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杭州雷峰塔
Thunder Feng tower in Hangzhou
“雷峰夕照”曾是杭州著名的西湖十景之一，古雷峰塔建于五代吴越国时期，民间故事《白蛇传》中的白素贞传说就被压在此塔下。
"Thunder Feng glow of sunset" once is Zhao in Hangzhou West Lake ten one of the views, the thou thunder Feng tower set up at five Wu more country period, folk tales 《white the snake spread 》medium of white vegetable Zhen legend is pressed under this tower.
雷峰塔与西湖北宝石山上的保（单人旁加叔）塔隔离湖向望，在西湖两岸呈“南北向对峙，一湖印双塔”的美景。
Thunder Feng tower with West Lake north the precious stone top of hill protect(single side add an uncle) tower insulation lake to hope, at West Lake cross-straits present the lovely view of "south north to confrontation, a lake print a pair of tower".
古塔明朝时曾历兵火，后传说塔砖可驱病，底部塔砖渐渐被人挖空，终于在1924年9月25日倒塌。
Thou tower Ming Dynasty once the Li soldier's fire, empress legend tower the brick can get rid of a disease, bottom tower brick gradual is dig by the person empty, finally in 1924 September tumble down for 25 days.
鲁迅先生曾以此为引写《论雷峰塔的倒掉》一文，使湮灭的雷峰塔声名更盛。
The Lu fast Sir once took this as to lead to write 《pour out of the theory thunder Feng tower 》one text, make to annihilate of the thunder Feng tower reputation be more prosperous.
Leifeng Pagoda is a tower by the West Lake in Hangzhou which was originally constructed in the year AD 975. It has been a popular tourist attraction since being rebuilt in 2002.
During the Yuan dynasty, Leifeng Pagoda was still well-maintained. During the Ming dynasty, Japanese pirates attacked Hangzhou. Suspecting it contained weapons, they burned its wooden elements, leaving only the brick skeleton, as can be seen from Ming paintings of the West Lake.
Later, due to a superstition that bricks from the tower could repel illness or prevent miscarriage, many people stole bricks from the tower to grind into powder. On the afternoon of September 25 1924, the tower finally collapsed.
Leifeng Pagoda was originally an octagonal, five-storied tower of brick and wood.
As for whether there was a mausoleum below, this was debated for years until finally radar was used to investigate. On March 11 2001 the mausoleum was excavated and many treasures were found, most notably a gold and silver coated hair of the Buddha.
In October 1999, the city of Hangzhou decided to rebuild Leifeng Pagoda anew to enhance the scenery of the lake. On 25 October 2002, the rebuilt Leifeng Pagoda opened, built above the ruins of the old one and with documents and exhibits on show for visitors.
