Feiyun Tower
The Dongyue Temple in Wanrong County is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, located in the county town of Wanrong. Along its central axis are ancient structures including Feiyun Tower, the Meridian Gate, the Offering Hall, the Incense Pavilion, the Main Hall, and the King of Hell Hall, covering an area of 10,600 square meters. Feiyun Tower is the main building of the Dongyue Temple. It is five bays wide and five bays deep, with a square floor plan and a pure wooden structure. The ground floor has three visible floors and five hidden ones, standing 23.19 meters tall with a cross-shaped hip-and-gable roof. The ground level features a forest of wooden pillars, with four central pillars that rise 15.45 meters to the top floor. Thirty-two surrounding wooden pillars form a checkerboard-like pattern. The third and fourth floors have overhanging eaves, and the entire tower contains 345 sets of brackets (dougong), displaying a rich variety of forms. As a purely wooden structure, Feiyun Tower boasts ingenious construction and exquisite design, making it a masterpiece of pavilion-style architecture in China.
Location
No. 8, Chengxi Street, Wanrong Urban Area, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province
Source: Yuncheng Local Chronicles Compilation Committee
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