Wansong Old Man Tower

The only brick towers in Beijing have been around for nearly 800 years Beijing has the "Five Towers in the West", namely Beihai White Tower, Miaoying Temple White Tower, Qingshou Temple Twin Towers, and the Wansong Older Tower in the West Fourth. "Wansong Old Man Tower" is located on the west side of Xisi South Street, in the courtyard of Zhengyang Book Bureau, the spiritual bone tower of the famous monk Wansong Old Man in the Jinyuan period, and the only remaining secret brick tower in Beijing. Today, I went to the north of the tower to visit Guangji Temple, and then came to visit the Wansong Old Man Tower. Guangji Temple was once called "Baoen Hongji Temple" in the Yuan Dynasty. Wansong Zen Master is the host here. Wansong Old Man is also Wansong Xingxiu Zen Master (1166 ― 1246), Luoyang people in Henan, the common surname Cai, self-proclaimed "Wansong Old Man", the world is known as "Wansong Old Man". Wan Song Buddhist monk 15 years old, after the sceptre cloud traveled the world, has participated in the temple of Tanzhao Temple, Qingshou Temple, Wanshou Temple and other famous temples, according to the "Five Lanterns Yantong" this preach "The show to the children of the hundred families will not pass, the work under "Hua Yanjing" is the most. Wan Song Buddhist monks have held the Xingtai Jingtu Temple, Yanjing Qiyin Temple, Wanshou Temple and Baoen Temple, Jin Mingchang four years (1193), Jin Zhangzong once summoned Wan Song Buddhist monks, asked about Buddha Tao, and gave a koi monk clothes; Jin Cheng'an for two years (1197), Wansong Buddhist abbot Yanjing Xijiao Yangshan Qiyin Temple; soon, he moved to Yanjing Baoen Temple; Yuan Taizong for two years, Fengxuan led Wanshou Temple; not a few, retreated in calmness; Yuan Dingzong's first year of silence, died at the age of 81, leaving a widow "81 years, only this word, cherish all people, do not miss the words." Wan Song's life works have "Confident Record", "Qingyi Post Record", "Wanshou Language", "Zu Lan Lu" and so on. Yuan Junior High School Shuling Yelu Chucai once took Wansong Zen Master as his teacher, participated in the school for three years, accepted Wansong's proposition of "rule the heart of Buddhism, rule the country by Confucianism", avoided killing the Han people, and actively maintained the Central Plains culture, and finally became a generation of famous people. After the completion of the Buddhist monk Wansong, the disciples collected his spiritual bones and built two towers for worship, one in the Xingtai Jingtu Temple, the first home of the master, and the other is the old man's tower. The old man tower of Wansong was originally an octagonal seven-level secret tower, rebuilt in Ming Wanli 34 years (1606), rebuilt in Qing Qianlong 18 years (1753) and increased to level nine, and the tower is now a sixteen years (1927) of the Republic of China, Ye Gongchu and others raised funds to renovate, the tower is 16 meters high, the octagonal nine-level secret tower, the Qing tower is wrapped in the Yuan tower, Simple and elegant. Historically, the tower courtyard has been used as a theater, wine shop, clinic, store, can be preserved so far is not easy, and later Wansong old tower became the fifth batch of municipal cultural relics protection units in Beijing, the seventh batch of key cultural relics protection units in the country, the protection of monuments has been completely improved. The current tower courtyard is the seat of Zhengyang Book Bureau. This is an Internet celebrity bookstore. It mainly operates literature books. The environment is simple. The door panels, window bars, door piers, city bricks, old house numbers. The small courtyard is full of old objects full of age. There are also pomegranate trees in front of the tower and rabbits on the bookshelf in the house, full of literary atmosphere everywhere.

Wansong Old Man Tower, all known as the "Yuan Wansong Old Man Tower", is located at No. 43, West Sinan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, is the spiritual bone tower of the famous monk Wansong Old Man in the Jinyuan period, the tower is the only brick tower in Beijing city. The Wansong Old Man Tower was built in the Yuan Dynasty. It is one of the early buildings of Beijing as a cultural ancient city and the only remaining brick tower in Beijing. The tower was originally a seven-level secret tower in the octagonal and seven-level secret tower, and was raised to nine when it was rebuilt in the 18th year of Qing Qianlong (1753). The tower is now the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927) Ye Gongchu and others raised funds to renovate. The tower is 16 meters high, the octagonal nine-level secret scorpion style, the Qing tower is wrapped in the Yuan Tower, simple and elegant.

The old man tower of Wansong is called "Yuan Wansong old man tower". It was built in the Yuan Dynasty and is the only remaining brick tower in Beijing. The tower was originally a secret tower of the octagonal seven-level secret tower, and was raised to the ninth level when it was rebuilt in the 18th year of Qing Qianlong (1753). The current tower is the 1927 Ye Gongchu and others raised funds to renovate. The tower is 16 meters high, the octagonal nine-level secret oyster style, and the Yuan Tower is wrapped in the Qing Pagoda. There is also Zhengyang Book Bureau in the park, there is a small vineyard rack, and there is a small area for oysters. The whole yard is not big, but it is exquisite and simple and elegant.

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