[2025 Zhengding Attraction] Travel Guide for Chengling Pagoda of Linji Temple (Updated Feb)
3.5
4.5/5
리뷰 44개
Historic buildings
Chengling Pagoda of Linji Temple is located in Linji Temple on the east side of Shengmin Street, Zhengding County. It is commonly known as Qing Pagoda and Mantle Pagoda. The building is a brick octagonal nine-level dense eaves solid tower. Jin Dading twenty-five years (1185) overhaul. The status quo maintains the appearance form after the overhaul of the Jin Dynasty. The Chengling Pagoda is 30.47 meters high and the plane is octagonal. It is a solid brick tower. The base of the tower is very broad, 1.3 meters high and about 5.3 meters long. It is a double Xumi seat. The Chengling Pagoda of Linji Temple is a typical Jin Dynasty pagoda building, and the brick carving patterns of the pagoda body are very rich.
Address:
Zhengding, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hours
Phone:
0311-88022104
Ticket Price
Free entry
There is a small green tower in Linji Temple.
When visiting the ancient city of Zhengding, you must see the four ancient towers. My personal favorite is a small green tower.
During the Song and Jin Dynasties, there were frequent wars in the Zhengding area. Linji Temple, where the small green tower is located, was destroyed by war, and only the tower remained, standing alone among the rubble. During the Dading period of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Shizong of Jin ordered the tower to be moved and rebuilt, and named it Chengling Tower.
From a distance, the tower looks green, so it is commonly known as the Green Tower. It is a dense-eave tower with a brick imitation wood structure.
In the Tang Dynasty, Master Yixuan founded the Linji School of Buddhism in Zhengding, which became one of the important schools of Chinese Buddhism. Since then, it has become the birthplace of the Linji School. It was introduced to Japan in the Song Dynasty, and to this day, Japanese monks and believers still come to worship.
🎖️Protection level: Fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units
🕰️Opening hours: Monday to Sunday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
💰Ticket price: Free
ShadowDancerInfinity
Zhengding Ancient City Tour (II) / Linji Temple Chengling Pagoda
🎯👉 When visiting Zhengding Ancient City, the 'Four Pagodas' are a must-see. Starting from the south gate of the ancient city, after visiting the first stop, Guanghui Temple Huata, you can take a battery car or walk through the heart-shaped tree lawn to the second stop, Linji Temple Chengling Pagoda.
🎯👉 Chengling Pagoda is the stupa of Yixuan, the founder of the Linji Sect. It was built during the Tang Dynasty and is an octagonal nine-story dense eave pagoda, 30.47 meters high. The ancient pagoda is tall and elegant, with gorgeous decorations. Mr. Liang Sicheng praised it as 'clear and beautiful, the best among pagodas'. In 2001, Chengling Pagoda was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit.
🎟🎟 No admission ticket is required. You can enter directly from the side door, but you cannot climb the pagoda; it is very close to Yanghe Tower, so you can visit them together.