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Erling Pagoda 二灵塔Èrlíng Tǎ
National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Erling Pagoda
A stone pagoda about 10 m tall on the ridge of Erling Hill, a snake-shaped peninsula on the south-east side of Dongqian Lake, built in the Zhenghe era (1111–1118) of the Northern Song. Carved in imitation of a timber pavilion-style tower, it is a rare Northern Song stone building in Zhejiang, and with Erling Temple below it forms one of the lake's traditional Ten Views, 'Evening Glow at Erling'.
How to get to Erling Pagoda
On the south-east side of Dongqian Lake above Erling Temple, about 40 minutes by road from central Ningbo.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Mashan Leisure Area, Dongqian Lake 东钱湖马山 (under 10 km), Southern Song Stone Sculpture Park, Dongqian Lake 南宋石刻公园 (under 10 km), Ningbo Wildlife Park 宁波野生动物园 (under 10 km), Stone Archways of Miaogouhou and Hengsheng 庙沟后石牌坊 (under 10 km), Temple of King Ashoka 阿育王寺 (10 km), Tiangong Manor, Yinzhou 天宫庄园 (10 km).
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