Guangjiao Temple Twin Towers | A case of imitation Tang architecture by Northern Song architects.

| A case of imitation Tang architecture by Northern Song architects. The two towers are too thin and too far apart, so it's hard to find a place to take a photo with both towers, haha! ✓ [Northern Song Imitation Tang Tower] Address: East Gate of Jinting Mountain, Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province Opening hours: 8:00–11:30, 13:30–17:00 Tickets: Free Level: Third batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 1988 ✓ [Guangjiao Temple Twin Towers] Era: Northern Song Shaosheng 3rd year (1096) Style: Imitation Tang imitation wooden structure pavilion-style brick tower Height: East tower is 17.86 meters high, west tower is 17.87 meters high Number of floors: Four sides and seven floors, the two towers are 26.9 meters apart ✓ [Must-see highlights] ① Each side is divided into three rooms by round brick strips, with a round arched door in the middle, a lintel and corner pillars above, and a decorative arch eaves ② Inlaid with brick carvings of Buddha sitting on a lotus flower ③ More than 100 types of bricks ④ The inner walls of the second floor of the twin towers are inlaid with: one stone inscription each of the Northern Song Dynasty Su Shi's calligraphy of the "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Wishful Wheel Dharani Sutra" presented to the Guangjiao Temple ⑤ The stone carvings of the west tower are well preserved, while the stone carvings of the east tower are not only basically peeled off, but also the upper part is seriously tilted