[2025 Hohhot Attraction] Travel Guide for Ten Thousand Hwaomkyung Pagoda (White Pagoda) (Updated Mar)

Transportation: Bus 113 goes directly to the entrance, but there are few buses, about 30–60 minutes apart, CNY 5, about 40 minutes to get there. Features: Built in the Liao Shengzong period, rebuilt in the second year of Jin Dading, National Level 2 1. Fengdu Ancient City Museum, currently the Ten Thousand Huayan Sutra Pagoda and the museum are integrated, free to visit. You can visit several exhibition halls first to learn about the past and present of the ancient city and the White Pagoda, and then go out to the pagoda. 2. The shape of the White Pagoda is octagonal and seven-story, with a brick-wood mixed structure, a total height of 55.6 meters, and a corridor staircase inside the pagoda (there is a model in the museum), which can be climbed to the top of the pagoda. 3. Buddhist statues, the first to second floors of the pagoda are decorated with brick half-relief Bodhisattvas, warriors, Vajra... beautiful and lifelike, unfortunately, the first floor has been basically destroyed, and the double dragon winding of the corner pillars is also skillful. 4. Dougong, using a brick-wood mixed structure, there are also concave arches, related introductions in the museum. Note: 1. When turning the pagoda, be sure to do it clockwise, preferably a multiple of 3. 2. When taking pictures of the pagoda, you can keep a certain distance, and the small dirt pile around the pagoda is a good place to take pictures. If you use a mobile phone to take pictures, it is best to zoom in 5 or 10 times. 3. It is best to visit in the afternoon, the light is best at sunset, and if it is winter, migratory birds will fly over it. 4. There are two good stamps in the scenic area, which are extremely hidden at the registration place at the entrance. 5. There is no public storage machine in the scenic area, you can communicate with the staff to store your luggage for free. 6. If you have time, you can visit the site of the old White Pagoda railway station nearby, but there is no direct bus, you can take bus 113 and walk 2 kilometers to get there, pay attention to arrive at the scenic area before 16:30, and you can take bus 2 for only CNY 1 when you return.

✨🚉【Discover Hohhot Baita Train】 📸Today I will share with you a beautiful and historical train station - Hohhot Baita Railway Station. Hohhot Baita Railway Station was built in 1923. It is located in Luojiaying Village in front of Bayan Street, Saihan District, Hohhot City. It is a station on the Beijing-Baotou Railway. The name of the station comes from the nearby Baita. The former site of Baita Railway Station was decommissioned in 1977. In 2014, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2019, it was upgraded to a national key cultural relic protection unit. Since the new site near the old site was opened in 1977, as of 2021, Baita Station has been a second-class and freight station.

The Wanbu Huayan Jing Pagoda, commonly known as the "White Pagoda", was built during the reign of Emperor Shengzong of the Liao Dynasty (983-1031 AD) and was rebuilt in the second year of the Jin Dynasty (1162 AD). It is the only intact surface building left in the old city of Fengzhou, a second batch of national key cultural relics protection units, known for its reputation as "White Pagoda Soaring Light", one of the eight scenic spots in Hohhot, and Hohhot Baita Airport and Baita Railway Station are named after it. The pagoda is 55.5 meters high, with a base circumference of 56 meters, eight corners and seven levels, and a mixed structure of brick and wood, in the style of a pavilion. The details of the pagoda are quite exquisite! On the south side of the first floor is the pagoda door, with the seal script stone inscription "Wanbu Huayan Jing Pagoda" square, embedded in the lintel of the pagoda door, the four sides of the east, south, west, and north are the statues of the strong men, the strong men hold the vajra pestle, the muscles are prominently displayed, and the entire statue is powerful and robust. The second floor is the statue of Bodhisattva and Heavenly King, the Heavenly King is wearing armor, holding different magic weapons such as halberds and spears. From the third floor upwards, the outer walls of the pagoda body have square leaning columns on both sides of each stone door and window, and there are corner columns at each corner of the pagoda body, which support the universal arch and bracket set. Inside the pagoda, there is a spiral staircase walkway, as well as multiple layers of interlocking wooden beams. Inside each floor, there are a large number of inscriptions left by tourists from all ages, it is said that the content is varied, including Chinese, Khitan, Jurchen, Phags-pa, Mongolian, Tibetan, etc., as well as foreign languages such as ancient Syrian and ancient Persian, all of which are valuable historical materials of writing! In addition, it should be specially mentioned that in 1982, when the Wanbu Huayan Jing Pagoda became a national treasure, a ten-text "Zhongtong Yuanbao Exchange Note" was found during the maintenance, which is the earliest existing official printed and issued paper money in China (no physical objects of Song Dynasty paper money have been found in historical records). The engraving and printing time was the era of Kublai Khan in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1260 AD). Nowadays, the old city of Fengzhou Museum has been built here, which is open for free. The museum has collected many unearthed architectural structures and stone inscriptions, all reflecting the prosperity of Fengzhou at that time... This place is quite niche and there are few tourists, you can take your time to visit and taste carefully, the most regrettable thing is that the tower access has been closed, and it is impossible to enter the tower for a visit. Tour suggestions: Coming out of Hohhot Airport, you can visit the three national key cultural relics protection units in the order of Baita Railway Station, Wanbu Huayan Jing Pagoda, and the ruins of the old city of Fengzhou. The distance between these three points is a few kilometers, and it is very convenient if you have a car.