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Daodejing Pillar at Longxing Daoist Temple 龙兴观道德经幢Lóngxīng Guàn Dàodéjīng Chuáng
National heritage site · Baoding, Hebei
- Time needed
- Under an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baoding
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Daodejing Pillar at Longxing Daoist Temple
A Tang-dynasty octagonal stone pillar about 6 metres high, raised in 738 and carved with the Daodejing together with Emperor Xuanzong's commentary. It stands in the built-up part of Yi County town under a protective pavilion built in 2001, and is all that remains of the Longxing Daoist temple apart from three steles. Some scholars attribute the calligraphy to the Tang calligrapher Su Lingzhi.
How to get to Daodejing Pillar at Longxing Daoist Temple
In the built-up area of Yi County town, about 700 m south of the town's centre point, so a short walk or taxi ride from anywhere in town.
Nearby
- Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site 周口店北京人遗址 50 km
Limestone caves on Dragon Bone Hill where the fossils of Peking Man were found
Also within 20 km: Shengtayuan Pagoda 圣塔院塔 (under 10 km), Western Qing Tombs 清西陵 (10 km), Yicihui Stone Pillar 义慈惠石柱 (20 km), Flower Pagoda of Qinghua Temple 庆化寺花塔 (20 km), Xigang Pagoda 西岗塔 (20 km).
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