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Chaoyang North Tower 朝阳北塔Cháoyáng Běitǎ
National heritage site · Chaoyang, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 1-2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chaoyang
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Chaoyang North Tower
Chaoyang North Tower is a 42.6 m square brick pagoda with thirteen tiers of dense eaves, built up over several dynasties on the palace site of the Yan-state capital Longcheng, which is why it is nicknamed the 'Five Ages Pagoda'. Its walls carry relief carvings of seated Buddhas, bodhisattvas and flying apsaras, and the adjoining North Tower Museum displays finds from the pagoda's underground and upper chambers. Xinhua reported that in 2026 the tower was opened for climbing, with limited numbers, on some festival days.
How to get to Chaoyang North Tower
At the north end of Murong Street in central Chaoyang, about 700 m north of the South Tower. The North Tower Museum is closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Youshun Temple 佑顺寺 (under 10 km), Chaoyang South Pagoda 朝阳南塔 (under 10 km), Fossil Valley, Chaoyang 朝阳化石谷 (under 10 km), Phoenix Mountain, Chaoyang 朝阳凤凰山 (under 10 km), Chaoyang Bird Fossil National Geopark 朝阳鸟化石国家地质公园 (under 10 km).
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