Western Pagoda
The Eastern and Western Pagodas are two pagodas, about 200 metres apart, in the Xishan District of Kunming, Yunnan, China. Also known as the Pagoda of the East Temple and the Pagoda of the West Temple, they were constructed in the late eighth or early ninth century AD, under the rule of the Kingdom of Nanzhao.Photo: XuasdYX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province and Shuncheng Street Mosque.
The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province
Hospital
Photo: JHH755, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province is situated 300 metres north of Western Pagoda.
Shuncheng Street Mosque
Mosque
Photo: XuasdYX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shuncheng Street Mosque is situated 1 km north of Western Pagoda.
Nie Er’s Former Residence in Kunming
Museum
Photo: Zhangmoon618, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nie Er’s Former Residence in Kunming is a museum, which is situated 1 km north of Western Pagoda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taihe Subdistrict and Tuodong.
Taihe Subdistrict
Suburb
Taihe Subdistrict is a subdistrict in Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan, China. As of 2020, it has eight residential neighborhoods under its administration:…
Huashan
Suburb
Photo: N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huashan is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km north of Western Pagoda.
Western Pagoda
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “Eastern and Western Pagodas”, “Huiguang Temple Tower and Changle Temple Tower”, and “Pagodas of Huiguang Temple and Changle Temple”
- Categories: building complex, cultural heritage of China, and historic site
- Location: Kunming, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
25.03189° or 25° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
102.70667° or 102° 42′ 24″ eastOpen location code
7PQ42PJ4+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1389530375OpenStreetMap feature
historic=towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q5330587
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to German—“Western Pagoda” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အရှေ့စေတီနှင့်အနောက်စေတီ”
- Chinese: “东西寺塔”
- Chinese: “惠光寺塔和常乐寺塔”
- Chinese: “東西寺塔”
- German: “West Tempel Pagode”
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