Songyue Pagoda ,the earliest tubular building

 

Songyue Pagoda is the oldest existing pagoda in China. The earliest extant brick pagoda in China; The originator of The Dense eaves tower in China; The only twelve-sided pagoda in China; The world's first tubular structure building.

嵩岳寺塔是中国现存最古老的塔;中国现存最早的砖塔;中国密檐式塔鼻祖;中国唯一的一座十二边形塔;世界上最早的筒体结构建筑。

 

 

Built in the fourth year of Zhengguang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (523), the pagoda is about 40 meters high, with dense eaves, hollow walls and lower wall thickness of about 2.5 meters. The structure is firm and reasonable. Since it was built, it has experienced more than 1400 years and many earthquakes, but it still stands tall.

嵩岳寺塔内部中空的筒体结构也颇有历史意义。清华大学建筑学教授郭黛姮认为：嵩岳寺塔是世界上最早的筒体结构建筑。这种结构直到十九世纪才开始在西方现代建筑领域出现，至今仍为高层建筑优先选择的结构方式之一。

 

 

On March 4, 1961, Songyue Pagoda was declared by The State Council as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. On August 1, 2010, the songyue Pagoda and other historic buildings in Dengfeng city were added to the World Cultural Heritage list.

 

1961年3月4日，嵩岳寺塔被国务院公布为第一批全国重点文物保护单位 。2010年8月1日，包含嵩岳寺塔在内的登封"天地之中"历史建筑群被列入世界文化遗产名录。