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Tao Te Ching Pillar, Xingtai 道德经幢Dàodéjīng Chuáng
National heritage site · Xingtai, Hebei
- Time needed
- 20 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xingtai
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tao Te Ching Pillar, Xingtai
An eight-sided stone pillar 6.89 metres tall, carved with the text of the Tao Te Ching and the Tang emperor Xuanzong's commentary on it. It was set up in 739 by the prefect of Xingzhou at the Longxing Daoist temple, was blown apart during the Cultural Revolution, and was raised again in 1990 with a newly carved middle section. It now stands in Qingfeng Garden behind Qingfeng Tower.
How to get to Tao Te Ching Pillar, Xingtai
In the garden directly behind Qingfeng Tower in central Xingtai, about 50 m west of the tower.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Qingfeng Tower, Xingtai 清风楼 (under 10 km), Tianning Temple, Xingtai 天宁寺 (under 10 km), Kaiyuan Temple, Xingtai 邢台开元寺 (under 10 km), Delong Steel Culture Park 德龙钢铁文化园 (under 10 km), Song Jing Stele 宋璟碑 (10 km), Nanjia Village Stone Pagoda 南贾乡石塔 (20 km).
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