Pagoda Allegory and Symbolism What does the tower symbolize in ancient China

1, the tower in ancient China has no special symbolism.

2, Pagoda is a kind of traditional Chinese architecture that is common in Asia and has a specific form and style. Initially, it was a towering type of point building for enshrining or collecting the bones of Buddha, statues of Buddha, Buddhist scriptures, and the remains of monks, etc., called pagoda.

3, after the 14th century, the tower gradually secularized. In Chinese, tower also refers to towering tower-shaped buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the TV tower, etc., but this concept does not have much relevance to the Oriental tower described in this entry.

4, ancient India buried Buddha Shakyamuni cremation of the relics left behind by a Buddhist building _ plug the slope of the Han Dynasty, when imported into China and China's indigenous architecture combined to form the Chinese tower of this architectural form.

5, with the spread of Buddhism in the East, _ plug the slope of this form of architecture is also widely spread in the East, the development of the tower of this very oriental characteristics of traditional architectural forms.