Zhengding Ancient City Tour (IV) / The "Beam Removal and Column Replacement" of the Lingxiao Tower in Tianning Temple

🎯👉 One of the "Four Towers" of Zhengding Ancient City, the Lingxiao Tower of Tianning Temple is worth a careful look: 🚩Originally 60 meters high, it is the tallest ancient building in the city; it was built during the Tang Dynasty, and after a thousand years of vicissitudes, it is now 40 meters high, still tall and majestic, worthy of its name; 🚩The pair of crooked-headed lions at the entrance of Tianning Temple, relics of the Ming Dynasty; Figures 6-7 🚩Lingxiao Tower, brick and wood structure, the 1-4 floors of the Song Dynasty are brick structure, the 4-9 floors of the Jin Dynasty, brick and wood structure rebuilt, from the 4th floor to the top of the tower is built with a wooden Tongtian column, called the wooden heart column structure, which is commonly known as the beam removal and column replacement. Professionals say that this tower's heart column is the longest and largest among the existing ancient towers, with a special structure, it is an important example among the ancient towers in our country, and also a model of the mixed brick and wood structure in the north. 🎟🎟 The ticket is 20 yuan per person, and there is a commemorative stamp at the entrance (the other three towers do not have). It is within 200 meters of Kaiyuan Temple.