Tianning Temple, located in the west section of Wenfeng Road of Anyang City,  was built in 601 during the Tang Dynasty(618-907). After it was renovated and expanded by the prefect of Huang Bangning in 1772 during the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911), Zhangde House (an ancient name of Anyang), Tianning Temple had the scale to be reached unprecedented. which had several hundreds houses included pavilion, tower, building,etc.

 

Tianning Temple is famous for the Wenfeng Pagoda. The upper body of the tower goes out at the fifth level and increases step by step from bottom to top. The arches of each layer are different. The octagonal hoe has a bronze cymbal, and the breeze blows, slamming, giving people a sense of high and quiet. There are phase wheels and tower brakes at the top of the tower. The lower part of the tower is surrounded by a front door, each with a door, the south side of which is the real door, and the rest is a fake door.

The first amount of the coupon door, there are brick carving two dragon play beads image. The octagonal has a dragon column surrounded by a dragon, with a chain shackle, which is very spectacular. Between the eight dragon pillars, there are eight brick embossed Buddhist story images: the south face is a three-faced Buddha statue; the southwest corner is the Sakyamuni statue; the west is the image of the birth of Prince Siddhartha; the northwest corner is a Sakyamuni Buddha The snow mountain is a bitterly revised image; the north is the Guanyin Bodhisattva and the good fortune dragon girl; the northeast corner is the Buddha statue for the heavens; the east is the Buddha statue; the southeast corner is the Persian king and the queen Buddha. image. These embossed shapes are vivid, realistic, natural and lifelike, and are rare art treasures. 

According to Anyang County Records: This tower was built in 952 during the Five Dynasties. It has a history of more than 1,000 years. In 2001, it was designated as China's national key cultural relics protection unit.

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Address: West Section of Wenfeng Middle Road, Anyang City, Henan Province
Opening hours 8:10-18:00.
Entrance Fee: CNY 30

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