What's the difference between the traditional towers in Horyuji and China?

Differences between Japanese Horyuji and China Traditional Towers;

Japanese pagodas are also from China. They are similar in shape, but slimmer and more elegant than those in China.

1, different: different at the top

2. Different colors. China is red and yellow.

3. There are differences in style: the Japanese Horyuji belongs to the architectural style of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, and the existing traditional towers in China are diverse in style.

Horyuji quintuple tower

The quintuple tower in Horyuji is similar to the pavilion tower, but it has no floor and its plane is square. The tower height is 3 1.5m, and the tower brake accounts for about 1/3. There are nine phase wheels on it. It is the oldest tower in Japan and belongs to the architectural style of China in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The tower is characterized by a high drop rate of eaves from bottom to top, and one side of the fifth top eaves is only about half that of the bottom eaves. On the first floor, there are four sculptures called "four masks" (national treasures) in the east, west, north and south, of which 80 are national treasures. In the East, there is a question-and-answer scene between Manjusri Bodhisattva and Vimalakīrti Buddha in the Vimalakīrti Classic. In the north, there is Sakyamuni nirvana; In the west, there is a relic, which is the scene of the Indian king distributing the remains of Sakyamuni; In the south, there is a pure land of Maitreya. Buddhist disciples in the north who grieve for the death of Sakyamuni are especially famous. It is forbidden to enter the tower, and it is difficult to appreciate the statue because of insufficient light. There are murals inside the five towers, but they are badly peeled off. Now they are preserved as important cultural relics in other places.

China Traditional Pagoda: Taking Yingxian Wooden Pagoda as an Example.

Saga Pagoda of Buddha Palace Temple in Yingxian County, Shanxi Province is located in the Buddha Palace Temple in the northwest of Yingxian County, Shuozhou City, commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda. It was built in the second year of Qing Ning in Liao Dynasty (AD 1056) and completed in the sixth year of Jin Mingchang (AD 1 195). It is the tallest and oldest existing wooden pagoda building in China, and the only wooden pagoda in the national key cultural relics protection units. Wooden Pagoda in Yingxian County, Shuozhou, Shanxi Province (Panorama) The wooden pagoda is located between the mountain gate and the main hall on the north-south axis of the temple and belongs to the layout of "front pagoda and back hall". The tower is built on a four-meter-high platform, with a height of 67.3 1 m, and the diameter of the ground floor is 30.27 m, showing a plane octagon. The first floor facade has double eaves, and the upper floors are single eaves, with five floors and six eaves, and there is a dark layer between the floors, which is actually nine floors. Because there are double eaves and corridors on the ground floor, the appearance of the tower is six eaves. Each floor is supported by two circles of wooden columns inside and outside. There are 24 pillars outside each floor and 8 pillars inside. Many braces, beams, beams and short columns are used between wooden columns to form multi-beam wooden frames in different directions. According to some calculations, the whole wooden tower is made of 3000 cubic meters of Korean pine wood and weighs about 2600 tons. The overall proportion is appropriate, the building is magnificent, the art is exquisite, and the shape is steady and solemn. There is a door in the north and south of the tower bottom building, and a flat railing is set around the second floor. Each floor is equipped with wooden stairs, and visitors can climb to the top step by step. From the second floor to the fifth floor, there are four doors on each floor, all of which are equipped with wooden partitions. There is plenty of light. When you go out, you can overlook the fence, with Heng Yue as a screen and mulberries as a belt. You can have a panoramic view and feel relaxed and happy. All floors in the tower are plastic Buddha statues. The first floor is Sakyamuni, which is 1 1 m high, dignified in appearance and pleasant in manner. There are exquisite and gorgeous algae wells at the top, six Tathagata Buddha statues are painted on the wall of the inner groove, and King Kong, King of Heaven and disciples are also painted on both sides of the door. The murals are brightly colored and the characters are lifelike. The altar on the second floor is square, with a Buddha, two bodhisattvas and two mighty attendants on it. The three-story altar is octagonal with a square Buddha statue on it. Four layers of plastic Buddha statues and statues of Ananda, Ye Jia, Manjusri and Pu Xian. Five-layer plastic Pilu Tian Tathagata and National People's Congress Bodhisattva. Each Buddha statue is exquisitely carved, with different shapes and high artistic value. The top of the tower is octagonal, with iron gates, beautifully made and coordinated with the tower body, making the wooden tower magnificent. Wind chimes are installed under the eaves of each floor of the tower, and the breeze blows, tinkling and very pleasant.