Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple

E771093

Buddhist pagoda Buddhist pagoda complex historic site

The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple are an iconic trio of ancient Buddhist pagodas near Dali in Yunnan, China, renowned for their distinctive symmetry, historical significance, and scenic mountain-and-lake backdrop.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Qianxun Pagoda	0
north small pagoda	0
south small pagoda	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist pagoda ⓘ Buddhist pagoda complex ⓘ historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Tang dynasty pagoda ⓘ
associatedWith	Dali Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanzhao Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
backdrop	Cangshan Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionPeriod	Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ late Tang dynasty or Five Dynasties period ⓘ late Tang dynasty or Five Dynasties period ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
earliestConstructionCentury	9th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
facingDirection	east ⓘ
function	commemorative ⓘ religious ⓘ
hasPart	Qianxun Pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ north small pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ south small pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
height	about 42 metres ⓘ about 42 metres ⓘ about 69.6 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ
knownFor	distinctive symmetry ⓘ earthquake resistance ⓘ scenic landscape setting ⓘ
locatedIn	Dali NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Cangshan Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Erhai Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ brick ⓘ white mud plaster ⓘ
numberOfPagodas	3 ⓘ
numberOfStories	16 ⓘ
overlooks	Erhai Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Chongsheng Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
shape	octagonal ⓘ octagonal ⓘ square ⓘ
significance	symbol of Dali ⓘ
symmetry	triangular layout ⓘ
tourismRegion	Dali Old Town area NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dali → hasTouristAttraction → Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple ⓘ