How many layers are there in a Buddhist pagoda and what do they all mean?

The seven layers come from the seven treasures: that is, gold, silver, glaze, giant clams, onyx, true beads, and roses; the nature of gold is unchanging and unchanging with fate, representing solid wisdom; the color of silver is white, representing the pure lineage of purity; glaze is the crystal clear and transparent body, denoting the wisdom of clarity; and the giant clams have a rotating phase, denoting the condescending mind, and the monks have to have a heart capable of enduring and giving in to the situation.

Agate is a mixed color, in which there are red, yellow, and white, because there are many colors, denoting the wisdom of ten thousand lines of action, the so-called 'ten thousand virtues of majesty'; the true pearl is round and bright, denoting the wisdom of roundness and unobstructedness; and the rose is a jade, with warmth and moistness, denoting warmth and moistness of wisdom. These seven jewels were used to build the pagoda, and so it is called the Pagoda of Treasures.

The 13-story pagoda is because Buddhism was introduced to China as 13 sects, contrary to Western Christian cultural concepts, "thirteen" in Buddhism is considered an auspicious number Buddhism was introduced to China as 13 sects, the pagoda is also thirteen layers, representing the fullness of merit and virtue.

Extended information:

Types: China's pagoda according to the building materials can be divided into wood, masonry, metal, glazed tower, etc., the two Han Dynasty, North and South Dynasties to the wooden tower is dominated by the Tang and Song dynasty masonry tower has been developed.

By type can be divided into the pavilion tower, dense eaves tower, lama tower, vajra throne tower and tomb tower, etc., the tower is generally composed of geodesic, pedestal, tower body, tower brakes, the tower's plane to the square, octagonal as much as, but also hexagonal, dodecagonal, round and other shapes.

The number of layers of the tower is usually an odd number, such as three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen layers ... the so-called save a life, is better than building a seven-story pagoda, seven-story pagoda refers to the seven-story pagoda, the tower has a solid, hollow, a single tower, a double tower, climb the tower to look out is one of the functions of the pagoda in China.

China's working people have absorbed the ancient Indian and Nepalese Buddhist art, fused with the essence of traditional Chinese architecture and created a unique Chinese "tower", such as built in the Yuan Dynasty, Beijing, "Myo Ying Temple White Pagoda" is an example of the tower height of 51 meters. Pagoda 51 meters high, for the body white masonry structure, is China's earliest and largest existing pagoda, also known as the Lama Tower.

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