The Xingguo Temple Pagoda was originally constructed during the Taiping Xingguo period of the Northern Song Dynasty, serving as a seven-story stupa for the Taiping Xingguo Teaching Temple, commonly known as ‘Xingguo Temple Pagoda’. Despite the rise and fall of the Xingguo Temple, the ancient pagoda still stands, with a history of a thousand years. It stands majestically within the grounds of the former Xingguo Teaching Temple, a historical testament and unique symbol of the ancient city of Jiangyin.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the government took measures to protect this significant ancient architectural structure, carrying out several repairs and reinforcements to the pagoda’s base and body. In 1982, it was listed as a county-level cultural relic protection unit. Under the guidance of experts from the Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee, a comprehensive renovation was funded with more than 300,000 yuan from July 1985 to December 1986.
The current pagoda stands at 8 levels, with a height of 42.22 meters, leaning 0.25 meters to the northeast, and the top is 18 degrees off to the north. The base diameter is 10.70 meters, with each side measuring 4.54 meters. The seventh level of the pagoda has an octagonal inner wall with remnants of the northwest, southwest, and west sides, while the eighth level only has a solitary, approximately 2-meter high, remaining wall. The pagoda is open all year round, accessible 24/7.
Xingguo Temple Pagoda
The Xingguo Temple Pagoda was originally constructed during the Taiping Xingguo period of the Northern Song Dynasty, serving as a […]
