Pagoda of Yunlong Temple, Brick pagoda in Angang Village, Renhua County, China
The Pagoda of Yunlong Temple is a solid brick tower of five storeys with flat intermediate platforms (pingzuo), rising 13 metres from a square plan. It was built between the Qianning and Guanghua eras of the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming dynasty. It stands in Angang Village, Dongtang Town, Renhua County, Shaoguan, Guangdong.
The temple was originally called Xishan Temple and was renamed Yunlong Temple in the Qing dynasty. The pagoda was built between the Qianning and Guanghua eras of the Tang dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming dynasty. In 1988 it was listed in the third batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.
The name Yunlong Temple was adopted in the Qing Dynasty; the site was originally called Xishan Temple. The pagoda is a solid brick structure, so there is no interior to enter, and the building is viewed from the outside. It stands in Angang Village, Dongtang Town, within Renhua County, Shaoguan.
The pagoda stands in Angang Village, Dongtang Town, Renhua County, Shaoguan, Guangdong. It is a solid brick tower 13 m tall with a square plan and five storeys on flat platforms, so there is no interior to enter; the structure is viewed from outside. The site is a national key cultural relic protection unit, designated in 1988.
The pagoda is a solid brick tower, so it has no interior chamber or stairway to climb. Its five storeys rise only 13 metres, and the structure was rebuilt in the Ming dynasty, centuries after its Tang-era construction between the Qianning and Guanghua reigns.
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