East Pagoda In The Kaiyuan Temple

Quanzhou, Fujian, China

This is the beginning and attempt of China's shift from wooden pagoda to stone pagoda, breaking through the construction process of using stone as wood, retaining the sturdiness of stone, but also taking over the beauty and force system of wood.

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Significance

Zhenguo Pagoda, built in the Tang Dynasty, was a wooden structure in the early days, and was changed to a stone structure in the Song Dynasty.

Address: Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Ownership: Public
Current Function/Use: Functional
Areas Of Significance: Historic, Religion

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