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Twin Pagodas of Baisikou 拜寺口双塔Bàisìkǒu Shuāngtǎ
National heritage site · Yinchuan, Ningxia
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yinchuan
- Region
- Ningxia
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Twin Pagodas of Baisikou
Two Western Xia-period brick pagodas standing 100 m apart on a terrace at the mouth of the Baisikou gorge in the Helan Mountains, where more than a hundred temples once stood. The octagonal towers, about 39 m and 36 m tall, are covered with tiers of painted stucco Buddhas, guardians and animal masks, many from Yuan and Ming repairs, and Tangut and Sanskrit inscriptions were found on their central pillars during restoration in 1986.
How to get to Twin Pagodas of Baisikou
About an hour by road north-west of central Yinchuan in Helan County; it is often combined with the Helankou rock art.
Nearby
- Western Xia Mausoleums 西夏陵 30 km
Earthen mounds of a vanished Tangut empire, beneath the Helan Mountains
Also within 20 km: Helan Mountain National Forest Park (Suyukou) 贺兰山国家森林公园 (under 10 km), Rock Paintings of Helan Mountains (Helankou) 贺兰山岩画 (under 10 km), Seeing Helan Performance Town (Manpu Town) 看见贺兰演艺小镇 (10 km), Zhenbeibu China West Film Studio 镇北堡西部影城 (10 km), Zhihui Yuanshi Winery 志辉源石酒庄 (10 km), Guangzong Temple (Nansi) 广宗寺 (10 km).
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