China's first Diamond Throne Pagoda

China's first Diamond Throne Pagoda


Taipei City has a "Kuantu," the suburbs of Kunming is also a "Guandu," although the two were crossing, but there's bad days, but the age difference places. Today's Taipei Kuantu still crossing function, but Guandu in Kunming Lake year after year due to siltation, already far from the shore of Dianchi Lake.

Legend Nanzhao the eldest son of King's Court, Miss Law, Fung Ka Ming differences in the Dianchi Lake, northeastern coast of the establishment of Extension East (today's Yunnan Kunming) when the States from the Nanzhao Taihe Town (today's Yunnan Dali) over Rio East by sea, officials in most of the years, the boat came through the Dianchi Lake Dianchi Lake, north-east side of snail-hole, and then by way of stone tiger off (today in Kunming off) into the Rio City; for the convenience of transportation, the establishment of ferries in cochlear hole, so called "Guandu."

Song Dali period (about nine hundred ago) Guandu has begun to take shape is the Dianchi Lake Road, the land link traffic arteries. When the Yuan Dynasty Guandu has become a prosperous northeastern coast of Dianchi Lake Ferry, and from Dianchi Lake, merchant ships, passenger ships focused on landing here. Qing Dynasty, Guandu more prosperous, a leading western and southern Yunnan traffic arteries.

China's first Diamond Throne Pagoda

Although the town's reputation Guandu large, but the throne of King Kong on the tower of town better known! This uniquely shaped tower was originally a wonderful Cham temple tower, but the construction of Miao Yuan Zhan, known not as good as the Ming Dynasty temple built by King Kong tower.

Guandu "Six Temple," the first temple was built in the Miao Yuan Yuan Zhan Twenty-seven years (AD
1290), and later because of flooding and the collapse of the Dianchi Lake, the Thai set two years (AD
1325) years of moving the present location. Today could see Miao Cham temple architecture is a modern reconstruction, of course, but among the Chinese state-level key cultural relics protection units, "the throne of King Kong Miao temple Cham Tower" or the Ming Dynasty Tianshun two years (in 1457) when the construction of temple rebuilt Miao Cham of the original.

Dr. Jin-Rong Lu was in special guarding the proposal of Lin Mu taking part in Yunnan Province, the Luo Gui eunuchs guarding the Yunnan Province to finance the construction of this unique stone pagoda. China's existing seat more than 10 towers in the Diamond throne, the throne of King Kong Miao Temple Cham tower was built the earliest, the oldest one. Although the decoration of this tower is not Beijing Wu Tasi, Temple of Azure Clouds tower of the magnificent throne of King Kong, but the ancient vigorous unique, well-proportioned shape Li You show it had been.

Diamond Throne Pagoda

This ancient town built on a pile of Guandu Luoke pioneering work on the Diamond Tower. There was no cement, in order to build towers, the ancients in order to lay a solid Luoke mashed mix black clay, and then laid hundreds of root wood piles fixed, and finally rice soup mix clay as a mount, a piece of the puzzle, said that in order to build tower is almost used up All of the Guandu glutinous rice.

Miao-Cham Temple

Tower west, south and central configuration of the representatives of the five kinds of wisdom, the five Buddhist country in the world. Follow-up bowl-style tower tower also includes a day, month, day, to the vertical division, as well as the Earth's land, water, fire, wind and air elements of the original features.

Guandu Diamond Throne tower from the base, tower two major components, the base for the square type, side length of 10.4 meters, 4.7 meters high. Across the bottom of the base four coupons door similarities can be passers-by even traveling.

Central base built 16-meter-high main tower, accompanied by a high 8.84 square meters of small towers. Hongjyu majestic main tower, the small tower of small and exquisite. The main tower and the small tower by Xu Mizuo, tower tower composed of neck and Tasha, but a different style, size, style, very different towers. Glorified.

