The bell in the tower, the witness of the vicissitudes of the Temple
2019-12-22 00:27 | Hits: 478
From: Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple Author: Office
2019-12-22 00:27 | Hits: 478
From: Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple Author: Office
In 1997, the Nanzhao Great
Bell, the typical Buddhist bell and one of the five treasures of
Chongsheng Temple, was recast according to the historical data. The body
of the bell consists of the upper and lower layers with the upper
decorated with six patterns of Parami and the lower decorated with the
six paintings of the heavenly kings. The bell, 3.86m in height, 2.138m
in caliber and 16.295 tons in weight, is the biggest bell cast in China
since 1840. The bell which was hung in the Tang-style bell tower rebuilt
on the original site reflects the three Pagodas, which can be
illustrated with a line of poem as “The threes pagodas, experiencing the
clouds and sunshine in the thousands of years; the bell in the tower,
witnessing the winds and rains in the past dynasties.”The grand scene of
the long-lost days of “overlooking the sky, land and the self on the
tower and awaking the past, present and future by the bell” would
reappear in front of the visitors..