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Tawan Sarira Pagoda (Wugou Jingguang Pagoda) 无垢净光舍利塔Wúgòu Jìngguāng Shèlìtǎ
National heritage site · Shenyang, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shenyang
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tawan Sarira Pagoda (Wugou Jingguang Pagoda)
A 13-tier octagonal brick pagoda more than 30 m high, built in 1044 in the Liao dynasty and repaired in the 1640s, with a Buddha niche on each face; it was the pagoda in 'Evening Glow at Tawan', one of the old Eight Views of Shenyang. Repairs in 1985 showed the tower to be hollow, with a crypt of well-preserved painted walls and a large hoard of relics. A small museum of finds from Shenyang's pagodas stands to its north.
How to get to Tawan Sarira Pagoda (Wugou Jingguang Pagoda)
In the Tawan area of Huanggu district, about 5 km north-north-west of Shenyang railway station, beside the Xinkai River.
Nearby
- Mukden Palace 沈阳故宫 under 10 km
The Manchu palace where the Qing dynasty was proclaimed, years before it took Beijing
Also within 20 km: Industrial Museum of China 中国工业博物馆 (under 10 km), Xinle Site Museum 新乐遗址博物馆 (under 10 km), Zhao Mausoleum (Beiling Park) 清昭陵（北陵公园） (under 10 km), Shenyang War Crimes Tribunal Site (1956) 审判日本战犯特别军事法庭旧址 (under 10 km), Former Liaoning Main Station (Old North Station) 辽宁总站旧址 (under 10 km), Shenyang Station and Former Mukden Railway Buildings 沈阳站（奉天驿旧址） (under 10 km).
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