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The Iron Pagoda (Chinese: 鐵塔) of Youguo Temple (佑國寺), Kaifeng City, Henan province, is a Chinese pagoda built in 1049. The pagoda is so-named not because it is made of iron, but because its color resembles that of iron. It is a brick pagoda tower built on the location of a previous wooden one that had been burnt down by lightning fire in
Youguo Temple (Chinese: 佑國寺) is a Buddhist monastery complex located northeast of Kaifeng, in Henan province, China. It was built during the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE). The design features the Iron Pagoda towering in the center of the complex, in a style that flourished in Chinese Buddhist temple architecture through the 11th century. [1]
The Iron Pagoda of Youguo Temple in Kaifeng earned its name from the iron-grey color of the glazed bricks forming the tower. Originally built of wood by the architect Yu Hao, it was struck by lightning and burned down in 1044, during the Northern Song period. In 1049 the pagoda was rebuilt as it appears today, under the order of Emperor Renzong ...
Baolun Temple Pagoda: Baolun si ta 宝轮寺塔: Sanmenxia 三门峡市 5-338 Shanxi-Shaanxi-Gansu Guild Hall: Shan Shaan Gan huiguan 山陕甘会馆: Kaifeng 开封市 5-339 Residence of Kang Baiwan: Kang Baiwan zhuangyuan 康百万庄园: Gongyi 巩义市 5-340 Tianning Temple Sansheng Pagoda: Tianning si sansheng ta 天宁寺三圣塔 ...
The historian Jacques Gernet provides a lively picture of life in this period in his Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276, which often draws on Dongjing Meng Hua Lu, a nostalgic memoir of the city of Kaifeng. [12] In 1049, the Youguosi Pagoda (佑國寺塔) – or Iron Pagoda as it is called today – was constructed ...
Youguo Temple Iron Pagoda: Northern Song: Kaifeng City, Henan Province 70: 1-0070-3-023: Kaiyuan Temple Liaodi Pagoda: Northern Song: Ding County, Hebei Province 71: 1-0071-3-024: Pagoda of Fogong Temple: Liao: Ying County, Shanxi Province 72: 1-0072-3-025: Liuhe Pagoda: Southern Song: Hangzhou, Zhejiang 73: 1-0073-3-026: Guanghui Temple Hua ...
In 989, his architectural design and structural engineering work culminated in the construction of the Kai-Bao Pagoda, a wooden Chinese pagoda of medieval Kaifeng (the Northern Song's capital city). [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The pagoda was lost in a 1040 lightning conflagration, while the now-famous Iron Pagoda of Kaifeng was rebuilt on the same spot in 1049 ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Kaifeng" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Iron Pagoda; K. Kaifeng North railway station;