北京阜城门内大街路北,有一座古老的寺庙,名叫妙应寺,因寺内有一座气势雄伟、古朴壮丽的白塔,因而被人们称为白塔寺。有关这座白塔,曾流传下来一段民间传说。 传说这座白塔,是元世祖忽必烈皇帝敕令,由当时在朝做官的尼泊尔工艺家阿尼哥主持修建的;还有的说是由西藏大喇嘛亦怜真主持设计和建造的。那么元朝皇帝为什么要在北京城的西边修建一座塔,而不在北京城的东、南、北方向修建?原来,在 There is an ancient temple in the north of Fuchengmen Avenue in Beijing, which is called Miaoying Temple. It is known as Baita Temple because of its imposing magnificent white tower. About this white tower, has been handed down a folk legend. Legend has it that this white pagoda was built under the auspices of Emperor Kublai Khan, the emperor of the country, and was chaired by Ani Goblin, a Nepalese craftsman who was an official at that time in the DPRK. He was also said to have been designed and constructed by the Great Lama of Tibet. So why did the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty build a tower to the west of Beijing instead of the east, south and north of Beijing?