Songyue Temple Pagoda

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Songyue Temple Pagoda

The Pagoda of the Songyue Temple ( Chinese  嵩岳 寺塔 , Pinyin Sōngyuè sì tǎ ) is a Buddhist pagoda in Song Shan in the area of ​​the city of Dengfeng in the Chinese province of Henan . It dates from the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty . It is the earliest Miyan-style brick pagoda ( miyan shi zhuanta ) with numerous eaves arranged close together on a tall tower. The forty-meter-high, twelve-sided pagoda has fifteen eaves.

The Songyue Temple Pagoda has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-61) since 1961 .

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  1. http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/chinaheute/g2003/g2003n9/9k1.htm

Coordinates: 34 ° 30 ′ 5.8 "  N , 113 ° 0 ′ 57.3"  E