Pagodas of Lingjiu Temple, Stone pagodas in Liandu District, China.
The Pagodas of Lingjiu Temple are multi-tiered stone structures in Liandu District featuring traditional Chinese Buddhist architectural elements on their exterior. Each level displays crafted details and decorative patterns that form part of the overall monument.
The pagodas originally stood at Lingjiu Temple on Lingjiu Mountain east of Lishui, from which their name comes. Seven were built to represent the seven Buddhas; four survive, three dated to 1216 and one to 1218, under the Southern Song. In the 1950s they were moved to Qianxi Mountain in Yunhe County, and in the 1980s returned to Lishui at the southwest foot of Wanxiang Mountain. They became a Zhejiang provincial protected site in December 1989 and a national one in October 2019.
The pagodas were originally seven, one for each of the seven Buddhas of the past, a set that gave the group its meaning; only four survive today. The name comes from Lingjiu Temple on Lingjiu Mountain east of Lishui, where they first stood. The single 1218 pagoda differs from the three dated 1216.
The four pagodas stand together at the southwest foot of Wanxiang Mountain inside Lishui's urban area, in Liandu District, so they are reached on foot from the city centre rather than by a mountain trail. They were moved here from Yunhe County in the 1980s and set on open ground, which makes them easy to view at close range.
The group originally had seven pagodas standing for the seven Buddhas; only four survive, one dated to 1218 and the rest to 1216. They were moved twice: in the 1950s to Qianxi Mountain in Yunhe County, and in the 1980s back to Lishui, at the southwest foot of Wanxiang Mountain.
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