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Sanying Pagoda 三影塔Sānyǐng Tǎ
National heritage site · Shaoguan, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoguan
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Sanying Pagoda
Completed in 1009 under the Northern Song, this hexagonal brick pagoda in central Nanxiong rises nine storeys outside, with hidden levels between them inside, and is crowned by an iron finial. Its name, 'Three Shadows', comes from a legend that it cast three shadows, two of them upside down; it is also called Yanxiang Temple Pagoda after the vanished temple beside it.
How to get to Sanying Pagoda
On Yongkang Road in the centre of Nanxiong city, about an hour and a half by road north-east of Shaoguan.
Nearby
- Mount Danxia 丹霞山 60 km
Red sandstone cliffs and flat-topped peaks that gave the 'Danxia' landform its name
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