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Huayan Temple Pagodas 华严寺塔Huáyán Sì Tǎ
National heritage site · Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xi'an
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Huayan Temple Pagodas
Two brick pagodas stand on the edge of the Shaoling plateau above the Fanchuan valley, all that survived when Huayan Temple, birthplace of the Huayan school of Buddhism, was destroyed by a landslide in the 18th century. The larger, a seven-storey square pagoda of 642, is the tomb pagoda of the school's founder Dushun; the smaller, hexagonal one honours the fourth patriarch Chengguan, was recorded as rebuilt in 1272 and was moved a short distance in 1986 after another landslide. During that move relics, early Qing sutras and Buddhist images were found inside it.
How to get to Huayan Temple Pagodas
In Weiqu, Chang'an District, about 14 km south of the Bell Tower by road.
Nearby
- Datang Everbright City 大唐不夜城 under 10 km
A lantern-lit, Tang-themed avenue of street performers, sculptures and evening crowds - Big Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔 under 10 km
A Tang-dynasty pagoda built for scriptures a monk carried home from India - Shaanxi History Museum 陕西历史博物馆 under 10 km
Tang gold and silver, original tomb murals and finds from Shaanxi's Zhou, Qin and Han past - Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 10 km
A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 10 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops
Also within 20 km: Duling, Tomb of Emperor Xuan of Han 杜陵 (under 10 km), Shaanxi Natural History Museum 陕西自然博物馆 (under 10 km), Xiangji Temple 香积寺 (under 10 km), Tang Altar of Heaven (Tiantan Heritage Park) 唐天坛 (under 10 km), Xingjiao Temple 兴教寺 (under 10 km), Qujiang Polar Ocean Park 曲江海洋极地公园 (under 10 km).
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