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Stone Pagoda Temple 石塔寺Shítǎ Sì
National heritage site · Chengdu, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chengdu
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Stone Pagoda Temple
A temple in Gaohe, western Qionglai, centred on a 17.8-metre square pagoda of red sandstone carved between 1169 and 1172, with a double plinth, a colonnade and twelve tiers of close-set eaves. The main hall is a Ming rebuilding. In 1935 the temple housed a local Red Army soviet government, and a Long March memorial hall now stands on the site.
How to get to Stone Pagoda Temple
In Gaohe town, about an hour by road west of Qionglai city, or 2–2.5 hours from central Chengdu.
Nearby
- Mount Mengding 蒙顶山 30 km
Misty tea terraces and an imperial tea garden where tea growing is said to have begun
Also within 20 km: Tiantai Mountain (Qionglai) 天台山 (under 10 km), Longmen Ancient Town & Qinglong Temple 龙门古镇 (10 km), Shangli Ancient Town 上里古镇 (10 km).
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