Chongsheng Temple

The three towers of Chongsheng Temple are the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. The small tower of the three towers is to the west of the main tower and is 70 meters apart from the main tower; the north and the south face off, 97 meters apart, all of which were built by the Dali Kingdom during the Five Dynasties. The Three Pagodas are located at the bottom of Cangshan Zhonghe Peak and Chongsheng Temple, 1 km northwest of the ancient city. They are a symbol of Dali's history and a testimony to the prevalence of Buddhism in Dali. The three towers consist of a large tower and two small towers. The three towers stand tall and magnificent, making it one of the scenic spots in Dali.

Chongsheng Temple is the place where eight emperors of the Dali Kingdom became monks. Chongsheng Temple has five heavy weapons. The Chongsheng Three Pagodas are one of them. The Chongsheng Three Pagodas are composed of one large and two small towers called Qianxun Pagoda. The base area of the tower is close to 200 square meters. The first floor is 12.04 meters high, with 16 floors and a total height of 70 meters. It is the tallest existing brick tower in China. The two small towers are divided into south and north, and the distance from the big tower is just 70 meters, both of which are 10 floors and 42.19 meters high. The structure of the Chongsheng Three Pagodas is basically the same, and the shape is the same as that of Xi'an Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Luoyang Baima Temple. During the maintenance process in 1977, more than 600 cultural relics including Buddha statues and Buddhism from the Nanzhao and Dali periods were cleared from the top and base of the Qianxun Pagoda.

Chongsheng Temple is the highest-level Buddhist temple in my country. There are 13 emperors in Dali, Yunnan, and eight of them are monks here. Therefore, Dali has invested a lot of money to build the magnificent temple hall.

The main building of Chongsheng Temple is mainly made of steel-concrete structure. The doors, windows and details of the douching arches are made of finely carved red wood. The central axis adopts the highest specifications of golden dragon, golden phoenix and seal color, and the two axis adopts solemn and elegant twists. color.

Dali Chongsheng Temple is the only national 5A scenic spot in Dali City. The three ancient pagodas here can be called Dali landmarks. It is a testimony to the prevalence of Buddhism in Dali. Now the temple is rebuilt, and the three pagodas have a thousand-year-old relics. The biggest point of this.