Guangjiao Temple Twin Pagodas

The Guangjiao Temple Twin Pagodas are located in Guangjiao Temple, 600 meters northwest of the intersection of Yishui Road and Shuiyangjiang North Avenue in Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. They are a pair of sister pagodas standing side by side, built during the Shaoxing period of the Northern Song Dynasty. They are Tang-style square pavilion-style seven-story brick pagodas. The two pagodas are 26.9 meters apart, the east pagoda is 17.86 meters high, and the west pagoda is 17.87 meters high. The four corners and four sides of the pagoda are divided into three rooms with cylindrical brick strips, with round arches in the middle, railings and corner pillars, and eaves with arches. The wall is inlaid with brick carvings of Buddha statues on the treasure seat. There are more than 100 types of bricks. The second floor of the twin pagodas is inlaid with a stone carving of the Northern Song Dynasty Su Shi's book "Guangjiao Temple Model Shangren's Observation of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's Wishful Wheel Tuo Luo Ni Sutra". Among them, the stone carvings of the West Pagoda are well preserved, and the stone carvings of the East Pagoda have basically peeled off. In 1988, it was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is a window to display the long history and culture of Xuancheng Ticket information: Free Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00-11:30 in the morning, 13:30-17:00 in the afternoon. Stop entering at 16:30. Traffic guide: You can take buses No. 1, 3, 6, 18, 22, and Y1 in Xuancheng City.