Liaodi Pagoda

Liaodi Pagoda of the Kaiyuan Temple in Dingzhou

The Liaodi Pagoda ( Chinese  料敌 塔 , Pinyin Liàodí tǎ ) or pagoda of the Kaiyuan Temple in Ding County ( 定 县 开元 寺塔 , Dìngxiàn Kāiyuán sì tǎ ) is a pagoda in the Chinese city of Dingzhou (the former Dingzhou district or . "Dingxian") of Hebei Province . It is an octagonal, tower-style, eleven-story brick pagoda from the Northern Song Dynasty (1055 AD). With a height of 84 m, it is one of the tallest sacred buildings in China. The original Kaiyuan Temple no longer exists today.

The Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Ding County has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-70) since 1961 .

Web links

• Liaodi Pagoda at Kaiyuan Temple in Dingzhou of Hebei Province
• Liaodi Pagoda at Kaiyuan Temple

References and footnotes

1. ↑ The Chinese word liàodí indicates its earlier function as a watchtower.

Coordinates: 38 ° 30 ′ 36.9 ″  N , 114 ° 59 ′ 47.9 ″  E