China's No. 1 Golden Pagoda Asia's No. 1 Hollow Pagoda: Menghuan Da Golden Pagoda

1·Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda is located on the top of Leiyarang on the shore of Peacock Lake in the southeast of Mangshi, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province.(Photographer Momorui)

2·The "Menghuan Da Golden Tower" among the green mountains and green waters is dazzling. This big golden tower looks even more sacred in "The Three Monsters and Ghosts and Different Paths".(Photographer Momorui)

3·Menghuan Dajin Pagoda is a landmark building in Mangshi and a holy place for the Dai people living here.(Photographer Momorui)

4·Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda is the first golden pagoda in China and the first hollow pagoda in Asia.(Photographer Momorui)

5·Menghuan Da Jinta is located on the top of Leiyarang Mountain in Mangshi City, at an altitude of 1079

6·The original Leiya Ranshan Pagoda was destroyed during the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1942, and the Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda in Mangshi City was also destroyed in 1966. Later, it was decided to rebuild the two towers and named them Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda.(Photographer Momorui)

7·2004On June 30, 2019, the construction of the Menghuan Dajin Pagoda broke ground with a total investment of 55 million yuan.(Photographer Momorui)

8·2006On May 12, 2019, the Menghuan Dajin Pagoda held a ceremony to appreciate the tower and release relics.(Photographer Momorui)

9·2007On May 1, 2019, the main project was completed and a grand ceremony of consecration and crowning was held.(Photographer Momorui)

10·The main tower of Menghuan Dajin Pagoda is located on the top of Leiyalang Mountain in the southeast suburb of Luxi City. The entire tower is 76 meters high and the base of the tower is 50 meters in diameter. It is a octagonal four-door hollow pagoda. The lower 3 floors are hollow halls.(Photographer Momorui)

11·The first floor hall covers an area of ​​2,000 square meters, and there are 4 Buddha statues in the center square column east, west, south, north and north.There are 16 unique towers on the outer platform of the second and third floors, and 16 white marble Buddha statues are built in the pavilion.(Photographer Momorui)

12·The main body of the tower is a bell-shaped tower. There are 8 small towers built on the second and third floors, and 8 exquisite vase towers built on the outer platform of the fourth floor.The main column on the base is made of a large bell and 13 bowls, with a maximum weight of 2.

13·Menghuan Daqi Pagoda belongs to the architectural style of the Dai Palace in South Asia and has profound national cultural connotations.(Photographer Momorui)

14·In Dai villages, the Tazang Temple is more common. As a cultural symbol of the Dai people's belief in Buddhism, it forms a harmonious and unified beautiful scenery with the Dai villages and the subtropical natural scenery, legendary and blurred.Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda is a model of this.(Photographer Momorui)

15·Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda is located at the top of Leiya Rang Mountain at an altitude of 1,079.6 meters in the southeast of Mangshi.(Photographer Momorui)

16·Legend has it that when "Shagamuni" was reincarnated as a golden rooster (Aluan) during his lifetime, he lived here hundreds of years after the Buddha's Nirvana, and the Buddhist disciple "Zhaohanda" (Arhat) came to this mountain to practice in order to spread the Buddha's teachings.(Photographer Momorui)

17·In order to "Zhaohanda", there is a good environment for cultivation, all the weeds and thorns are moved away, so it is called Leiya to let the mountain, which means a place where the weeds are moved away. Later, a pagoda is built on this mountain.(Photographer Momorui)

18·Menghuan Da Jin Pagoda has been one of the recognized Buddhist holy places since ancient times.(Photographer Momorui)