shows a very majestic and stable appearance pattern.

The Zoroastrian building is a Zoroastrian building, and its teachings are based on worshiping the sun, also known as "Zoroastrianism", which was born in ancient Persia. The Mingjiao in Jin Yong's novel "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" is China's Zoroastrianism. In the Zoroastrian Tower, you can see many decorative patterns that are not common in other temples, such as tigers, shepherd dogs, sacred cows, elephants, etc. These are all Zoroastrian mythical animals. Together with the Guanque Tower in Puzhou, Feiyun Tower and Qiufeng Tower in Wanrong, it is known as the "Four Famous Towers of the Three Jins", and it is the only Zoroastrian building preserved in China and even the world.

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The Zoroastrian Tower is called the Xuanshen Tower by the locals. It is located in Shuncheng Street, Beiguan District, Jiexiu City. It is the Lelou in front of the Sanjieyi Temple (formerly the Yuanshen Temple), and the street-crossing building dotted in the middle of the street. It was rebuilt during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and rebuilt during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. The scale is small, and there are other halls and pavilions, all of which were built in the Qing Dynasty.

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Ao Shen Tower is the third most popular scenic spot in Jiexiu City, and it is free. It is one of the four famous buildings in the Sanjin period. It is located in the old town of Jiexiu City, at the end of Shuncheng Pass. It is a three-story Ming and Qing building. The building is quite distinctive. It can be passed through from the first floor, which is now surrounded by iron chains, but it can still be crossed by stepping over the chains. The ceiling on the first floor is a Bagua diagram. The God of God Tower is very close to the Jiexiu City Museum, with a difference of about 20 meters. It is also good to visit the museum by the way.

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Jiexiu began in the pre-Qin period in ancient times, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and became popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are many ancient buildings in Jiexiu. The two most famous ones are the earth temple behind the famous Taoist temple. The Taoist statues created in the Ming Dynasty are extremely precious. The second is the Zoroastrian Tower, one of the three famous buildings in Shanxi. The building is majestic and magnificent, with unique cultural connotations. To a certain extent, it has witnessed that Jiexiu is a famous cultural city with a thousand-year history. Jiexiu is known as the "hometown of the three sages" because of the history of Jie Zitui in the Spring and Autumn Period, Guo Linzong in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Wen Yanbo in the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, there is another saying that the Zoroastrian Tower was built by Wen Yanbo. Let’s talk about Wen Yanbo, one of the three sages of Jiexiu, statesman, military strategist, calligrapher and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is said that "the public is loyal, straightforward, decisive in the face of affairs, and all have the style of ministers. Since the end of peace, they have made great plans together, retired after success, and relied on the government and the public." ’ Known by historians as ‘the first prime minister of the Song Dynasty’. When Wen Yanbo assisted the government, Pingxue was wronged and imprisoned. He always thought of the people and made many achievements. He played a positive role in the stability and development of society in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty. According to the biography of "History of the Song Dynasty", Wen Yanbo and Bao Zheng were ranked in the same high school, and they were both Jinshi in the fifth year of Tiansheng, ranking among the best. , the two were officials in the same dynasty, both of them were important ministers in the court, and they were also officials in the same cabinet. He was admired by the people of the time, in fact, Bao Zheng's real backer in the court was Wen Yanbo, and the two families even got married to each other, making them even closer. In the history of the Song Dynasty, Wen Yanbo was a generation of virtuous ministers who were as famous as Wang Anshi and Sima Guang. At first, the Wen’s Ancestral Hall, the Sanjieyi Temple, and the Zoroastrian Tower were integrated buildings. It is said that a peasant uprising broke out during the Northern Song Dynasty. Wen Yanbo led an army to crusade, and when it was about to be destroyed, a magical white ape descended from the sky to help Wen Yanbo turn the world around, and was finally rewarded and reused by the court. Later, Wen Yanbo returned home in fine clothes. This Zoroastrian building is used to repay the kindness of the god ape for its help. Unfortunately, in the subsequent turmoil, the Wen's Ancestral Hall was destroyed, leaving only this unique building seen today --- the God Tower. However, the Wengong Temple has been restored at the original site. Recently, activities related to the inheritance of traditional culture have been held here. Today, I happened to meet descendants of the Wen family who came here to clean up to express their memory and respect for their ancestors. I was able to visit and was devout. Worship. There are two standing statues in the temple, one is Wen Yanbo and the other is Wen Tianxiang. Here, I once again express my respect and gratitude to all the sages and predecessors.

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Zongshen Tower, the first interesting thing is its name. On the right side of Zong is a sky, read Xian, and I have always mistaken it for a cotton-padded jacket before, and I wondered what kind of god the jacket god is (don’t laugh at me haha). One said that the Zoroastrian Tower was related to Zoroastrianism, that is, Zoroastrianism, and the other said that the Zoroastrian Tower was built by Wen Yanbo, one of the three sages of Jiexiu in the Northern Song Dynasty. Regardless of its origin, the architecture of the Zuo Shen Tower is very exquisite and distinctive. It looks like a "convex" character facing south from the air. There is momentum. The building is three stories high, and the mortise and tenon joints are extremely complicated. Although it protrudes from three sides, it looks harmonious no matter which direction you look at it. The original building was destroyed by fire during the Shunzhi period, and the building seen so far was rebuilt during the Kangxi period and has a history of hundreds of years. It's a pity that the roof of the pavilion in the building slipped, and the management decided to close it for maintenance, so they couldn't visit inside. Zongshen Tower was rated as a provincial cultural relic in 1986, and was rated as a national cultural relic ten years later. However, such a precious architectural relic is not very well-known. I hope that Jiexiu can increase its promotion so that more cultural lovers can enjoy it. Appreciate the majestic appearance of the Zoroastrian Tower and the charming stories behind it.

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The beauty of the Zoroastrian Tower is absolutely unique

It is very worth going, the antique flavor, the perfect combination of glass art and architectural art, the rare cross-street buildings, the breeze blowing through the bells and ringing all around, causing bursts of reverie, the most beautiful scenery in the ancient city.