Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The Greater and Lesser Wild Goose Pagodas

The Greater and Lesser Wild Goose Pagodas were built in 652 or around the Yonghui reign of the Tang Emperor. The square, the pyramid-shaped pagoda is 64.1 meters high in seven layers and built with gray bricks. It is considered as the masterpiece of Buddhist architecture. Close eaves the pagoda gets smaller gradually from the bottom to the top.

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