Yueqing East Tower

The tower is on the top of Donggao mountain in Lecheng Town, Yueqing City. During the period of Xining (1068-1077) in the Northern Song Dynasty, the ancient pagoda at the top of jiuniushan mountain was destroyed by thunder, and Ge Feng, the governor of the city, was relocated here with the name of "Qinglong Yousheng jingyixing". "Sometimes a monk said that the master of meita built a tower with nine floors, a tower courtyard and bells and drums." In 1175-1178, Zhao Yanhui and Yuan caixuxing, county magistrates, built the original pagoda and demolished it in the 1950s. The tower is about 18 meters high, brick structure, six sides and seven levels of hollow pavilion type. Water caltrop teeth stacked astringent eaves, eaves have been born, wing angle slightly warped, eaves with four shop for flat bucket arch. The flat seat is made of flat bricks, which are very shallow. There are many inscriptions on the bricks of the pagoda. It is one of the "eight sceneries of xiaotai". East tower towering sea and sky, see clouds and smoke from time to time, can be seen dozens of miles away. In Yuan Dynasty, Li Xiaoguang's poem "clouds and smoke in the East Tower" says: "there are more towers on the fourth day of the sea and the moon, and the wind blows away. When the smoke disappears and the sun rises, no one comes to see the cloud mountain alone. " There are quite a number of famous people who visit the tower. There are also words such as "outside of Wang Meixi's study" on the road below the tower. The tower is majestic and graceful, with high historical, scientific and artistic value. In 1989, it was listed as the third batch of cultural relics protection units in Zhejiang Province.

Yueqing East Tower

Yueqing East Tower is located in Donggao mountain of Lecheng town.

Yueqing East Tower

Nian Dynasty: Song Dynasty

Date of publication: December 12, 1989

During the period of Xining (1068-1077) in the Northern Song Dynasty, the stone pagoda of jiuniushan was destroyed by thunder, and Ge Fengqian was ordered to build it here. During the Chunxi reign of the Southern Song Dynasty (1174-1189), Zhao Yanhui and Yuan Cai continued to build. The tower, about 18 meters high, is a brick tower with six sides and seven floors. Su Mizuo. The flat seat of each floor is made of flat bricks. Octagonal leaning column, square? Column, Ming set? Door, second carved Buddha, water chestnut teeth stacked astringent eaves, Dougong four shop. On the top of the gourd shaped tower, there are many inscriptions on the bricks.

Address: Dongta, Yueqing, Wenzhou, Zhejiang

Longitude: 120.971534

Latitude: 28.131632