Duo Bao Buddhist Pagoda of Tangshan Ming Dynasty Duo Bao Buddhist Pagoda

Located in the northwest of Renzhuangzi Village, Wangjinzhuang Township, Guye District, Tangshan City, Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda is an octagonal seven-story imitation wood structure with a dense eaves solid brick tower, built in the twenty-second year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, at that time, the area is under the jurisdiction of the Kaiping Wei, the construction of the tower may be related to the construction of Zunhua Yongwang Pagoda, which was presided over by Qi Jiguang.

In the Tangshan City, Guye District, the Wang Van Zhuang Township, Ren Zhuangzi Village, 1.5 kilometers northwest of an ancient pagoda, called the Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda. The tower sits north to south, for the imitation wood structure dense eaves solid masonry tower, 13 meters high, the whole octagonal seven layers, by the tower base, Sumeru seat, tower body, tower brake four parts. Tower base by giant square stone in the ground, the lower part of the surya seat for stacked grinding brick masonry, on the brick arch of the eaves, the central brick eight pot door. The first layer of the tower body east, west, south and north of the four sides of the brick coupon false door, the door brick statue of Buddha. Octagonal are brick carving a small tower, half set into the tower, half exposed in the exterior, its shape and the main tower the same. A layer of the upper part of the brick five stepped on the arch of the eaves, two to seven layers are stacked Shibuya eaves (Figure 1). In the first layer of the tower body southward false door set with a stone plaque, engraved with "Duo Bao Buddha Tower" four words, the inscription for "Ming Wanli jiawu into the Tao of Hitachi" (Figure 2). Ming wanli jiawu, that is, the twenty-second year of the Ming wanli (1594).

After investigation, this multi-precious pagoda and the Tangshan Zunhua Malanyu Yongwang Pagoda's architectural form is basically the same, the structure is similar, only slightly smaller. Yongwang Pagoda was built by Qi Jiguang in the 10th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1582)[1], 12 years earlier than Dopao Pagoda. Qi Jiguang died in the Ming Wanli 15 years, obviously Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda and Qi Jiguang has no direct relationship, but the two towers of the architectural form and so similar to the structure of the same, I think it is no accident.

According to the "Ming Shi - soldiers", after the Ming Yongle in today's Tangshan Kaiping added " Kaiping in the Tunwei "[2], and Jizhou, Shanhai, Zunhua, Miyun, etc. are important guards for the protection of the capital until the end of the Ming Dynasty is still a major town. Such as " six cities east protection door, west around Yongping, are close to the important place. Chengzong ordered the city strictly guarded, and sent will garrison Kaiping, Jianchang, sound support began to receive." " get Luan (Luanzhou) is to Kaiping soldiers to guard it, and cavalry duel to figure Yong." [3] from the geographic location, Kaiping east from Duo Baofo Tower about 16 kilometers, in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Rinzhuang, Renzhuangzi area when the Kaiping Wei jurisdiction. Therefore, it is assumed that the construction of the Dopao Pagoda probably had the participation of the builders of the Yongwang Pagoda, or the Yongwang Pagoda was constructed as a main reference, so that a pair of sister pagodas looking east and west were left behind for Tangshan.

In 1988, the Duo Bao Buddha Tower was announced as a key cultural relics protection units in Tangshan City. 2002, the people of Guye District, Tangshan City, funded the tower was repaired, so that the vicissitudes of more than 400 years and had been destroyed by a strong earthquake of the tower has been better protected (Figure 3), which will be for the study of the art of construction of the tower of the Ming Dynasty, Buddhist ideology and military preparedness, as well as the history and culture of the Tangshan region. It will provide a physical basis for the study of the Ming Dynasty pagoda construction art, Buddhist thought and military defense, as well as the history and culture of Tangshan area.

On Oct. 29, the Doppelganger Pagoda project, with a planned total investment of 50 million yuan, broke ground at the Nanshan Temple in Sanya, China's southernmost Buddhist dojo. This will be another iconic humanistic landscape in Sanya following the opening and completion of the 108-meter South Sea Goddess of Mercy statue. Pagoda is located in the west side of the Nanshan Temple, remote to the South China Sea Guanyin statue in Nanshan, 68 meters high, *** 7 floors, will be built in accordance with the architectural style of Buddhism in the Shengtang period, the tower will be enshrined in the Buddhism of the 88 statues of the Buddha, is expected to be completed in 2011 and put into use. The scene has come from Singapore, Hong Kong and other believers at home and abroad and Nanshan Scenic Area staff... Xinhua News Agency Yin Haiming Photo Xinhua News Agency Sanya, October 29, October 29, a total investment of 50 million yuan is planned for the Duo Bao Buddha Pagoda project in China's southernmost Buddhist dojo Sanya Nanshan Temple groundbreaking. This will be another landmark humanistic landscape in Sanya following the opening and completion of the 108-meter South Sea Goddess of Mercy statue. The scene from Singapore, Hong Kong and other local and foreign believers and Nanshan scenic spot staff representatives of more than 1,000 people to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony. New into the monk said, Nanshan Temple set ten parties to build multi-precious pagoda, in order to further implement the national religious policy, the prosperity of traditional cultural undertakings, and better "carry forward the culture of Guanyin Pudu fated to create the first Buddhist temple in Hainan".

According to reports, the pagoda is located in the Nanshan Temple west of about five hundred meters, remote Nanshan South China Sea Guanyin statue, sixty-eight meters high, **** seven layers, the bottom of the diameter of thirty meters, the entire project covers an area of about two thousand square meters. The pagoda will be built in accordance with the architectural style of Buddhism in the Sheng Tang Dynasty, and the pagoda will be dedicated to the eighty-eight statues of Buddhism, and is expected to be completed and put into use in two zero one year. The source of funds for the project is mainly to the temple fund-raising, acceptance of social and public donations and other main.

Nanshan Temple Supervisor Chang Hou Master said, stupa modeling originated in ancient India, the Han Dynasty with the introduction of Buddhism into China. Stupa is an extremely important part of the architecture of the Chinese Buddhist temple, is a Buddhist believer's spiritual conversion and attachment place.

Nanshan Temple is since the founding of the State Council, the State Religious Affairs Bureau approved the construction of a Buddhist temple in the style of the Tang Dynasty, and by the then President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, Zhao Puchu personally selected the site for the construction of the "promotion of Buddhism on earth to build a harmonious society" for the purpose of "open since 1998 has received Chinese and foreign tourists and believers Since its opening in 1998, it has received more than 20 million Chinese and foreign tourists and believers.