Main Tower Tasha

Guandu King throne tower detail of the bronze and stone is very fine. Whether the main tower Xu Mizuo corner of King Lux, shrines of the Buddha, crafted extremely fine. Canopy on the main tower of bronze four kings, and the intersection at the top of the base volume center doorway copper inlay puzzle Jinlun cast is also very beautifully carved.

Xu Mizuo corner of the Diamond Cialis

As time passes, the gradual shoreline retreat, Guandu the town changed greatly. Increasingly run-down old buildings and even removed, the famous Diamond Block throne tower has sunk more than one meter. Guandu town to rescue cultural heritage project to start in 2001, after two years of hard work, will weigh 1350 tons of the Diamond Throne tower elevation 2.4 meters, and to rebuild the Temple and the Miao Cham towers, repair, Confucius Temple, Wu Temple, thanks to Shu-tang, Official Temple, soil building the main temple ... ... and so on.

Taki roll at the top of the copper cross doorways Jinlun

Diamond throne tower's basic pattern is 5 a square tower built in the same story platform, on the center is a tall tower, four corners and each build a small tower. This form of the tower first appeared in India's Bihar Bodh Gaya district

Buddha's enlightenment of Buddha at the Maha Bodhi Temple, known as "Bodh Gaya big tower," Chen-kuo Temple in Bangkok, Thailand is in the same manner. The middle of the tower on behalf of big days, if they visit the north tower is not empty achievement, if they visit, the East Tower is the Amen, if they visit the south tower was Baosheng Tathagata, the West Tower is the Amitabha Tathagata. To the Ming and Qing period, China began the construction of such a story platform built on the square, the five pagodas to Mandala-type configuration, "King Kong throne tower."

Soil main temple

Guandu little town, and monuments are relatively concentrated, the town holds two square kilometers across the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty temples. One of the most ancient is built in the Tang Dynasty "soil the main temple" (also known as the Great Spirit Temple); Ming Jingtai-year period, "Figure by the Annals of Yunnan," quoted Wang Sheng, Kunming, relegated to the "big-Ling Temple Inscription," said: "The Montessori Wei-cheng Wang (Tang King Shing Luopi when Nanzhao) Zunxin Mahakala big black gods before Li Miao, portrait of worship. his soul was shocked, ancestor to the in Sidian so far were very closely Dian Yuan Wani , case of floods, droughts and Ji Yi, prayer should not be those of the free. "

Big black god

"Mahakala," the Bai in Yunnan, "A hoot power to teach," the popular area of Erhai Lake, Dianchi Lake area and other areas inhabited by the Bai, was widely admired. Among today's temples in Yunnan, are generally Mahakala statues, and even Zen-like Gyejoksan such sacred things, and he is also a place, we can see the deep impact. Yunnan Bai local deity temple, dedicated to Mahakala temple are also numerous. Among the Bai myth, there is Mahakala the legend of his life protecting the people.

Soil main belief is the power of Yunnan Bai A hoot to teach part of our belief, also known as the local deity (in this territory or the territory of the main soil-fu master, somewhat like the Han Chinese folk beliefs of the Earth God), meaning that local land owners. Dali Bai local deity belief is the peculiar form of religion is a fusion of esoteric Buddhism, Dali local multi-faith worship God. Dali region as a whole there are about more than 1000 local deity; a hero, but also historical figures, dutiful son, virtuous women, Buddhist gods, stone, tree stump ... ... and so varied. However, those who have been regarded as a local deity, and all have great merit for the local people.

Mahakala: Sanskrit name of Mahakala, Translation has Mahakala, Mahakala, big black days, big dark gods ... ... and so on. Dong Mi (Tang Dynasty, was introduced to China from India, Tibetan Buddhism is called Hamilton, Hamilton was introduced to Japan as the East after the close) According to legend, this statue is a big day, if they visit in order to vanquish demons of anger is shown in the image of Yao Cha; sects, Tibetan According to legend, He is the Bodhisattva Guanyin is significant of the great law-enforcement.