Chengtian Temple (West Pagoda)

When Chengtian Temple was first built, it was "the house of the temple, the scale was large, there were East and West Tiandas, the incense in the temple was full, and the tourists were endless." It was the Huguo Temple in Liangzhou (now Wuwei) and the Reclining Buddha Temple in Ganzhou (now Zhangye), which is also a famous Buddhist resort in Xixia.

The Chengtian Temple in Yinchuan City, the most famous, is the tower of Chengtian Temple, unique shape, first-class design, 100 years of loneliness, standing on the ground in Yinchuan City, gray tower body, there is a modern feeling.

Yinchuan Chengtian Temple, it feels very old, is also really old, Chengtian Temple is still the Khitan Queen for the emperor's son built, unique shape, simple and solemn, very ethnic style building.

Chengtian Temple Pagoda is the only ancient pagoda recorded in Ningxia from the beginning of the construction period. According to the Ming Dynasty "Zhining Xia Xinzhi" record: "Chengtian Temple Pagoda in Chengtian Temple, pseudo-Xia (Xixia) built, 13 levels, there are residual monuments to test." "Xia Queen Mother built Chengtian Temple - Buddha Ding Bone Sheli Monument" contains: Xixia Jianguo Emperor Li Yuanxuan died, The Queen Mother did not Tibetan for the "you Dengji" little emperor Li Lingxuan, Bao "sage with no boundaries, Yu Zongxuan and Yanyong", Xixia Yi Zongxuan Tianyu Chui Shengyuan (1050) "soldiers tens of thousands", took five or six years to build Chengtian Temple and Chengtian Temple tower. The Buddhist bones of the monks in the Western Regions were buried under the tower with gold coffins and silver scorpions. The Xixiafu Shengcheng Pathway was built for three years (1055), and the "Da Tibetan Sutra" given by the Song Dynasty was placed in the temple. After the tower temple was built, the emperor was invited to return to the high monks to sit and lecture. The queen and the emperor often listened at the scene. The temple was full of incense and monks, and it was famous for the temple of Huguo Temple in Liangzhou and the Temple of Reclining Buddha in Ganzhou. It was one of the famous Buddhist holy places in Xixia. It was called the "sister tower" with Lingwu Town River Tower.

Not bad, you can go to the neighborhood to see it. .

Chengtian Temple is located in the old town of Yinchuan (Xingqing District), and the temple stands Chengtian Temple Tower, also known as the "West Tower", which is the tallest brick tower among the more than 100 ancient towers in Ningxia. Chengtian Temple tickets are 10 yuan, and lighthouse tickets are 20 yuan. The tower is square, each floor is a wooden floor structure, there are wooden ladders hovering. The tower body has coupon doors and windows on each side of the first to second floors. The three, five, seven and nine floors have north-south coupon doors and windows. The height of each floor of the tower is large, the space is narrow, and it is a bit tired to climb up, but the view after climbing to the top is excellent, overlooking the old city of Yinchuan. It is recommended to climb the tower to experience it.