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The pagoda stands on a 4 m (13 ft) tall stone platform, has a 10 m (33 ft) tall steeple, and reaches a total height of 67.31 m (220.83 ft) tall; it is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing in China.
Fogong Temple Shijia Pagoda (Yingxian Wooden Pagoda) Fogong si Shijia ta 佛宫寺释迦塔 (Yingxian muta 应县木塔) 39°33′55″N 113°10′55″E / 39.56527778°N 113.18194444°E / 39.56527778; 113.18194444 Ying County 应县
Ying County or Yingxian (simplified Chinese: 应县; traditional Chinese: 應縣; pinyin: Yìng Xiàn) is a county in the north of Shanxi province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou .
It is the largest architecture in China built during the Liao and Jin dynasties. The Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shuozhou, also known as "Yingxian Muta" was built in 1056 during the Liao dynasty. It has survived several large earthquakes throughout the centuries. It is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing ...
Shuozhou is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest. It is situated along the upper reaches of the Fen River . The prefecture as a whole has an area of about 10,662 km 2 (4,117 sq mi) and, in 2010 , a population of about 1.71 million.
The ensemble includes various temples, pagodas, and academies dating back as far as the Han Dynasty. Among these, the Shaolin Temple, often credited as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and Shaolin martial arts. Other notable components include the Songyue Pagoda, one of the oldest brick pagodas in China, and the Observatory of Dengfeng.1305
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The present-day pagoda dates from 1563 during the Ming dynasty. According to local legend, the designer of the pagoda hid two golden frogs somewhere inside the pagoda. It is popular for visitors to use rocks to knock against the walls in search of hollows where the frogs may be hidden.