应县木塔

應縣木塔

Yìngxiànmùtǎ

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Meanings

1 the Wooden Pagoda of Ying County (Fogong Temple Pagoda, in Shanxi, built 1056 CE during the Liao dynasty)

Characters

Ying (place name; lit. 'to respond')

Examples

应县木塔是世界上最古老最高的木结构塔。

Yìngxiànmùtǎ shì shìjiè shàng zuì gǔlǎo zuì gāo de mù jiégòu tǎ.

The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is the oldest and tallest wooden pagoda in the world.

他专程去山西参观应县木塔。

Tā zhuānchéng qù Shānxī cānguān Yìngxiànmùtǎ.

He made a special trip to Shanxi to visit the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda.

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history

Officially the 佛宫寺释迦塔 (Fógōngsì Shìjiā Tǎ) of Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi. Built in 1056 under the Liao dynasty, it stands 67.31 m tall — the world's oldest and tallest fully wooden pagoda still standing. Famously, the entire structure uses interlocking dougong (斗拱) brackets and not a single nail.

Stroke Order

应 yīng

县 xiàn

木 mù

塔 tǎ