Zhengang Pagoda 镇岗塔Zhèngǎng Tǎ

About Zhengang Pagoda

A solid brick 'flower pagoda' about 18 metres tall on a hillock east of Yungang village, thought from its style to date from the Jin dynasty. Above an octagonal base with carved brackets and relief figures, its upper part is covered in seven tiers of small niches holding seated Buddhas, which give it the bunched look of a flower. Its tip was destroyed during the war with Japan, and it has been repaired several times since.

How to get to Zhengang Pagoda

In Changxindian, Fengtai District, about 22 km south-west of Tiananmen by road.

Nearby

• Marco Polo Bridge 卢沟桥 under 10 km
  An 800-year-old stone bridge lined with hundreds of carved lions, by a walled Ming fort
• Tanzhe Temple 潭柘寺 20 km
  Terraced temple courtyards in the western hills, shaded by ancient ginkgos and cypresses
• Fragrant Hills Park 香山公园 20 km
  Wooded former imperial hills that turn red with smoke-tree leaves each autumn
• Qianmen Street and Dashilar 前门大街·大栅栏 20 km
  A pedestrian avenue below Qianmen gate and a lane of shops trading since Qing times
• Tiananmen Square 天安门广场 20 km
  A vast ceremonial square below Tian'anmen gate, where the national flag is raised at dawn

Also within 20 km: Nangong Scenic Area 南宫旅游景区 (under 10 km), Changxindian February 7th Strike Sites 长辛店二七大罢工旧址 (under 10 km), Beigong National Forest Park 北宫国家森林公园 (under 10 km), Beijing Garden Expo Park 北京园博园 (under 10 km), Yao Guangxiao's Tomb Pagoda 姚广孝墓塔 (under 10 km), Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture 中国园林博物馆 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)