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Dashan Pagoda 大善塔Dàshàn Tǎ
National heritage site · Shaoxing, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoxing
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dashan Pagoda
A hexagonal, seven-storey brick pagoda 40.5 m tall in the centre of Shaoxing, named after Dashan Temple, founded in 504, in which it once stood. It burned with the temple in 1197 and was rebuilt in 1228, then repaired in 1403, 1669 and 1957; the wooden eaves and the stairs inside are gone, leaving a hollow brick shell with doorways and niches on every level.
How to get to Dashan Pagoda
At the corner of Guangming Road and Jiefang North Road in central Shaoxing, a few minutes' walk from the Qiu Jin memorial at Xuantingkou.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 50 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 50 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培故居 (under 10 km), Qingteng Studio (Xu Wei's Former Residence) 青藤书屋 (under 10 km), Datong School and Xu Xilin's Former Residence 大通学堂 (under 10 km), Bazi Bridge 八字桥 (under 10 km), Lu Xun Native Place & Shen Garden 鲁迅故里·沈园 (under 10 km), Qiu Jin's Former Residence 秋瑾故居 (under 10 km).
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