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Twin Pagoda Temple 永祚寺Yǒngzuò Sì
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Twin Pagoda Temple
Yongzuo Temple, popularly called the Twin Pagoda Temple, is a Ming-dynasty Buddhist complex in the south-east of Taiyuan whose two octagonal brick pagodas, each of 13 storeys and more than 50 m high, were built between the 1590s and 1612 and appear on the city's emblem. The grounds also hold a brick beamless main hall, a gallery of about 260 steles and peonies that include Ming-dynasty plants. One of the pagodas can be climbed for a view over the city.
How to get to Twin Pagoda Temple
In Haozhuang village, about 5 km south-east of central Taiyuan.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Xu Xianxiu Tomb and Northern Qi Fresco Museum 徐显秀墓 (under 10 km), Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall) 山西大学堂旧址 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Confucian Temple 太原文庙 (under 10 km), Chongshan Temple 崇善寺 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km).
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