Hui Long Temple Pagoda

Hui Long Temple Pagoda

Hui Long Temple Pagoda is a Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Hui Long Temple Pagoda is located in Xia Luo Tian Village, Luo Tian Village Committee, Hukou Town, Nanxiong City, Shaoguan.

Hui Long Temple Pagoda, also known as the Shang Luo Tian Pagoda of the Song Dynasty, is located in Luo Tian, Xinhu Village, Hukou Town, Nanxiong City, Shaoguan. It is currently a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

The pagoda was built during the Song Dynasty (though some claim it was built in the Ming Dynasty, which is considered a misjudgment). There used to be a Hui Long Temple to the north of the pagoda, which has long been destroyed. The pagoda has six sides and seven stories, but now only four stories remain, with a remaining height of either 11.8 meters or 16 meters, depending on the source.

Hui Long Temple Pagoda is located next to the Hui Long Temple in Xia Luo Tian Village, Hukou Town (the temple has long been destroyed). The pagoda was built during the Song Dynasty. It is a hexagonal, hollow brick pagoda designed in the style of a pavilion tower. Originally seven stories high, the upper three were destroyed in 1958, leaving only four stories. The remaining height is 16 meters.

Hui Long Temple Pagoda is located in Shang Luo Tian Village, Zhujixi Town, and was built during the Song Dynasty. There used to be a Hui Long Temple to the north of the pagoda, which has long been destroyed. The pagoda faces south, has a hexagonal plan, and is a hollow brick pagoda styled after pavilion towers. It originally had seven stories, but the fifth, sixth, and seventh stories have been destroyed, leaving only four. The remaining height is 11.8 meters. The base perimeter is 19.5 meters, with a diameter of 5.64 meters. The pagoda features brick-built brackets, columns, architraves, and purlins. The north and south sides of the ground floor and the fourth floor have real doorways, while the rest are false doors arranged in a straight line. Each level uses wedge-shaped bricks and eave-bricks that interlock to form the overhanging eaves, along with fake balconies. Originally, a wooden staircase inside the pagoda allowed visitors to climb up (the staircase has since been destroyed).

In 1997, it was listed as a Nanxiong City Cultural Relics Protection Unit. In 2012, it was designated as a Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the People’s Government of Guangdong Province.

Hukou Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Nanxiong City. Established as Hukou Township in 1956, it became Hongqi Commune in 1958, renamed Hukou Commune in 1961, upgraded to a district in 1980, and finally established as a town in 1986. Located in the central part of the county, it is 11 kilometers from the county seat. Covering an area of 72.7 square kilometers, it has a population of 34,000. Provincial Highway 1950 runs through the area. The town governs 14 administrative villages (village committees): Lihe, Sanjiao, Jita, Sanshui, Changshi, Xinhu, Xinjing, Shikeng, Mataishi, Kuangling, Gangwei, Hukou, Taihe, and Chengping. The main agricultural products are rice, flue-cured tobacco, peanuts, soybeans, and ginkgo; industries include building materials and food... For more details about Hukou Town++

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units