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The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully

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The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully (Fourth Batch Provincial-Level Protected Site) Era: Ming Dynasty Location: Hujia Gully Village, Caijiaya Township, Xing County The pagoda is a seven-story, octagonal, solid brick-carved structure with a total height of 12 meters. The base consists of three stone tiers, standing 1.1 meters high with a circumference of 10.4 meters; the lower four stories of the pagoda body are built of brick, and each story’s eaves feature imitation wooden-brick carved brackets and arches...</a></li></ul></div><hr size=1><table id=tjtable cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' ><tr><td valign=top width=126 id=bright><a href=/landscape/38/sibalieshixunnanchu.html ><img src=http://h.bytravel.cn/wap/38/heads/38139.gif border=0 width=120 height=80 vspace=2 hspace=2 alt="“August 4th” Martyrs’ Martyrdom Site"></a></td><td valign=top><ul id=titlename><li><a href=/landscape/38/sibalieshixunnanchu.html class=b16 >“August 4th” Martyrs’ Martyrdom Site<span style="padding:0 0 0 5px"><img src=/images/wens.png align="absmiddle" alt="Provincial-Level Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit"><img src=/images/reds.png align="absmiddle" >></span>

The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully

The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully

The Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully (Fourth Batch Provincial-Level Protected Site)

Era: Ming Dynasty

Location: Hujia Gully Village, Caijiaya Township, Xing County

The pagoda is a seven-story, octagonal, solid brick-carved structure, with a total height of 12 meters. The base has three stone tiers, is 1.1 meters high, and has a circumference of 10.4 meters; the lower four stories of the pagoda body are made of brick. Each story’s eaves feature imitation wooden-brick carved brackets and arches, as well as small animal ornaments and Buddha statues. The top of the pagoda gradually contracts into an eight-trigram shape, and the finial is built in corbelled form, standing about 1 meter tall.

On October 7, 2019, the Brick Pagoda of Hujia Gully was included in the eighth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units

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