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Wentong Pagoda 文通塔Wéntōng Tǎ
National heritage site · Huai'an, Jiangsu
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Huai'an
- Region
- Jiangsu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Wentong Pagoda
An octagonal seven-storey brick pagoda, 23 m tall with yellow walls and dark eaves, in Shaohu Park in the north-west corner of Huai'an's old city beside the canal. It was founded in 708 as the 13-storey Zunsheng Pagoda, renamed after the neighbouring Wentong Temple when rebuilt in 1629, and cut down to two storeys by the Tancheng earthquake of 1668, after which it was rebuilt with only seven; the national heritage list dates the present structure to the Song. The lakeside park makes a pleasant stop between the old town and Hexia.
How to get to Wentong Pagoda
In Shaohu Park off Ximen Street in the north-west of the old city of Huai'an District, about 15 km south-east of central Qingjiangpu; city bus or taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Zhou Enlai's Hometown: Former Residence and Memorial Hall 周恩来故里 (under 10 km), China Water Transport (Caoyun) Museum 中国漕运博物馆 (under 10 km), Huai'an Prefectural Yamen 淮安府署 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Wu Cheng'en 吴承恩故居 (under 10 km), Former Site of the CPC Central China Sub-bureau 中共中央华中分局旧址 (under 10 km), Ancient Huai River Culture and Ecology Scenic Area 古淮河文化生态景区 (10 km).
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