Hunan pagoda was referred to as similar to Bailian Pagoda in Wuzhen. Party involved: no plagiarism

Netizens:

Recently, an enthusiastic netizen posted a post stating that the shape of the Yongzhou pagoda in Baishi Mountain Park was similar to that of the Wuzhen town of Zhejiang province Bailian Pagoda, which triggered a debate among netizens. To this end, Yongzhou City Construction Investment Development Co., Ltd. now makes a comprehensive comparison between the two pagodas as follows:

永州宝塔。 永州新闻网 资料图
Yongzhou Pagoda. Yongzhou news network data map
乌镇白莲寺塔。 视觉中国 资料图
White Lotus temple tower in Wuzhen. Visual China data map

I. Design concept of Yongzhou Pagoda

Because Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty established the General Administration of Yongzhou in nine years, the word Yongzhou came from this. In order to echo the history and commemorate this landmark era in history, the tower is designed as a quadrangle system, which conforms to the architectural cultural characteristics of the popular quadrangle Tower-making in Sui and Tang dynasties.

II. Construction of Yongzhou Pagoda

The main body of Yongzhou pagoda is 33.7 meters high, the tower base is 1.1 meters high, the tower brake is 6.7 meters high, and the total height is 41.5 meters. The building area is 516 square meters, which is seven-storey tower square meters of reinforced concrete structure, the base is an octagonal of 16 m × 16 m, and the plane structure layout is a double-layer column Net. The first floor is enclosed by the outer column to form the first floor building space; The outer column above the second floor is open to form the viewing corridor, the inner column brick wall is closed, which is the vertical traffic space of stairs; The overhanging brim of each layer is the cantilever beam stress structure without bucket arch; The architectural form refers to the buildings of Sui and Tang dynasties, the roof pitch is relatively gentle, and the shape of doors and windows is relatively simple. Limited by modern architectural design specifications, the opening room of the inner staircase is wider and the outer corridor pillars are slightly thicker, which makes the height-width ratio of the tower shape slightly thicker.

III. Construction of Bailian Tower

The White Lotus Tower is masonry-timber structure square seven-storey Tower Square, the base is 24 m × 24 m square, the tower height is 51.7 m, and the plane layout is to pick the viewing corridor outside the brick tower body, the eaves and the outer selection corridor are all under the stress of wooden arch. The architectural form is the brick-wood mixed structure Pavilion tower in Zhejiang area during Song and Yuan dynasties. The tower body is slender and the height-width ratio is tall and delicate.

4. Comparison of two buildings
五、对比结论
V. Comparative conclusion

There are essential differences between Yongzhou pagoda and Bailian Pagoda in terms of overall style, structural form, architectural style, architectural height, stress form, etc. Since the development of human society, many things have specific forms, and the shape of tower building is generally relatively fixed. Therefore, it is normal for Yongzhou pagoda to have some similarities with historical and cultural buildings, therefore, there was no plagiarism of Bailian tower in the design process of this tower.

Yongzhou City Construction Investment Development Co., Ltd.

May 5, 2017


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netizens: Recently, some enthusiastic netizens posted a post stating that the shape of Yongzhou pagoda in Baishi Mountain Park is similar to that of Wuzhen town of Zhejiang province Bailian Tower, which triggered a debate among netizens. To this end, Yongzhou City Construction Investment and Development Co., Ltd. now faces two pagodas

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