[2025 Xiangfen Attraction] Travel Guide for Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda (Updated May)

Shanxi is full of treasures, and I didn't expect that a national treasure could grow in the fields! In September, Linfen, Shanxi, had a bumper harvest of corn 🌽, and even the roads were full of corn kernels. This glazed pagoda from the Jin Dynasty is in the fields next to the cornfield and the chili field! Shuttle through the small roads in the cornfield, looking forward to seeing the pagoda. Sure enough, looking at the position marked on the map, a "little flat head" pagoda popped up, which was a joy. · This glazed pagoda is the only remaining building of Lingguang Temple. It is an octagonal thirteen-story pavilion-style brick pagoda with 7 existing floors and a height of 22.44 meters. According to the records of the Republic of China "Xiangling County Chronicles": "Lingguang Temple is in Beiliang Village, southeast of the county, and was rebuilt during the Jin Dynasty." The pagoda base is now buried underground, and the first floor of the pagoda has a ticket gate on the south side, and the other seven sides have fake doors. On both sides of the door, a square pagoda merit monument is inlaid, and the handwriting is all over. The eaves of each floor of the pagoda are all made of wood-structured brick carvings, inlaid with yellow and green glazed dougong, railings, universal slaps, hanging lotus pillars, rafters, hooks, drips, etc. The glazed douqi is made of five pawns, a single heart, a piano face, and a playful head slanting inward. The third floor of the pagoda is decorated with double-layered lotus flowers, and the fourth floor of the pagoda is a flat seat of a wooden pavilion. There is a spiral staircase inside the pagoda, but unfortunately it cannot be entered. The day before we just went to Guangsheng Temple Feihong Pagoda, we saw similar yellow and green glazed dougong and glazed lotus petals. It seems that Shanxi craftsmen are not stingy in decorating the pagoda. However, compared with Feihong Pagoda, Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda lost the upper 6 floors and a large number of decorative components at the bottom after experiencing earthquakes and wars, and there was no well-preserved temple as a companion, but stood alone in the field, like a lonely watcher. · 📍Location: Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda, Beiliang Village, Dengzhuang Town, Xiangfen County, Linfen City

| Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda. This pagoda, located in the fields, predates the Feihong Pagoda of Guangsheng Temple by 150 years. Also known as the 'Western Liang Brick Pagoda,' it was built during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty and was later renovated during the Huangtong period of Emperor Xizong of the Jin Dynasty, making it 880 years old. Originally, it had 13 levels, but due to an earthquake, part of it collapsed, and now only 7 levels remain. Ground structures like the Lingguang Temple Glazed Pagoda that have withstood multiple earthquakes over the past few hundred years without collapsing are rare. This pagoda is also a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Ok, here is the optimized content: 👀It was my first time to visit Guangsheng Temple in Linfen, and I was really amazed by this colorful glazed tower! 😍There are countless cultural relics and historical sites in Shanxi. Yesterday I came to Linfen Guangsheng Temple, which was built in the Han Dynasty. This place was extremely popular during the Song and Jin Dynasties, but was later destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt during the Yuan Dynasty. 🤩The temple not only houses the national treasure-level Yuan Dynasty drama murals, which come from the same painting boat as the Yongle Palace murals🖼; there is also the Feihong Pagoda that enshrines the Buddha's real body relics. The exterior of the tower is inlaid with imitation wood components made of colorful glazed tiles🛕. It is the "world's tallest colorful glazed tower"! In addition, precious cultural relics [Zhaocheng Golden Collection]👍 were unearthed here. Most of the buildings we see now were rebuilt during the Yuan Dynasty and are well worth visiting. ✅Feihong Tower was built in the Ming Dynasty and it has many highlights🤩. Firstly, it was the filming location for the scene where Tang Monk sweeps the pagoda in the 1986 version of Journey to the West🎬; secondly, it was selected for world record certification with a total height of 47.31 meters📈, becoming the "world's tallest colorful glazed pagoda"; moreover, the glazed components on the outside of the pagoda are octagonal cones with bright colors, and rich and diverse shapes and themes, including figures such as Buddha, Vajra, and boys, as well as auspicious animals such as phoenixes, lions, and elephants. It is simply exquisite! 🦁 ✅【Zhaocheng Golden Canon】is the version of the first woodcut version of the Tripitaka "Kaibaozang" in the Song Dynasty📚. It is precious because it is a rare copy of the Sanskrit scriptures brought back from India by the Tang Dynasty monk Xuanzang📖. It is the only one in the world and is a rare treasure. It is also the treasure of the National Library📙. ✅The Yuan Dynasty drama murals in the lower temple are one of the three wonders of Guangsheng Temple. After hundreds of years, the characters in the murals are still lifelike🧚. Unfortunately, some of the murals have been lost abroad and are now collected in a museum in the United States🗽.