Do You Know about These “Landmark” Towers in Fuyang?

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01 Fuyang 5G Digital Special Tower

In recent days, Fuyang's first 5G digital special tower was lit up on the south bank of Fuyang Bridge, becoming another landmark building in the city's night scene.

The 5G digital special tower is located in Hangzhou’s Fuchun Bay New Town. It serves as both the outwards gateway of the Fuchun Bay New Town and the symbol of Fuyang's "south gate."

As night falls, the lights of the 5G digital special tower are switched on, and the entire tower instantly becomes colorful. Lights of various colors such as red, blue, green, and yellow interweave to create a magnificent light show.

02 Liankui Tower

In the ancient town of Xindeng, there is an ancient tower. It stands tall on the southern Xianming Mountain, like an elder silently witnessing the historical changes of the ancient town for thousands of years. This is the Liankui Tower.

As the Liankui Tower belongs to the Wenchang Star Tower, it does not require the offering of relics nor does it have an underground palace, which sets it apart from Buddhist pagodas.

The top of the Liankui Tower's stupa is pierced with a huge four-sided wheel gourd treasure top, and the top of the tower is built in the shape of honeysuckle leaves to support the stupa. The stupa body is made of circular ring-shaped stone pillars, giving it a majestic and spectacular appearance.

Legend has it that during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, due to the lack of successful candidates in the imperial examinations, the county magistrate and gentry sought to bring good luck to the new city by building a tower on the top of Xianming Mountain, hoping that the Kui (Wenchang) star would bring literary fortune to the new city.

03 Tongxing Tower

Tongxing Tower is located on the eastern slope of Shita Hill, about 1.5 kilometers west of Longmen Ancient Town in Fuyang District, Hangzhou. It is a tower in the style of a pavilion.

According to the Qing Dynasty's county annals, Tongxing Tower was funded and built by Sun Chang, a resident of Longmen, in the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1677 AD).

Tongxing Tower is 18 meters high, with seven tiers on each of its six sides. The tower body is built with blue bricks, with a profile resembling a hexagonal prism, projecting eaves, and a simple and beautiful design.

Tongxing Tower not only marks the jurisdiction of Longmen Village and the influence of the Sun family, but it is also a treasure of the village.

For hundreds of years, amid countless changes in the landscape and the passage of time, this beautiful white tower still stands tall. Tongxing Tower, like a giant guardian, watches over Longmen Ancient Town.