Youyan Temple Pagoda

Youyan Temple Pagoda

Youyan Temple Pagoda is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

Youyan Temple Pagoda

The original complex had an eastern and a western pagoda, first constructed in the third year of the Yuanfeng era of the Northern Song Dynasty (1080), which collapsed in the sixth year of the Qingyuan era of the Southern Song Dynasty (1200), and were reconstructed in the fourth year of the Jiatai era (1204). The western pagoda fell in 1932. The remaining eastern pagoda is a stone structure in the pavilion style, featuring eight sides and nine levels, solid throughout, crowned with a finial, and reaches a total height of 13.5 meters. Its base is an octagonal platform with a carved muscular figure on each of the eight sides, and bears an inscription: “The pagoda was completed in the Gengshen year of Yuanfeng, collapsed in the Gengshen year of Qingyuan, and after five years, was rebuilt through fundraising led by the abbot in the second month of the Jiayin year of Jiatai.” Each level of the pagoda body features relief carvings of Buddhas with varying expressions, vivid and lifelike, though unfortunately many have been stolen or damaged.

Heting Town: Located in the eastern part of Gutian County, Fujian Province, Heting Town borders Jiaocheng District of Ningde as well as Pingnan, Minhou, and Luoyuan counties. The town has 23 administrative villages, 105 natural villages, covers an area of 220 square kilometers, and has a population of 38,400. It serves as a commercial trade hub and the economic and cultural center of eastern Gutian, often referred to as the “Little Suzhou-Hangzhou” of Gutian.

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