Tianning Temple Tower tower, in Zhengding Long Xingsi Street north of the West at large within the Tianning Temple, the towering Gaochong named. Because many of the wooden shaft, so-called Muta.
It is clear Guangxu "Shiki positive" records, the Tianning Temple Tower and the tower were also built in the Tang Yi Wei-years (AD 860-874). At that time, large-scale temples, magnificent, the Church, the heavy door, Hall of Heavenly Kings, Qiandian, Houdian, Tower tower, and other major construction since the South and North were arranged. Mugu Chenzhong, incense heyday. Republic, Ecuador temple frequently difficult, destruction of temples on January 1, the main construction of Tower alone tower.
Tower is a tower of the 9-storey brick pavilions-tower, plane was octagonal, 41 meters high, towering above the octagonal platform. To a four-story tower is the site of the Song Dynasty in Tangta residue on the rehabilitation of the whole structure of brick, on behalf of all floors of the reconstruction, brick. Every positive provision of the straight or arched portal Skid window. 9-storey to the fourth floor, Dougong, Feiyan were wooden. From the fifth floor, layers and layers highly regressive, the external layers and also outline of contraction, to give people a sense of lightweight Tingxiu.
Tower tower greatest feature, is the fourth layer in the center of the shaft to erect a direct access to the top of the wood-Tianzhu, and layer-by-8 with radiation beam expense associated with the lining. This structure of the existing domestic only this case, an extremely valuable. The tower structure is different from the general Muta, but also different from the ordinary brick tower.
Tower tower in more than 1,000 years of life changes in the repeated destruction, March 22, 1866 earthquake will be hollow iron-date Tasha earthquake damage, since then, because of the wind and rain, tower of eight, also 9-storey Have collapsed. To protect the ancient architecture in the history of the ancient tower occupies an important position, the People's Government organized forces conducted a comprehensive investigation, and in seeking to maintain the appearance of the premise, in 1981--repair.
February 1982, in the course of the investigation found that under Pataki Degong. After cleaning up, with a number of valuable cultural relics, of which Song Chongming-2002 (l103) and Jin Huang EC six years (l146), the two sides of the stone engraved with the inscription she Li letter to the determination of the tower to create the exact The provision of a reliable basis. According to the two sides Shihan inscriptions records, the tower was originally called Huiguang tower, built in Tang Daizong (AD 762-799), Zhi Song Qingli five years (1045) overhaul, Jin Huang EC five years (l145) refurbishment. Heritage information on the meeting be recorded Shiki remedy. The tower is the focus of heritage conservation units.
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