What are the achievements and values of the Yuquan Iron Tower left in the Northern Song Dynasty?

Yuquan Iron Tower is the most famous iron tower in China, and it has a very high historical research for future generations to study the metal anti-corrosion technology, architecture, and carving art at that timeValue.

There are many famous buildings left over from ancient China, such as the Great Wall that can be seen even from the moon, the Afang Palace, which has become a great feat even if it is not completed, such as the Grand Canal that connects the north and the south, and the classic Yuquan Tower. These buildings would seem incredible to us even now, not to mention that in ancient times there were not so many building tools and surveying principles to help, and the working people completely relied on their own ingenuity and hard work to accomplish one feat after another. Among them, Yuquan Iron Tower not only has a very high ornamental value, but also has a strong historical research value.

First, metal anti-corrosion technology Yuquan Iron Tower can become a tourist check-in place for tourists is definitely not accidental, this tower was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, from us is still relatively far away, the base of the tower and the body of the tower are cast by pig iron, although in the Northern Song Dynasty people for the use of iron has been very extensive, but such a large-scale use of pig iron casting iron tower is indeed admirable. And the ancients for the iron anti-corrosion technology is also quite in place, although after nearly a thousand years of wind and rain, the tower body and the base is not rusty, it is really amazing.

2. ArchitectureIf the Yuquan Iron Tower is a normal angle of the tower, it may not be a miracle, but it is an inclined tower, even if it is built with lighter weight wooden materials, it may collapse habits, but it has existed for so many years. In ancient times, there were no particularly sophisticated measuring instruments, and the theoretical study of architecture was not as thorough as it is now, but it was possible to complete this great project with their own calculations and models. And this tower is not supported by external forces, and it is slowly piled up by the adjustment of its own angle.

Third, the ancient people of carving art will never give up the pursuit of beauty, even if the amount of work of this tower is huge, but people still carve patterns on each piece of iron plate, these patterns have mountains and seas, there are various animals and plants, as well as mythological stories, just look at all kinds of patterns to make people feel beautiful, and these patterns are not plane carving, but three-dimensional, more vivid.

The Yuquan Iron Tower is also a leaning tower, it is different from ordinary towers, it is not made of bricks and wood, its entire tower is made of iron. It can be seen from here how powerful the creativity of the ancient craftsmen was, and the history and culture of the Northern Song Dynasty can also be studied from this tower.

Yuquan Tower, such a building, can be said to have artistic value, such an iron tower its architecture is relatively rare, can be used as a modern reference.

On the one hand, it has a great influence on the current research on metal casting and rust prevention. The second point is that it is also helpful to study the history of Indian Buddhism in China.

Year of casting: the sixth year of Jiayou of the Northern Song Dynasty (1061).

Reason for construction: Yuquan Iron Tower is the oldest in China, the tallest, the largest, the heaviest and the most complete iron tower in order to rebuild the relics granted by Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty and the Empress Zetian.

The Yuquan Iron Tower is of great value for the study of ancient Chinese metallurgical casting, metal anti-corrosion, construction method, building mechanics, casting and carving art and the history of Buddhism.

During the Jian'an period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Pujing was a nunnery here. In the second year of Datong in the Northern and Southern Dynasties (528), Emperor Wu of Liang built the Chuanshan Temple. In the thirteenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui (593 years), Zhiyi was edicted to build a temple, because he saw that the pearl spring under the mountain was clear like a pearl and jade, he changed its name to Yuquan, and Yang Guang, the king of Jin, gave the amount of "Yuquan Temple".

Tang Yifeng three years (678 years) Shenxiu here to promote Zen law, Yuquan Temple since then famous all over the world. In the fifth year of Song Zhenzong Tianxi (1021), Empress Ming Su built Yuquan Temple, which was repaired in the Later Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Li Bai has a poem that says:

The nephew of the A tribe Zhongfu gave Yuquan cactus tea.

Li Bai often hears of Yuquan Mountain, and there are many milk caves in the caves. The fairy rat is as white as a crow, hanging upside down in the clear creek moon.

Tea is born in this stone, and the jade spring flows endlessly. Genke sprinkles Fangjin, and takes to moisten the muscles and bones.

The old clumps roll green leaves, and the branches are one after another. Exposed to a cactus, it seems to pat the shoulder of the cliff.

The world has not seen a text, and its name is determined by whom. Zong Ying is a Zen uncle, and there is a good article for the gift.

Qingjing candle has no salt, Gu Xi Ziyan. There is a lingering pleasure in the pilgrimage, and the long chant is sown in the heavens.