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Dayao White Pagoda 大姚白塔Dàyáo Báitǎ
National heritage site · Chuxiong, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chuxiong
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dayao White Pagoda
This solid brick pagoda on top of Baofa Hill, above Dayao county town, was first built in the Nanzhao period and has an unusual outline: a large oval crown swells above a narrow waist and an octagonal base, like the hammer used to strike a stone chime, which gives it its other name, Qingchui Pagoda. It stands 15.45 metres tall, and its bricks are moulded with incantations in Chinese and Sanskrit.
How to get to Dayao White Pagoda
On the hill above Dayao county town, a short walk or drive from the centre; Dayao is roughly 1.5 hours by road north of Chuxiong.
Nearby
- Yuanmou Earth Forest 元谋土林 50 km
Ochre clay pillars carved by rain in a hot, dry valley, glowing at sunrise and sunset
Also within 20 km: Guanglu Old Town and Longhua Temple 光禄古镇 (20 km).
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