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Gongchen Pagoda 功臣塔Gōngchén Tǎ
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Gongchen Pagoda
A five-storey square brick pagoda about 25 m tall on Gongchen Hill in the centre of Lin'an, built in 915 by Qian Liu, founder of the Wuyue kingdom, who was born at the foot of the hill. Its timber eaves have long gone, leaving a brick shell with doorways and niches on every face, and the site of the Gongchen Temple founded at the same time is part of the same listing.
How to get to Gongchen Pagoda
In the town centre of Lin'an, about 3 km east of Lin'an Square station on Metro Line 16, which links Lin'an with Hangzhou.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 40 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 40 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Tomb of Qian Liu (Wuyue Royal Mausoleums) 钱王陵 (under 10 km), Qingshan Lake 青山湖 (under 10 km), Stone Pagoda of Puqing Temple 普庆寺石塔 (10 km), Jingshan & Jingshan Temple 径山 (20 km).
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