Jiachen Lane Brick Pagoda 甲辰巷砖塔Jiǎchén Xiàng Zhuān Tǎ

About Jiachen Lane Brick Pagoda

A miniature five-storey, eight-sided brick pagoda that imitates a timber pagoda in the details of its eaves, brackets, doors and windows. Long thought to be Song, since it appears on the city map of 1229, it has bricks that tests date to the late Tang or Five Dynasties; it is the last of the small brick pagodas once recorded in the old city. Hemmed in by houses until 1993, it now stands in a small courtyard of its own.

How to get to Jiachen Lane Brick Pagoda

At the south end of Jiachen Lane off Ganjiang East Road, near Xiangmen gate in the east of Suzhou's old city, about 500 m from the Twin Pagodas.

Nearby

• Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林 under 10 km
  Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
• Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇 30 km
  Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls

Also within 20 km: Twin Pagodas (Luohan Temple) 罗汉院双塔 (under 10 km), Quanjin Guild Hall (China Kunqu Opera Museum) 全晋会馆 (under 10 km), Pingjiang Road Historic District 平江历史街区 (under 10 km), Old Campus of Soochow University 东吴大学旧址 (under 10 km), Pan Family Mansion (Ligeng Hall) 卫道观前潘宅 (under 10 km), Couple's Retreat Garden 耦园 (under 10 km).

On the map

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)