Guangjiao Temple Twin Pagodas
廣教寺雙塔
安徽宣州
位於安徽省宣城市宣州區敬亭山南麓。據雙塔建築特徵以及塔內保存的刻石文字記載，推測建於北宋紹聖三年（1096）。據清嘉慶（1796～1820）《寧國府志》載，廣教寺建於唐大中三年（849）。今已圮，僅存雙塔。一九八八年列為中國「全國重點文物保護單位」。
雙塔東西對峙，相距26.9公尺，形制相同，均為方形七層仿木構樓閣式磚塔。塔頂殘損，殘高均為17公尺餘，東塔每邊長2.65公尺，西塔每邊長2.35公尺。塔身寬度及層高由下而上逐層遞減，輪廓微有收分。塔內為空筒式，塔身底層三面開門，第二層以上四面均闢門。每層每面以間柱分為三間，中間為圓拱門，兩側設櫺格方窗。各層檐下用疊澀磚與菱角牙子磚，檐上平座用疊澀磚砌成。塔身原砌有佛像磚，現已嚴重損壞，僅東塔第五層的四對佛像完好保存。
雙塔現存實體雖多有殘破，但仍保留北宋（960～1127）建造時的原貌。此種沿用唐代（618～907）四方形平面的宋塔在中國現存古塔中極為罕見。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 392.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Guangjiao Temple Twin Pagodas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 392.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Guangjiao Temple Twin Pagodas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:392.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Guangjiao Temple Twin Pagodas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 392).
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