Wubian Temple 无边寺Wúbiān Sì

About Wubian Temple

A walled temple in the old town of Taigu, best known for its White Pagoda, a hollow octagonal brick pagoda built in 1090 under the Northern Song. The pagoda imitates a timber tower, with seven storeys outside and nine inside, stands 43 m high and has a wooden staircase within. After a fire in the Tongzhi era left only the pagoda standing, the temple around it, with a gate and opera stage, a pavilion and the main hall, was rebuilt in 1904–06.

How to get to Wubian Temple

It is at 10 Nansi Street in the old town of Taigu, about 50 km south of central Taiyuan, and a few hundred metres from Anchan Temple. Check locally that it is open before making a special trip.

Nearby

• Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 10 km
  Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
• Jinci Temple 晋祠 30 km
  Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs
• Pingyao Ancient City 平遥古城 40 km
  An intact Ming walled town of courtyard inns, where China's first draft banks were born
• Shuanglin Temple 双林寺 50 km
  Some 2,000 painted clay Buddhas, saints and guardians crowded into ten temple halls
• Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 50 km
  Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River

Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Kong Xiangxi 孔家大院 (under 10 km), Anchan Temple 安禅寺 (under 10 km), Mingxian School Site, Taigu 山西铭贤学校旧址 (under 10 km), Cao Family Mansion 曹家大院 (under 10 km), Miaojue Temple, Xincun 新村妙觉寺 (under 10 km), Guanghua Temple 光化寺 (under 10 km).

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