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Ornamental Pagoda [gujianwang.com] |
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- Location: Zhengding County, Hebei Province
Ornamental Pagoda (廣惠寺華塔) is located in the county town of Zhengding. The pagoda, also known as "Duobao Pagoda", was built during the Kin regime. It has the most spectacular form and most magnificent ornaments of its kind.
It is a three-story octagonal pagoda, 40.5 meters tall, entirely made of brick. The design of the pagoda is special: Attached to four corners of the octagonal first story are four small hexagonal single-story pagodas, serving as pedestals for the principal structure. There are arched doors on the front of the main pagoda as well as on the four small pagodas. The eaves on the big pagoda and the small ones all have brick brackets, whose structure is also different from that of brackets on most other traditional Chinese buildings. Sculptures of lions, tigers, elephants, and dragons as well as Buddhist images are arranged vertically all around the pagoda.
Travel Tips:
- Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Admission: 10 yuan
- How to get there: take bus No.201 from Shijiazhuang Railway Station to Zhengding Bus Station and then transfer to bus No.2 to Guanghui Temple;