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Tianran Pagoda 宜昌天然塔Yíchāng Tiānrán Tǎ
National heritage site · Yichang, Hubei
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yichang
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tianran Pagoda
An eight-sided, seven-storey brick-and-stone pagoda 43 m high on the north bank of the Yangtze in Binjiang Park, with guardian figures carved around its base. Tradition says the first pagoda here was built in the Jin dynasty; the present one was rebuilt in 1790–92 with donations from local gentry. A spiral stair of 145 stone steps runs inside, and the pagoda stands beside the Yichang Yangtze River Bridge carrying the Yichang–Wanzhou railway.
How to get to Tianran Pagoda
On the Yangtze waterfront in Binjiang Park, Wujiagang District, a few kilometres east of central Yichang.
Nearby
- Three Gorges Dam 三峡大坝 40 km
The Yangtze's mega-dam, seen from hilltop lookouts and a ship lift that raises whole boats
Also within 20 km: Yichang Museum 宜昌博物馆 (under 10 km), Three Travellers' Cave 三游洞 (10 km), Xiling Gorge Mouth Scenic Area, Yichang 西陵峡口风景区 (10 km), Qingjiang Tianlongwan Resort 清江天龙湾 (20 km).
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