The ancient Jinzhou tower

The ancient tower locates in the Gu Ta park. It has already become a symbol of the city. Many mention it in their articles or websites. But what is its accurate origin? Few people knows it. Even some one gave its birth a wrong dynasty.



The ancient tower's full name is "Da guang ji Temple Tower", it was built in A.D. 1057 ( The period of Liao Dynasty, which is a minority Dynasty.)
What are the reasons of building this tower? Some history documents show: A queen of Liao kindom sent two officers to visit the Great Song kingdom, when the two officer came back, the emperor of Song kingdom gave Liao kindom white, green, and red, three bones of Buddha (She li, 舍利) as a gift. The queen was very glad after knowing it, she decided to build a tower and put the bones in this tower.

Jin zhou was selected. The reasons are: The queen ever lived in Jinzhou for some years, when she was yong. secondly, The emperor of Liao kindom hadn't gotten a son though he was 26 years old, and the queen prayed a son in front of a buddha in Jinzhou, and the next month, one of the emperor's wives was pregnant. Thirdly, the emperor believe in Buddhism, and he thought the bones could bring happiness and fortune.

Above is the simple origin of the tower.