33:
213:
272:. Each side of the ground floor is about 6 meters (20 ft) long, and its nine stories reach 48.5 meters (159 ft) high. It formed part of Songjiang's Xingshengjiao Temple, originally established in 949 but now completely destroyed. Its
733:
336:
344:
684:
523:
244:. Originally built in the 11th century, it is the only structure remaining from the Xingshengjiao Temple, and is now enclosed in the
328:
teeth and seven relic beads were placed neatly nearby in two silver cases. The Buddha and the silver cases had been stored in a
507:
287:
In 1974 or 1975, a brick vault was discovered under the pagoda during renovations. It was the tomb of the 11th-century
648:
619:
595:
568:
339:
as one of the first reassertions of the importance of traditional
Chinese architecture after the ravages of the
723:
360:
109:
137:
248:. The 9-story pagoda is 48.5 meters (159 ft) tall, and it has become Songjiang's most famous landmark.
484:
306:—as was common of other masters during the Northern Song—had been placed within the hollow belly of the
335:
The Square Pagoda is the centerpiece of the modern city's Fangta Park, which was organized in 1980 by
728:
284:
and, more recently, in the mid- to late 1970s. In 1974, its first-floor staircase was restored.
669:
640:
630:
578:
554:
494:
478:
462:
303:
273:
332:
case, which had been placed in a larger stone one and then stored in an undecorated crypt.
8:
340:
329:
261:
318:
237:
644:
615:
591:
564:
321:
182:
79:
40:
324:
was 42 centimeters (17 in) long and more than 25 kilograms (55 lb). Two
634:
609:
582:
558:
411:
325:
32:
527:
511:
47:
386:
384:
382:
380:
257:
676:
717:
699:
686:
666:
The Grand
Documentation: Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture
377:
212:
281:
277:
189:
86:
432:
297:
294:
260:
was the largest city in the
Shanghai region, a prosperous stop on the
156:
153:
150:
147:
144:
128:
125:
122:
119:
116:
53:
50:
310:
265:
241:
412:"Pagoda at Xingshengjiao Temple in Songjiang County near Shanghai"
307:
288:
611:
Surviving
Nirvana: Death of the Buddha in Chinese Visual Culture
269:
233:
677:
Xingshengjiao Temple Pagoda, Architectura Sinica Site
Archive
314:
415:
351:
83-5) in 1996 and is now
Songjiang's most famous landmark.
636:
A Critical
History of Contemporary Architecture: 1960–2010
734:
Major
National Historical and Cultural Sites in Shanghai
194:
91:
631:"Architecture in China in the Reform Era: 1978–2010"
276:
style has not changed despite renovations under the
256:The pagoda was built between 1068 and 1077, when
715:
553:
508:"国务院关于公布第四批全国重点文物保护单位的通知 [4th Batch]"
390:
292:
142:
114:
45:
516:Major National Historical and Cultural Sites
577:
438:
31:
673:, a photograph of the pagoda in the 1930s
614:, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press,
524:State Administration of Cultural Heritage
211:
716:
454:
452:
450:
406:
404:
402:
345:Shanghai's nationally-protected sites
628:
607:
490:
474:
458:
447:
420:, China Internet Information Center
399:
13:
16:Buddhist pagoda in Shanghai, China
14:
745:
658:
547:
500:
468:
195:
143:
115:
92:
46:
1:
639:, Farnham: Ashgate, pp.
