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Liuhe Pagoda 六和塔Liùhé Tǎ
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Liuhe Pagoda
The Six Harmonies Pagoda on Yuelun Hill above the Qiantang River, first built in 970 by the Wuyue kingdom to calm the river's tidal bore and long used as a beacon for boats. The present brick core dates from the Southern Song rebuilding of the 1160s and its timber outer eaves from the Qing, so the octagonal tower shows thirteen roofs outside but has seven storeys within, linked by internal stairs to the top.
How to get to Liuhe Pagoda
On the north bank of the Qiantang River about 5 km south of West Lake, next to the old Qiantang River Bridge, by bus or taxi.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Former Hangchow University (Zhijiang Campus) 之江大学旧址 (under 10 km), Qiantang River Bridge 钱塘江大桥 (under 10 km), Zhakou White Pagoda 闸口白塔 (under 10 km), Yuhuangshan South Fund Town 玉皇山南基金小镇 (under 10 km), Southern Song Guan Kiln Museum 南宋官窑博物馆 (under 10 km), Southern Hills Carvings (Ciyunling, Yanxia Cave, Tianlong Temple) 西湖南山造像 (under 10 km).
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