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Tiangong Temple Pagoda 天宫寺塔Tiāngōngsì Tǎ
National heritage site · Tangshan, Hebei
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tangshan
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tiangong Temple Pagoda
A thirteen-tier octagonal pagoda of brick and stone from the Liao dynasty, about 24 m high on a 5 m platform, completed in 1062 and the only part left of the former Tiangong Temple. Dragon-carved corner columns, lotus-petal bands and eaves hung with bells decorate the body. The 1976 earthquake shook off the finial and cracked the tower, and repairs in 1986–89 uncovered two chambers holding statues and scriptures.
How to get to Tiangong Temple Pagoda
In the urban area of Fengrun District, about 22 km north-north-west of central Tangshan.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jingjue Temple, Yutian 净觉寺 (20 km).
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