Daqin Pagoda 大秦寺塔Dàqín Sì Tǎ

About Daqin Pagoda

This seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda in the Qinling foothills was first recorded in 1065, when the poet Su Dongpo visited it and wrote a poem about the Daqin temple. Daqin was an old Chinese name for the Roman world, and since 2001 some writers have claimed the site as a Tang-dynasty church of the Church of the East, a claim for which there is still no conclusive archaeological evidence. An earthquake in 1556 badly damaged the pagoda and the temple was abandoned; its exterior was repaired in 1999.

How to get to Daqin Pagoda

In Tayu village about 2 km west of Louguantai and roughly 70 km west of Xi'an, so easily combined with a visit there.

Nearby

• Louguantai 楼观台 under 10 km
  Taoist courtyards climbing to the terrace where Laozi is said to have taught
• Mount Taibai 太白山 50 km
  Forest roads and a cable car climb to 3,511 metres on the Qinling range's highest peak
• Famen Temple 法门寺 60 km
  A Tang relic temple, the treasures of its sealed crypt and a 148-metre modern stupa
• Qianling Mausoleum 乾陵 60 km
  A spirit way of stone guardians climbing to the joint tomb of Gaozong and Wu Zetian

Also within 20 km: Qinling National Botanical Garden 秦岭国家植物园 (under 10 km), Xianyou Temple and Fawang Pagoda 仙游寺法王塔 (10 km), Zhouzhi Water Street 周至水街 (10 km), Bayun Pagoda 八云塔 (10 km), Chongyang Palace 重阳宫 (20 km).

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