Iron pagoda of Chongjue Temple
The iron pagoda of the Chongjue Temple ( Chinese 崇 觉 寺 铁塔 , Pinyin Chóngjué sì tiětǎ , English Iron Tower at Chongjue Temple ) in the city of Jining in the east Chinese province of Shandong dates from the time of the Northern Song Dynasty .
The Chongjue Temple ( Chóngjué sì崇 觉 寺) was founded in the 1st year of the Northern Qi Dynasty (560), in the 4th year of the Chongning Era (1105) of the Northern Song Dynasty , the iron pagoda was built and the temple changed the name to Iron Pagoda Temple ( Tiětǎ sì铁塔 寺).
The cast iron octagonal body of the iron pagoda has nine storeys and two brick storeys at its base; H. the structure comprises a total of eleven storeys. Its total height is 23.8 m; the structure resembles a wooden pagoda in the style of a tower.
Originally the pagoda had only seven upper floors, two were added in 1581 during renovations during the Ming Dynasty .
The pagoda is now on the site of the Jining City Museum .
The iron pagoda of Chongjue Temple ( Chongjue si tieta ) has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-146) since 1988 .
Web links
- Iron Pagoda at Chongjue Temple in Ji'ning of Shandong Province - English
- Shandong Jining Chongjue si tieta - Chinese (14 Photos)
Footnotes
- ↑ Jining shi bowuguan
Coordinates: 35 ° 24 ′ 38.7 " N , 116 ° 34 ′ 35.5" E