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Sutra Pillar of Longxing Temple 龙兴寺经幢Lóngxīng Sì Jīngchuáng
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Sutra Pillar of Longxing Temple
An octagonal stone sutra pillar about 5 m tall, carved in 837 under the Tang dynasty and the oldest surviving structure in central Hangzhou. Its shaft is inscribed with the Usnisa Vijaya Dharani Sutra and its base carved with strongmen, and since the temple around it was demolished in 1959 it has stood alone under a protective pavilion and glass on Yan'an Road.
How to get to Sutra Pillar of Longxing Temple
On the west side of Yan'an Road near Fengqi Road, next to Fengqi Road station on Metro Lines 1 and 2.
Nearby
- West Lake 西湖 under 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like - Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 under 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings
Also within 20 km: Baochu Pagoda 保俶塔 (under 10 km), West Lake Expo Museum 西湖博览会博物馆 (under 10 km), Former Zhejiang Xingye Bank Building 浙江兴业银行旧址 (under 10 km), Former Site of Qiushi Academy 求是书院旧址 (under 10 km), Phoenix Mosque 凤凰寺 (under 10 km), 1954 Constitution Drafting Site 五四宪法历史资料陈列馆 (under 10 km).
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