North Temple Tower
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Ancient PagodasHistorical SitesHistorical Architectures
No.652 Renmin Road, Suzhou, China
Description
The North Temple Pagoda is 76 meters high, with nine octagonal floors and crowns the south of the Yangtze River. Originally, it could overlook the scenery of the whole city from the top of the mountain, but the scenic spot is currently being renovated and cannot be visited inside. Around the pagoda, there are still some buildings of Baoen Temple reconstructed in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Beisi Pagoda is a pagoda-style pagoda in China. It was built in the Three Kingdoms. In the east of the tower, there is the Budanchen Guanyin Hall and the Nanmu Guanyin Hall, which was built in the 23rd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a long corridor in the south of the Guanyin Hall, which displays the largest giant lacquer sculpture "Prosperity Breeding Map" in China, also known as "Suzhou Prosperity Map", 32 meters long and 2 meters high. Behind the tower is a rare Yuan Dynasty stone sculpture "Zhang Shicheng Ji". Gongbei". There are bronze Buddha Hall and Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in the north of the tower. The bronze Buddha Hall was once used for bronze casting of the third Buddha. It was built with a single eaves and a hard mountain. It is a pavilion style with double eaves and Xieshan Mountains.