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Shengshou Pagoda 圣寿宝塔Shèngshòu Bǎotǎ
National heritage site · Fuzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Fuzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Shengshou Pagoda
A 27.4 m seven-storey octagonal stone pagoda imitating timber construction, built between 1096 and 1117 on Taping Hill in what is now Zheng He Park, Changle. Its base and walls are carved with flying musicians, guardian figures and some 200 small seated Buddhas, and in the early Ming it served as a lookout and landmark for Zheng He's fleets, which assembled at Changle before sailing.
How to get to Shengshou Pagoda
In Zheng He Park in central Changle, about 25 km south-east of central Fuzhou, roughly 40 minutes by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jiutouma Residences 九头马民居 (under 10 km), Luoxing Pagoda 罗星塔 (under 10 km), Mawei Shipyard Heritage Area (Foochow Arsenal) 船政文化景区 (under 10 km), Tombs of Qing Soldiers Who Served in Taiwan, Min'an 闽安戍台将士墓群 (under 10 km), Tingjiang Fort 亭江炮台 (10 km), Minjiang Estuary National Wetland Park 闽江河口国家湿地公园 (10 km).
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