Henan
Central Henan
Zhengzhou

Songyue Temple Pagoda

The Songyue Pagoda, constructed in 523 CE, is located at the Songyue Monastery on , in province, . Built during the Northern Wei Dynasty, this pagoda is one of the few intact sixth-century pagodas in China and is also the earliest known Chinese brick pagoda.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: one of the few intact sixth-century pagodas in China, located at the Songyue Monastery on Mount Song
  • Also known as: “Pagoda at Songyue Temple”, “Songyue Pagoda”, and “Songyue Temple Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fawang Temple and Huishan Temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Brookqi, Public domain.
is a modern Chinese Buddhist monastery located 5 km northwest of the town of in province, . Situated at the bottom of the Yuzhu Peak of , the monastery claims to be the descendant of the second Buddhist monastery constructed in China. is situated 610 metres northeast of Songyue Temple Pagoda.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 2 km southwest of Songyue Temple Pagoda.

Photo: Robinlun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3½ km west of Songyue Temple Pagoda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dengfeng.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a small city in province. The name was bestowed upon it by Wu zetian of the Wu Zhou dynasty. It is in the central-west part of Henan Province, at the southern foot of Mount Song（嵩山 ).

Songyue Temple Pagoda

Latitude
34.50155° or 34° 30′ 6″ north
Longitude
113.01586° or 113° 0′ 57″ east
Open location code
8P6MG228+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1448085889
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­pagoda
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q2046262
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Songyue Temple Pagoda” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pagoda de Songyue”
  • Catalan: “pagoda Songyue”
  • Catalan: “Pagoda Songyue”
  • Catalan: “Songyue”
  • Chinese: “嵩岳寺”
  • Chinese: “嵩岳寺塔”
  • French: “pagode Songyue”
  • French: “Pagode Songyue”
  • German: “Pagode des Songyue-Tempels”
  • German: “Pagode des Tempels Songyuesi”
  • German: “Songyue si ta”
  • German: “Songyue sita”
  • Hungarian: “Szung Jüe pagoda”
  • Hungarian: “Szungjüe pagoda”
  • Indonesian: “Pagoda Songyue”
  • Italian: “Pagoda di Songyue”
  • Japanese: “嵩岳寺”
  • Japanese: “嵩岳寺塔”
  • Persian: “بتکده سونگیو”
  • Polish: “Pagoda Songyue”
  • Portuguese: “Pagode de Songyue”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pagoda Songyue”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Songyue (pagoda)”
  • Slovak: “Pagoda Sung-jüe”
  • Slovenian: “Pagoda Songjue”
  • Spanish: “Pagoda de Songyue”
  • Swedish: “Songyuepagoden”
  • Thai: “เจดีย์ซงเยว่”
  • Turkish: “Songyue Pagodası”
  • Ukrainian: “Сун’юе”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Songyue Monastery and 嵩山风景区管理局支委.

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