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Yunyan Pagoda 允燕塔Yǔnyàn Tǎ
National heritage site · Dehong, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dehong
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yunyan Pagoda
A Dai Buddhist stupa complex on Yunyan hill at the edge of Yingjiang county town, commissioned in 1946 by the local chieftain Si Hongsheng and finished only in 1955–56 after delays caused by epidemic and war. A white, gold-tipped central stupa about 20 metres tall rises from a five-tiered square base about 19 metres wide, ringed by 44 smaller stupas.
How to get to Yunyan Pagoda
About 2 km from the centre of Yingjiang county town, which is roughly 2 hours by road from Mangshi or Tengchong.
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