Introduction to Ciyun Temple Tower: Ciyun Tower is the iconic landscape of Zhenze Ancient Town. It is said that during the Chiwu period of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Quan's sister climbed up to overlook Liu Bei to express her deep feelings. It was also called the "Wangfu Tower". Another saying is that Princess Ciyun, the daughter of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, took refuge in Zhenze. Never forgetting the humiliation of her country's demise and your captivity, she rebuilt this pagoda to look to the north, hoping that her father would soon escape from the confinement of the Jin Dynasty and return south. The pagoda was named after "Ciyun", so it was called Ciyun. Yunsi Pagoda. The tower has six sides and five floors, a brick and wood structure, and is 38.44 meters high. It is composed of tower walls, corridors, and tower core. Starting from the second floor, each floor has a flat seat and eaves, and has three pot doors, with the openings staggered up and down. On the fourth and fifth floors, there are nanmu brake pillars that penetrate the top. The tower brake consists of a bowl, a lotus, a five-fold phase wheel, a cover, a pearl, a receiving flower and a vase. The iron chains are divided into six corners, with copper bells hung at the ends of the corners. The bell is called the eaves horse, or the bird is frightened as the saying goes. The bell rings when the wind blows, echoing in the air. There is a wooden ladder in the tower that can be climbed up in a roundabout way.

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