Feiying Pagoda

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Feiying Pagoda

The Feiying Pagoda ( Chinese  飞 英 塔 , Pinyin Fēiyīng tǎ ) is a Buddhist pagoda in Huzhou in the Chinese province of Zhejiang .

The stone pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907) for the restoration of Buddha relics and Buddhist sculptures. During the Southern Song Dynasty, a new wooden pagoda was built to protect the stone pagoda inside. The seven-storey octagonal pagoda on the outside is approx. 55 m high, the inner one is 15 m high and has five floors.

The Feiying Pagoda has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3-148) since 1988 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/zhejiang/huzhou/

Coordinates: 30 ° 52 ′ 30 ″  N , 120 ° 6 ′ 5.8 ″  E