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Yongfu Temple Pagoda 永福寺塔Yǒngfú Sì Tǎ

National heritage site · Shangrao, Jiangxi

Yongfu Temple Pagoda (永福寺塔)
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Time needed
About 1 hour
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Shangrao
Region
Jiangxi
Type
Heritage
Listed as
National heritage site

About Yongfu Temple Pagoda

The Yongfu Temple Pagoda is a nine-storey octagonal brick pagoda, 49 m high, built in 1024 in the Northern Song dynasty in imitation of a timber tower, with arched doorways on all eight sides and bracket sets under the eaves. It stands in Poyang town with a public culture plaza at its foot, and has been a national heritage site since 2013.

How to get to Yongfu Temple Pagoda

In the Tujing Lane area of Poyang town, south-west of the town centre; Poyang is about 55 km west-south-west of Jingdezhen.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Raozhou Ancient Town, Poyang 饶州古镇 (under 10 km), Poyang Lake National Wetland Park 鄱阳湖国家湿地公园 (20 km).

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