这世界是很奇妙的，有时看到的情景是很难表达清楚的。一次特殊经历，让我亲历了古语“龙凤呈祥，日月同辉”的情景。

　　2011年3月28日，我随上海大浪淘沙文化之旅——祈福2012，来到山西，我们北去大同，南到平遥，期间考察了武广古城、雁门关，特别是五台山文殊寺、大显通寺。

　　去山西之前，听建筑师朋友凯瑞讲，一定要去应县木塔看看。下午四点多赶到了应县。红红的太阳正西下，余辉散落在木塔前。由全木制作的九层塔，每层廊檐都有历代书法家题写的大字匾额。这980前建造到今品相依然完好的释迦塔，在初春夕阳暖色的霞光下，显得格外神秘、美丽。欣赏间，忽然有人在提示我，看哪!天上的凤凰……我举头仰望，啊!天空中白云编成的凤凰在缓缓地飘移，凤冠一缕缕，凤尾一丝丝，蓝天做衬景，微风轻吻过。一轮圆月初上，与夕阳遥相呼应，真是日月同辉、龙凤吉祥的和谐景象。如此美景为我们祈福之旅增添了妙曼的祝福。

　　应县木塔全名为佛宫寺释迦塔，它位于山西省肃州市应县佛宫寺。公元1056年(辽)建成，1195年(金)曾修过，它是我国现存最古老最高大的纯木结构楼阁式建筑，是我国古代建筑中的瑰宝，世界木结构建筑的典范。

Wooden Pagoda – Phoenix

　　The world is so wonderful that sometimes it's very hard to describe what one sees. Thanks to a special journey I had a chance to witness the grandness of "prosperity brought by the dragon and phoenix, and shine of both the sun and the moon".

　　On March 28, 2011, I had a trip to Shanxi Province with a group of artists and scholars. Our trip covered Datong City in the north and Pingyao County in the south, and we also visited Wuguang ancient city, Yanmenguan Pass of Great Wall and Wenshu Temple as well as Xiantong Temple on Mountain Wutai.

　　Before I went to Shanxi, a friend of mine, who's also an architect, told me I definitely should pay a visit to the wooden pagoda in Ying County. It was over four o'clock when we arrived at Ying County. The setting sun gilded the pagoda. The nine-storey fully-wooden pagoda featured calligraphy by various renowned scholars in Chinese history. Under the glamorous sunglow, the pagoda built over nine centuries ago seemed to be extremely mystical and charming. While I was reveling in the beautiful scene, suddenly someone said to me "Look, there's a phoenix in the sky!" I looked up. A phoenix weaved by clouds was floating through the sky. I was amazed. When the sun met the moon, and a dragon and a phoenix appeared at the same time, it was a scene brimming with harmony and auspiciousness, adding a sense of warm blessing to our journey.

　　The wooden pagoda, or the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple of Ying County in its full name, is located in Suzhou City, northwest of Shanxi Province. This fully-wooden pagoda was built in 1056 AD during Liao Dynasty of China and renovated in 1195 AD during Jin Dynasty. It is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing in China, an epitome of the brilliant achievements of ancient Chinese architecture.

作者：韩绍光