Qiyansi Pagoda Cluster

　　Qiyansi Pagoda Cluster (Second Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)

　　Era: Tang to Ming

　　Address: Shangqiyansi Temple, Hanyang Town, Yongji City

　　According to the Puzhou Prefecture Records from the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty, Qiyansi Temple was originally named “Lingju Temple.” During the Jiande era of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (572–577) and the Renshou era of the Sui Dynasty (601–604), it was renamed “Qiyansi Temple.” Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty once donated a foreign tribute agate cup to the temple as an offering. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Qiyansi Temple was the most renowned among the temples along the Yellow River, consisting of an upper, middle, and lower temple. The middle and lower temples have been lost, but the grand pagoda complex of the upper temple still stands today.

　　There currently remains one circular solid stupas built during the Tang Dynasty's Tianbao era, one stone pagoda from the Later Tang Dynasty’s Tongguang era of the Five Dynasties, one 17-meter-high five-story dense-eave hexagonal reliquary pagoda from the Song Dynasty, two two-story hexagonal pagodas from the Yuan Dynasty, and 17 Buddhist stupas from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Except for the Song Dynasty pagoda located atop West Peak, the other pagodas are clustered within the East Lawn, forming a pagoda group that represents various dynasties.

　　In addition, there are over ten stelae from the Sui, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties.