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2. Small Wild Goose Pagoda - Wikipedia

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   The Small Wild Goose Pagoda was built between 707–709, during the Tang dynasty under Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (r 705–710). The pagoda stood 45 metres (148 ft) until the 1556 Shaanxi earthquake. The earthquake shook the pagoda and damaged it so that it now stands at a height of 43 metres (141 ft) with fifteen levels of tiers. [2]

3. Pagoda - Wikipedia

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   Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but sometimes Taoist, and were often located in or near viharas. The pagoda traces its origins to the stupa, while its design was developed in ancient India. [1] Chinese pagodas (Chinese: 塔; pinyin: Tǎ) are a traditional part of Chinese architecture. In addition to ...

4. Xi Zi Pagoda - Wikipedia

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   The Xi Zi Pagoda (惜字塔, Xizi Ta) is a paper burning incinerator constructed in the shape of a small pagoda. In Taiwan, it is commonly referred to as Sheng Ji Ting (圣迹亭) or Xi Zi Ting (惜字亭), in Hakka regions as Jing Zi Ting (敬字亭), and in Ryukyu as Funjirū (Ryukyu language: 焚字炉 （ フンジルー ）).

5. Garden of the Gods - Wikipedia

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   Garden of the Gods (Arapaho: Ho3o’uu Niitko’usi’i) is a 1,341.3-acre (542.8 ha) public park located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. [ 1 ] 862 acres (349 ha) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.

6. Kaiyuan Temple (Quanzhou) - Wikipedia

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   Zhenguo Pagoda (镇国塔) or the Tower of Safeguarding the Nation, is a five-storey wooden pagoda first built in 865 in the Tang dynasty (618–907). It is the East pagoda to its West twin pagoda Renshou. [11] But it was destroyed and rebuilt into stone pagoda in 1238 in the Song dynasty (960–1276). The 48.24-metre (158.3 ft) pagoda was ...

7. Japanese pagoda - Wikipedia

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   Extant wood pagodas with more than two stories have almost always either three stories (and are therefore called sanjū-no-tō (三重塔, lit. three-storeyed pagoda)) or five (and are called gojū-no-tō (五重塔, lit. five-storeyed pagoda). Stone pagodas are nearly always small, usually well below 3 metres, and as a rule offer no usable space.