366:
371:
7:
590:, Paris: Petit Futé, 2012,
354:
230:Xingshengjiao Temple Pagoda
168:Xingshengjiao Temple Pagoda
104:Xingshengjiao Temple Pagoda
10:
750:
584:Shanghai et Ses Environs,
251:
293:
216:The Square Pagoda in 2010
206:
188:
181:
176:
172:
164:
136:
108:
103:
85:
78:
73:
69:
61:
39:
30:
26:
21:
110:Traditional Chinese
563:, Lonely Planet, 2009,
222:Songjiang Square Pagoda
138:Simplified Chinese
65:Songjiang Square Pagoda
22:Songjiang Square Pagoda
700:31.00639°N 121.24167°E
608:Lee, Sonya S. (2010),
526:, 1996, archived from
217:
724:11th century in China
215:
417:China through a Lens
361:Other Square Pagodas
315:object of veneration
705:31.00639; 121.24167
696: /
341:Cultural Revolution
236:in the old town of
196:Xīngshèngjiào Sì Tǎ
343:. It was added to
218:
228:, officially the
210:
209:
202:
201:
183:Standard Mandarin
99:
98:
93:Sōngjiāng Fāngtǎ
80:Standard Mandarin
741:
729:Pagodas in China
711:
710:
708:
707:
706:
701:
697:
694:
693:
692:
689:
672:
653:
629:Zhu Tao (2014),
624:
604:
600:
573:
542:
541:
537:
536:
535:
514:全国重点文物保护单位 [
504:
498:
488:
482:
472:
466:
456:
445:
436:
430:
428:
427:
425:
408:
397:
388:
350:
322:reclining Buddha
301:
300:
232:, is a Buddhist
226:Songjiang Fangta
198:
197:
174:
173:
160:
159:
132:
131:
95:
94:
71:
70:
57:
56:
35:
19:
18:
749:
748:
744:
743:
742:
740:
739:
738:
714:
713:
704:
702:
698:
695:
690:
687:
685:
683:
682:
664:
661:
651:
622:
602:
598:
579:"Pagode Carrée"
571:
550:
545:
539:
533:
531:
506:
505:
501:
489:
485:
473:
469:
457:
448:
437:
433:
423:
421:
410:
409:
400:
389:
378:
374:
369:
357:
348:
313:to serve as an
254:
165:Literal meaning
62:Literal meaning
17:
12:
11:
5:
747:
737:
736:
731:
726:
680:
679:
674:
660:
659:External links
657:
656:
655:
649:
626:
620:
605:
596:
575:
569:
549:
546:
544:
543:
499:
483:
467:
446:
431:
398:
375:
373:
370:
368:
365:
364:
363:
356:
353:
253:
250:
208:
207:
204:
203:
200:
199:
192:
186:
185:
179:
178:
177:Transcriptions
170:
169:
166:
162:
161:
140:
134:
133:
112:
106:
105:
101:
100:
97:
96:
89:
83:
82:
76:
75:
74:Transcriptions
67:
66:
63:
59:
58:
43:
37:
36:
28:
27:
24:
23:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
746:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
721:
719:
712:
709:
678:
675:
671:
667:
663:
662:
652:
650:9781409439813
646:
642:
638:
637:
632:
627:
623:
621:9789622091252
617:
613:
612:
606:
599:
597:9782746936225
593:
589:
588:
585:
580:
576:
572:
570:9781742203256
566:
562:
561:
556:
552:
551:
530:on 2014-10-08
529:
525:
521:
520:
517:
513:
509:
503:
496:
492:
487:
480:
476:
471:
464:
460:
455:
453:
451:
443:
441:
435:
419:
418:
413:
407:
405:
403:
395:
393:
392:Lonely Planet
387:
385:
383:
381:
376:
362:
359:
358:
352:
346:
342:
338:
333:
331:
327:
323:
320:
316:
312:
309:
305:
299:
296:
290:
285:
283:
279:
275:
274:Northern Song
271:
267:
263:
259:
249:
247:
243:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
214:
205:
193:
191:
187:
184:
180:
175:
171:
167:
163:
158:
155:
152:
149:
146:
141:
139:
135:
130:
127:
124:
121:
118:
113:
111:
107:
102:
90:
88:
84:
81:
77:
72:
68:
64:
60:
55:
52:
49:
44:
42:
38:
34:
29:
25:
20:
681:
665:
635:
610:
587:
583:
559:
548:Bibliography
540:(in Chinese)
532:, retrieved
528:the original
519:
515:
512:
502:
486:
470:
439:
434:
422:, retrieved
416:
391:
337:Feng Jizhong
334:
286:
255:
245:
240:in suburban
229:
225:
221:
219:
190:Hanyu Pinyin
87:Hanyu Pinyin
703: /
691:121°14′30″E
603:(in French)
555:"Sōngjiāng"
424:19 November
308:enlightened
262:Grand Canal
246:Fangta Park
718:Categories
688:31°00′23″N
668:, p.
534:2016-11-19
493:, p.
491:Zhu (2014)
477:, p.
475:Lee (2010)
461:, p.
459:Lee (2010)
440:Petit Futé
367:References
291:Miaoyuan (
372:Citations
258:Songjiang
238:Songjiang
355:See also
326:elephant
302:) whose
266:Hangzhou
264:between
242:Shanghai
586:3rd ed.
347:(as No.
330:lacquer
252:History
41:Chinese
647:
641:401–18
618:
594:
567:
442:(2012)
394:(2009)
349:
319:bronze
317:. The
311:Buddha
270:Suzhou
234:pagoda
560:China
518:]
304:ashes
645:ISBN
616:ISBN
592:ISBN
565:ISBN
426:2016
289:monk
282:Qing
280:and
278:Ming
268:and
220:The
670:540
495:403
479:259
463:258
224:or
720::
643:,
633:,
601:.
581:,
557:,
538:.
522:,
510:,
449:^
414:,
401:^
379:^
48:松江
654:.
625:.
574:.
497:.
481:.
465:.
444:.
429:.
396:.
298:遠
295:妙
157:塔
154:寺
151:教
148:圣
145:兴
129:塔
126:寺
123:教
120:聖
117:興
54:塔
51:方
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
