The Study On Transition Of Social Function Of Towers Temple In Taiyuan After The Late Ming

The Twin Towers Temple buildings located in Taiyuan city, Shanxi Province today has a very deep historical and cultural connotation."Peak Twin Towers" buildt in the Ming Wanli, following "Yongzuo Temple" expanded by Military Governors, and the twin towers revolutionary martyrs cemetery built in the new China, together form the "Twin Towers" buildings."The Peak Twin Towers" because of its rich cultural connotations as a sign of Taiyuan, and became an important part of today Taiyuan City emblem, signifying its unique significance in the history of Taiyuan Urban Development.Twin Towers and Twin Towers Temple were built in the Ming Dynasty, initially the Taiyuan gentry Fu Lin led the Taiyuan gentry built Wenfengta and Sun Life Temple in order to complement the Taiyuan feng shui. A few years later, the king invited Miao Feng came to expand Sun Life Temple, Miao Feng expanded Sun Life Temple, changed name to "Yongzuo Temple", and built a new tower in west side of the Wenfengta, the tower pairs, thus forming a landscape of the "Peak Twin Towers". The towers Temple has also become a magnificent temple. Includes not only the good wishes of the Confucian "Xing Wen Yun", it also contains a variety of factors of Buddhism, towers Temple has become the Confucian door Buddhist temple merged and complemented.the Confucianism and Buddhism two factors. Along with the transformation of history, in the Taiyuan liberation Battle, the Twin Towers Temple as an important external base, there was a fierce battle. After the founding of new China, the Shanxi provincial government built the twin towers revolutionary martyrs adjacent to the towers Temple, not only re-intermented many revolutionary martyrs in martyrs’cemetery, but still constructed the Memorial Hall in the cemetery, and establish a martyr statue, created a set of commemoration, education, tourism and other functions in one revolution memorial and patriotic education base. From the historical changes of the towers Temple region, we can see the increasing historical and cultural connotations in the four hundred years, from the original Confucian meaning Wenfengta built to "Xing Wen Yun" to Yongzuo Temple gradually strengthened Buddhism factors, towers Temple formed the wonderful landscape of Confucian door Buddhist temple. Then Twin Towers martyrs cemetery built and cemetery memorial building gradually increased, making the means of Confucian door Buddhist temple tends to weaken, and the commemorative significance is gradually increased, the social function of the Twin Towers temple region is changed. In addition, in the history of Twin Towers temple, many forces are involved, the gentry in Taiyuan built the tower’s first work, the king led the expansion of the temple, the Empress Dowager CI st donation help, and MiaoFeng built the temple, local officers kept the Temple, all this power participated in the Twin Towers Temple written together rich and colorful history.