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Pagoda of Bailin Temple 柏林寺塔Bǎilín Sì Tǎ
National heritage site · Shijiazhuang, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shijiazhuang
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Pagoda of Bailin Temple
The memorial pagoda of the Tang Chan master Zhaozhou Congshen, rebuilt in 1330 under the Yuan dynasty and standing in the front courtyard of Bailin Chan Temple in Zhao County. It is an octagonal brick pagoda with seven tiers of closely stacked eaves above a carved Sumeru-style base showing musicians, guardian figures, animals and peonies, and 136 iron wind bells hang from its eaves. The temple around it was rebuilt in the 1990s and is an active Chan monastery, and the Zhaozhou Bridge is about 3 km to the south-south-west.
How to get to Pagoda of Bailin Temple
In Zhao County town, about 1 km east-south-east of the town centre and about 41 km south-east of central Shijiazhuang.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Daguan Stele (Emperor Huizong's School Rules) 大观圣作之碑 (under 10 km), Zhaozhou Dharani Pillar 赵州陀罗尼经幢 (under 10 km), Yongtong Bridge 永通桥 (under 10 km), Anji Bridge (Zhaozhou Bridge) 赵州桥 (under 10 km).
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