Management said the pagoda in XI ' an annual "modified diagonal being" 1 mm | Xian big wild goose pagoda _ news

Xinhuanet, Xian, July 5 (reporters Feng Guo and Zhao Hui)-successfully appeared in the world cultural heritage of the Silk Road, Xian big wild goose pagoda renewed world attention, so many tourists "accidentally discovered the" big wild goose pagoda was oblique. However, the managers of the big wild goose pagoda, the pagoda after the oblique picture of 101 cm maximum, currently at an annual rate of about 1 mm "modified diagonal being", its stability is no problem.

Daci of the big wild goose pagoda in Xian City, South of the city, belonging to Tang Chang-one of the most spectacular temples, by the famous Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang's famous. In 652, Daci was built 4 years, Xuanzang personally designed the pagoda. Currently, the tower is 64.5 m high, the tower being a seven-story, square pyramidal tower body, formed by imitation wood Bay, from the bottom up by scaling down.

The late 80 's to the mid 90, with Xian's rapid socio-economic development and population growth, Xian became increasingly prominent problem of drinking water, a lot of teen-ager drilling of groundwater level decline, big wild goose pagoda and other high-rise buildings emerge in conspicuous lopsidedness.

Clock tower fell probably in the early 90-30 cm, big wild goose pagoda from the early 16th century, tilt, by 1991 tilt at 101 cm.

XI shut off Office official Liu Lisuo said that since 1999, and gradually stop the ban on logging area in XI self-served effective conservation of groundwater, since 2006 for 7 consecutive years to maintain the stability of groundwater, cracks, geologic subsidence disaster be contained.

Xian Zeng Qin, Daci hosted said, groundwater level in XI ' an city in recent years has begun to slowly rebound, ground subsidence and ground fissures in development contained. Monitoring data show, and recharge of regional groundwater depth maximum lift more than 2 meters, tilt the big wild goose pagoda is growing at an annual rate of about 1 mm "oblique return is modified" basic Tower stability no problem, its World Heritage status will stay forever young.

(Edit: SN098)
15:06 July 05, 2014 Xinhua NET