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Changqing Temple Pagoda 长庆寺塔Chángqìng Sì Tǎ
National heritage site · Huangshan, Anhui
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huangshan
- Region
- Anhui
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Changqing Temple Pagoda
A seven-storey square brick-and-timber pagoda 23.1 m high, built in 1119 in the Northern Song at the foot of Xigan Hill on the south bank of the Lian River, facing the old town of Shexian; it is regarded as the oldest surviving pagoda in old Huizhou. The temple it was named after has gone, but the pagoda, standing in front of the present Taiping Xingguo Temple, keeps its Song form, with a gallery round the base, stone lotus thrones in its arched doorways and painted Buddhas on its walls.
How to get to Changqing Temple Pagoda
Across the Lian River from the old town of Shexian, about 400 m from the western end of Taiping Bridge; Shexian is about 25 km north-east of Tunxi by road.
Nearby
- Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) 黄山 40 km
Granite spires, wind-bent pines and a sea of clouds straight out of an ink painting - Xidi 西递村 40 km
A quieter UNESCO twin of Hongcun: flagstone lanes, merchant houses and a Ming archway - Hongcun Village 宏村 50 km
A merchant village planned in the shape of an ox, mirrored in its own pond
Also within 20 km: Taiping Bridge, Shexian 歙县太平桥 (under 10 km), Huizhou Ancient City (Shexian) 徽州古城 (under 10 km), Yuliang Dam and Old Street 渔梁坝 (under 10 km), Xiongcun Village and Zhushan Academy 雄村 (under 10 km), Zheng Ancestral Hall, Zhengcun 郑氏宗祠 (under 10 km), Hongkeng Archways and Hong Family Temple 洪坑牌坊群及洪氏家庙 (under 10 km).
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