Offbeat attraction recommendation|Fan Tower

|Fan Tower.🌟Highlights: Fan Tower was established in the seventh year of Kaibao of the Northern Song Dynasty (974 AD), and is the oldest existing building in Kaifeng area, with a history of more than 1000 years. It is a typical representative of the hexagonal Buddhist pagoda in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Influenced by it, a large number of Buddhist pagodas with similar styles appeared in the Central Plains region in the early Northern Song Dynasty centered on Fan Tower. Fan Tower is 36.68 meters high, with a base area of 501.6 square meters. The tower body is inlaid with brick statues inside and outside, one brick and one statue, and the whole body of statues forms beautiful decorations. The statues are arranged in a orderly manner, forming a unified whole with the tower body. The statue art of Fan Tower is extremely exquisite, including nearly a hundred kinds of Bodhisattvas, Luohans, musicians, etc., with more than 7,000 statues, each with different postures, vividly displaying the superhuman skills of Song Dynasty artists in carving and molding. The tower preserves 178 complete inscriptions, mostly from the Song Dynasty, including Buddhist scriptures, inscriptions of donors, etc., and the ink traces of donors are still preserved on the Buddhist bricks, which are precious materials for studying Buddhism. Fan Tower is famous at home and abroad for its exquisite Buddhist brick carvings, rich inscriptions and calligraphy art, precious underground palace materials, rare architectural shapes and mysterious hierarchical issues. 📍Detailed address: No. 30, Fan Tower West Street, Yuwangtai District, Kaifeng City, Henan Province 💰Average consumption: 15 yuan 📝Note tips: 1. Recommended attractions for Kaifeng ancient buildings two-day tour——Fan Tower, Iron Tower, Daxiangguo Temple, Yanqing View, Shanxi Gansu Guild Hall. 2. Recommended for Kaifeng ancient town one-day tour——Zhuxian Town. 3. Recommended for Kaifeng ancient style folk one-day tour——Qingming Shanghe Garden. 4. Recommended for Kaifeng snack street——Grass Market Street. 5. Recommended for Kaifeng souvenirs——Xingshengde Peanuts, Baiji Peanut Cake, Shajia Soy Sauce Beef. Fan Tower