4, "Xuan Kongsi, a half-day high, three Mawei Air Crane" (2002-9-13)

From Datong to Xuankong Si requires only two hours away.

Dao Hai nice scenery this trip! Along the valley, sorghum and in Huang Cancan as the sunflower.
"Brain where the side of the green, as early as the wind gently blowing ... ..." inside the song echoes beyond, people feel carefree!

Hengshan through the rolling hills, cars moved into the valley.

Xuan Kongsi is located in Hengshan, Jinlong Gap between cliffs on both sides of Ping-Feng, dating back 1500 years.

The first thing to see Xuan Kongsi let me think about the Diaojiaolou western Hunan, the same wooden structure, built in the same vacant, use the same wood as the support, the difference is Diaojiaolou is built according to waterfront, and Xuan Kongsi is built on the cliff between the upload perilous rock overlooking the deep valley, stone quarry as a base, on the rocks Jia Wu, pavilion and down duplication, uneven between buildings connected by a vacant at large in the.
Only to teach people worried that a long wooden stick and how we can afford that level of support for construction of buildings tortuous ah!
Upstairs, before we know who support the temple is not played much of the wood load-bearing role. Force to promote a few guides, Woods immediately shook up the original they are not solid at the Plank Road on the nail. This can be really jeopardy!
Looked full of such a dangerous machine even in the rain in the temple built legislation survived millennia, what kind of untold stories behind it?

Introduced a guide to explain to break the hearts of our questions:
Alone Xuankong Si structural design point of view, the whole design borrows the principle of mechanics, so strong, trustworthy, and not readily collapse.
Re-location from the temple construction point of view, Xuan Kongsi Temple prominent cliff top monasteries concave to the cliff, a mountain temple top highlight undoubtedly played a certain role in masking. In addition, the temple is located in the mountains, shelter from the wind, back-yang, can reduce the invasion of sunshine and the mountain tops; coupled with its own seismic cliff edge, can be softened from the ground vibration. So, over the years: a rock less than less than a big wind, the sun less than less than floods. Of course, dry and drier climate in the north is also a very favorable factor!
It can be said, mechanics coupled with God time and location, the achievements of this miracle.

Xuan Kongsi temple on a total of more than 40 pavilions, each dedicated to temples in different dynasties are preserved statues, from Sakyamuni, Amitabha, to Kuan Kung, the three officers the Great (Yao, Shun and Yu), etc., Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, were living here. This temple is really rare in general!

Xuan Kongsi people can be accommodated is limited, in order to reduce the load throughout the monastery, only one pulling a pull to go in order by pressing route. The direction of a counter, it will Jicheng pile.

Floor on the winding corridors of the channel is very narrow, railing is very low, slightly less what you can look down into the body at large in the following woods and cliffs, or the whereabouts of the body stuck half a point of view, they can be observed above the bottom layer of the structure I like this perspective, can be sharp eyes six road!

But they heard it was trembling voice cry: "Oh, I have a fear of heights!" Turned out to be accompanied by a male teacher, Wang, and big boys!
Ah? I have not picked the wrong bar! To see them nervously stuck Terakado, and I and Zhang laugh.
Several middle-aged man stopped in front of me can not forward, longing for the final bend over and slowly move!
I hold back laughter from them went outside, and then a back and saw the teacher that students follow the King and the squat. I can not help, and rushed to the corner and laughing is not already! Such a big man?
"We're tall, dangerous number!" Do not explain Dao Hao, I have to laugh lost consciousness! (Sorry, absolutely good laugh!)

To the foot of the mountain look Xuankong Si, this combination of the mechanics, aesthetics and religion, the perfect work! I do not know what kind of praise with the words to describe it anymore!
I thought the mountain at the foot of the title of Li Bai's book "spectacular" monument, in the "aphrodisiac," one more word out of thin air beside the point. Future generations are saying is: Li Bai, after Gordon finished Xuan Kongsi greatly astonished, so book through revelry under the "spectacular" word, but still consider it inadequate for the hing on one side with 1:00 on the whim, which means: more than spectacular a little bit more.
Shixian Li Bai's language Shangju poor lack so far, I can give birth to much of the thing?
Or did not say good!

5, should County Wooden Pagoda

Going to be a temporary fill the county plan. Because not far from the Xuan Kongsi, but also there as early as heard anyone mention the seat of China's most ancient, the highest pagoda!

Ying County Wooden Pagoda of the original release Jiata called, was built in the Five Dynasties Later Jin Tien-fu-year period, which is some 900 years of history.

I have seen the tower, and many, but as such should be county-wide wooden pagoda tower was the first taste!
In addition to Taki, almost could not find a brick!
Tower for the pavilion design, all with mortise and tenon and the brackets structure, said a total of more than 60 kinds of brackets, use patterns, can be described as the art of architecture of the Dacheng set brackets.
Total more than 60 meters high pagoda, planar octagonal. The first level is double eaves and second floor of the above are Dan Yan, a total of five-six nets, each layer has a dark layer, so there are actually a total of nine-story.

I do not know what the reason, the tower without any light setting. Fortunately, the weather is good, to learn from in front of daylight.
Tower floor there is a 11-meter-high Jin-Shen Sakyamuni seated on either side painted murals.

On the corridor is dark, and airtight wooden tower, simply could not make a trace of light years.
Very very steep wooden ladder, you must hand-embracing ladder bar, dare lift knee. With only a touch and feel, and fence lines on the rough and clear, thick and strong at the foot of the stairs. Step by step, groping up, Denden creaked. God felt like some ancient pagodas scenes drama rieden!

End of the stairs, that she see the light. Each floor has a flat-out outstanding blocks and corridors, you can browse virtue of overlooking. Heart of the Central tower has several Buddha statues, Buddhist statues in order to back the relative inter-face outwards.
I am very concerned about the top layer of the tower, roof and its every corner, I do not know the basic structure of research tower and its construction principles, I can only amazing!
This pagoda long withstand wind and rain hit, and subjected to artillery fire, is still standing after the earthquake, enough to validate the building's tower structure design, science and rationality!

Standing tower, overlooking the vast expanse of the corridor was found to be a very small county is the county seat, housing people and they are uniformly low row of rooms, should be here in the County Wooden Pagoda of the tallest buildings!

Visitors can only be up to the three-tier, and then further on I was stopped on the stairs, presumably to protect the tower from the burden of owes something!

I have been fortunate, as well as the existence of such a tower, this is known as China's "Leaning Tower of Pisa," the pagoda, in its most primitive materials and the most exquisite skill to show us the wisdom of ancient Chinese architectural craftsmanship! Let us not be satisfied with the achievements of modern architecture on the bar!
I think people who came and will never again have a higher mood to visit those who piled out of reinforced masonry cement plus the antique tower of the!

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Travel Small with disabilities:

Tickets - Xuankong Si: 45 yuan Ying County Wooden Pagoda: 36 yuan (students enjoy half-price)
Datong Features - Coal eagle (an art coal waste as raw materials for processing. Because of low cost, the price is pretty cheap.)

Author: fishsy428