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Pagoda of Master Minghui 明惠大师塔Mínghuì Dàshī Tǎ
National heritage site · Changzhi, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Changzhi
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Pagoda of Master Minghui
A six-metre stone pagoda in Hongni village, the burial pagoda of Master Minghui, abbot of the long-vanished Haihui Temple, who was killed in 877. A tablet on the pagoda is dated 932, under the Later Tang, and the square pagoda has a base, a body and a finial. The village around it stands on a cliff edge above a waterfall and is built largely of stone.
How to get to Pagoda of Master Minghui
It stands in Hongni village in Hongtiguan township, about 18 km east of Pingshun county town and close to the Tongtian Gorge scenic area.
Nearby
- Taihang Grand Canyon 太行山大峡谷 30 km
Sheer gorges in the Taihang Mountains, explored by boat, cliff path and cable car - Wanxian Mountain (Guoliang) 万仙山 60 km
A village that hand-cut a road through the cliff face
Also within 20 km: Tongtian Gorge 通天峡 (under 10 km), Tianji Mountain 天脊山 (under 10 km), Taihang Grand Canyon 太行大峡谷 (under 10 km), Xiayu Shrine, Pingshun 夏禹神祠 (10 km), Huilong Temple, Pingshun 回龙寺 (10 km), Chunhua Temple, Pingshun 淳化寺 (10 km).
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