Weekend Outdoors | Songshan Shaoshi Mountain and Taishi Mountain Day Tour
12-15 jin backpack/no walking stick
⛰️Shaoshi Mountain:
Start climbing and taking photos at Haohan Slope at 9:10, and arrive at Shaolin Cableway at 11:10 to return.
[Haohan Slope-Shaolin Temple 3.5h (including sightseeing)]
⛰️Taishi Mountain:
Start climbing and complaining at Fawang Temple at 14:15, arrive at Junji Peak at 15:45 to check in and rest, and descend the mountain at 16:05 and arrive at the square at the foot of the mountain at 16:55.
[Songyue Temple Pagoda-Junji Peak-Taishi Mountain Square 3.5h (including sightseeing)]
🦵Uphill route & duration:
Fawang Temple-Xiannv Peak-Junji Peak 1.5h
🦵Downhill route & duration:
Junji Peak-Sanhuangkou-Taishi Mountain Square 50mins
(Steep uphill and gentle downhill route)
Both mountains have many steps, take a car if possible.
Be sure to visit the Songyue Temple Pagoda and Fawang Temple Pagoda on Taishi Mountain.
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Henan | The oldest existing brick pagoda in China
❤Recommended reason:
Songyue Temple was originally built in the second year of Yongping of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty (509 AD) as the emperor's palace, and later converted into a Buddhist temple. In the first year of Zhengguang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (520 AD), it was renamed Xianju Temple, and in the first year of Renshou of the Sui Dynasty (601 AD), it was renamed Songyue Temple.
👍Most recommended:
The Songyue Temple Pagoda within Songyue Temple was built in the fourth year of Zhengguang of the Northern Wei Dynasty (523 AD), and is the oldest existing brick pagoda in China. It is also a unique example among ancient pagodas in the country, as well as the world's earliest cylindrical building, and is known as the 'First Pagoda of China'.
🌟Highlights:
On the list of cultural heritage buildings that the architectural master Liang Sicheng recommended to the central government for priority protection, the Songyue Temple Pagoda was marked with five circles, indicating the highest level of importance.
🌟Highlights:
The construction craftsmanship of the Songyue Temple Pagoda is extremely exquisite. The style of the pagoda has the influence of ancient Indian 'Gandhara art', making it a perfect testament to the exchange and integration of Chinese architectural art with that of the Western Regions.
The Songyue Temple Pagoda is one of the eight places and eleven items of the 'Center of Heaven and Earth' historical architectural complex in Dengfeng, a World Cultural Heritage site.
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Songyue Temple Pagoda (Songyue Pagoda)
Songyue Temple Pagoda (Songyue Pagoda), located in Songyue Temple at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, is a Buddhist pagoda from the Northern Wei Dynasty, built during the Zhengguang period of the Northern Wei Dynasty (520-525 AD).
Songyue Temple Pagoda is a 15-story brick pagoda with a dodecagonal plane and a total height of 37 meters. It consists of a base, a pagoda body, 15 layers of stacked brick eaves and a pagoda spire. The pagoda body is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part has a round door on each of the east, west, south, and north sides leading to the heart of the pagoda. The lower part is vertical, and the outer wall has no decoration. Above the pagoda body are 15 layers of stacked brick eaves, which are gradually inward from bottom to top, forming a soft parabola. The pagoda spire consists of a base, a lotus cover, a Sumeru seat, a lotus, a wheel, a treasure ball, etc., and there is an underground palace under the pagoda. Songyue Temple Pagoda is the earliest existing brick pagoda in China, reflecting the process of integration and innovation of Chinese and foreign architectural cultures. It has great value in structure, modeling, etc., and has a huge impact on later brick pagoda architecture.