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As one of the nine famous towers in China, Leifeng Pagoda is famous, especially the love tragedy between Xu Xian and the White Lady, which has been passed down through the ages, attracting countless tourists.
But now everyone can see the Leifeng Pagoda has been rebuilt, the real Leifeng Pagoda collapsed as early as 1924, but this has also become a topic of conversation among the people, everyone is speculating whether the Leifeng Pagoda collapsed and the White Lady escaped.
This is an old photo of Leifeng Pagoda before it collapsed, it can be seen that it was very dilapidated at this time, with cracks everywhere, and almost all the wooden structures around it fell off, but it can still be seen from the height of its past grandeur.
In fact, the collapse of Leifeng Pagoda is not more about the erosion of time and natural disasters, but about real man-made disasters.
Leifeng Pagoda was built in 975 A.D., the reason for the construction is that Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, wanted to be safe and secure, and the reason why it was named Lei Feng was because the highest peak of Xizhao Mountain was called Lei Feng Ding.
However, Qian Li's wish was not realized, and in the following hundred years, Leifeng Pagoda experienced the baptism of war several times. Although during the Qingyuan Dynasty of the Southern Song Dynasty, the government repaired and renovated the Leifeng Tower, but in the Jiajing year of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese set fire to the Leifeng Pagoda directly, although it still stands, but only the body of the tower remains, a defeated look, very desolate.
However, this ancient pagoda that has stood for hundreds of years still did not withstand the people under the feudal mentality.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Leifeng Pagoda inexplicably appeared a lot of "strange functions" in the folk, which could ward off evil spirits, cicadas, and sons, so the surrounding people went to Leifeng Pagoda to "steal bricks".
You must know that after the Leifeng Pagoda experienced the baptism of artillery fire and the fire, it was the end of the strong crossbow, and it was crumbling and on the verge of collapse, and the people stole bricks again, which made the already poor condition of the Leifeng Pagoda worse, and it could only increase the speed of its collapse.
In 1924, there were people around Leifeng Pagoda who were building houses and laying foundations, and Leifeng Pagoda was overwhelmed by the earthquake and collapsed.
In the following decades, due to the impact of the actual situation, although the official proposed to rebuild the Leifeng Pagoda several times, it was never put into action.
It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the state restarted the project of rebuilding Leifeng Pagoda. In 2002, the reconstruction of the new Leifeng Pagoda was completed, which is what we see today.
In the process of reconstruction, the Leifeng Pagoda, which has stood for thousands of years, belongs to the cultural relics level, and the state has also carried out archaeological excavations on the old Leifeng Pagoda.
This photo is part of the ruins after the collapse of Leifeng Pagoda at that time, and it can be seen that Leifeng Pagoda has almost completely collapsed, leaving only some ruins.
This is also a photo of the Ruins of Leifeng Pagoda, which has been delayed for too many years due to the reconstruction, and the ruins are already full of green grass. Who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary isolated small mound would be the famous Leifeng Pagoda in China?
This is the first floor of Leifeng Tower, and in order to prevent the secondary collapse, workers have erected scaffolding.
And under this blue brick, is the most mysterious underground palace of Leifeng Pagoda. However, the legend is a legend after all, the archaeologists did not find the white lady Bai Suzhen in the underground palace, let alone people, and they did not even find the white snake, only saw a white centipede.
On the stone slab of the underground palace, a large stone was pressed, and the archaeologists brought in a roller to remove it. There was almost an accident in the process, but fortunately the boulder was successfully removed.
After knocking on the stone slab of the underground palace, a large number of cultural relics appeared in the eyes of the archaeologists, and the seven treasures of the relics surrounded the precious relic iron letter in the center, and all the archaeologists were very excited, all around the small opening.
It is worth mentioning that with the development of science and technology, this archaeological action was completely recorded by photographers and broadcast live across the country, so that people all over the country can feel the mood of the on-site archaeologists through the on-site pictures. However, after the slate was uncovered, the live broadcast stopped, and the rest of the footage was recorded and broadcast in installments.
The area of the underground palace of Leifeng Pagoda is very small, but it is almost full of treasures, and the relics are placed in the center, surrounded by treasures.
After very careful planning and careful action, these artifacts were delivered to the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in good condition in the early hours of the morning.
From the photos at that time, you can still vaguely see the grand occasion when the Leifeng Pagoda underground palace was excavated.
But to say that the archaeologists are most looking forward to in the entire underground palace, it is naturally the thing in the relics iron letter, no one thought that after opening the iron letter, it will be a pagoda.
After careful restoration, this gilded sterling silver Ashoka Pagoda, as well as the gilded silver box, mat, gilt silver belt and other offerings underneath it have been professionally restored by archaeologists, and its beauty has shocked everyone.
Because the underground palace of Leifeng Pagoda had been flooded in the early years, it can be seen that the bottom of the pagoda is different from the top of the color, which is also caused by the different degrees of oxidation.
In the pagoda, there is also a small "golden coffin", and what is placed in the coffin is the "Buddha snail hair" that Qian Yu has treasured for a long time, that is, the hair of the Buddha, a sacred object of Buddhism. Although this small pagoda is not large, only 35.6 centimeters high, the design of the silver pagoda and golden coffin is equivalent to the "golden coffin and silver coffin", and also represents Qian Yu's Buddhist beliefs.
It is also out of respect for Buddhism that the archaeologists of this small golden coffin did not open it.
To say that in addition to this pagoda in the Leifeng Pagoda is the most powerful, it must be this gilded bronze dragon pillar sitting Buddha statue, bronze, after the baptism of the years, it has been full of patina, this photo is what it has just unearthed.
After cleaning and restoration by archaeologists, this Buddha statue also showed its original appearance.
Don't look at its size, more than half a meter high, but the Buddha statue is very exquisitely made, with kind facial features and a slight smile. Whether it's demeanor or movement, it's perfect.
Underneath the lotus seat is the dragon. Although the dragon is a little small compared to the Buddha statue and the dragon, it is very imposing, which forms a sharp contrast with the kindness of the Buddha statue, and sets off the majesty and serenity of the Buddha even more.
I have to say that the designers at that time were also very powerful, and they were able to harmoniously combine two things with such a big contrast.
For the new China at that time, the archaeological excavation of Leifeng Pagoda and the subsequent restoration and reconstruction were all big news that caused a sensation in the whole country, this photo is the scene of the press conference that year, which can be seen to be very simple, but this is also an important event to witness the development of Chinese news history.
Many people don't know that Leifeng Pagoda was seven floors at the earliest, but after receiving the baptism of war, it was repaired and rebuilt to five floors during the Southern Song Dynasty, and the reconstruction after the founding of the People's Republic of China was restored according to the Leifeng Pagoda in the Southern Song Dynasty, so what we see now is the five-story Leifeng Pagoda.
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Archaeological excavation of Leifeng Pagoda Underground Palace2020-06-23The Paper