Wenfeng Wooden Pagoda in Sanyuan, Shaanxi

Wenfeng Wooden Pagoda is located 5 kilometers southeast of Sanyuan City, Shaanxi. The Wenfeng Wooden Pagoda Temple covers an area of 32 acres. The main building of the temple, the wooden pagoda, was built in the 22nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1594). It is a four-eave, hexagonal top, with a total height of about 20 meters, three floors, a hexagonal pagoda base made of brick and stone, with a bottom edge of 13 meters and a height of 4 meters. The tower body uses 6 columns from the ground to the top. The columns of the first floor are built in the wall, and the surrounding corridors form the lower eaves. The second and third floors are supported by the "Yongding column" and the hanging column to support the eaves, without the bucket arch; the eaves are gradually retracted, and the upper column feet fall on the lower column feet (holding the head beam). Each side of the tower body has a lattice window, and each layer of eaves corners are raised and tied with wind chimes. The top of the tower is made up of a number of corner beams stacked on the eaves, and the Leigong column falls on the Taiping column flat beam, like a pavilion-style method. Hexagonal spire, with a treasure bottle-style pagoda. The pagoda platform is connected to the front hall by an arch bridge, which is the access to the tower. There is a door in the northwest direction of the first floor, and there are stairs inside the tower, which can be climbed to the second and third floors. Tourists can climb the tower to see the scenery, which is picturesque and refreshing. The wooden archway on the north side of the wooden tower was originally located in the Confucian Temple on the south street of Sanyuan County. It was built in the seventh year of Yuan Dade (1303) and was rebuilt and repaired many times during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. It was rebuilt in the 16th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1836) and moved to the Wooden Pagoda Temple from the original site in 1982. The wooden archway structure is a four-column eight-brace three-story style, with a total height of about 15 meters and a width of 10 meters. The top is covered with glazed tiles, and the eaves are decorated with ruyi bucket arches. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.