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Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengding 开元寺Kāiyuán Sì
National heritage site · Shijiazhuang, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shijiazhuang
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengding
The surviving part of a temple founded in 540 in the old town of Zhengding, with the square nine-tier Xumi Pagoda, about 42.5 m high and begun in 636, facing a two-storey bell tower across the former courtyard. Local heritage authorities describe the bell tower as the only Tang-dynasty bell tower still standing, and the carved stone columns of the gate tower, dated to 692, were re-erected in 2008. An excavation south of the temple, showing seven periods of layered remains, can be seen through a glass wall.
How to get to Kaiyuan Temple, Zhengding
In the old town of Zhengding, about 12 km north-north-east of central Shijiazhuang.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Liang Ancestral Hall, Zhengding 正定梁氏宗祠 (under 10 km), Stele of the Prince of Qinghe (Li Baochen Stele) 大唐清河郡王纪功载政之颂碑 (under 10 km), Zhengding Prefectural Confucian Temple 正定府文庙 (under 10 km), Lingxiao Pagoda 凌霄塔 (under 10 km), Zhengding County Confucian Temple 正定县文庙 (under 10 km), Chengling Pagoda, Linji Temple 临济寺澄灵塔 (under 10 km).
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