Wenbi Tower

Wenbi Tower

Wenbi Tower (Chinese: 文笔塔) is a tower in Changzhou, China, located near Hongmei Park. It was built during the Southern Dynasties, Qi Gaozu, Xiao Daocheng (萧道成), Jianyuan (479－482), and first named Jianyuan Temple.[1] Later, it was changed to Peace Tower. Because the tower looks like a pen, people changed the name into Wenbi Tower. As time went on, the temple had been deteriorated because of wars, natural disasters and the Cultural Revolution. Not until the Chinese economic reform did Liu Biru,[2] a Chinese-American，subsidized restoration of the temple in 1982.

Description

Wenbi Tower is 48.38 meters tall, and the bottom outside diameter is 9.58 meters.[3] It is made up of wood and brick, which has seven floors and eight faces.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 常州文笔塔简介_常州文笔塔订票_常州文笔塔介绍_常州文笔塔旅游景点_同程网
  2. ↑ 刘璧如
  3. ↑ 文笔塔景点介绍_常州旅游景区_常州文笔塔附近酒店预订
  4. ↑ 文笔塔介绍 - 中山景点 - 广东中山风景区 - 中国航空旅游网

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