Ying County

Ying County
应县
Wooden Pagoda of Fogong Temple
Ying County in Shuozhou
Ying County in Shuozhou
Shuozhou in Shanxi
Shuozhou in Shanxi
Coordinates: 39°33′15″N 113°11′28″E / 39.5542°N 113.191°E / 39.5542; 113.191
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
Prefecture-level cityShuozhou
Area
 • Total1,688 km2 (652 sq mi)
Population
 (2020[1])
243,970
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Ying County or Yingxian (simplified Chinese: 应县; traditional Chinese: 應縣; pinyin: Yìng Xiàn) is a county in the north of Shanxi province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou.

Ying County is best known for the Pagoda of Fogong Temple, which is built in 1056 and was the tallest timber building in the world built before the rise of modern timber skyscrapers in the 2010s.[2]

  1. ^ Shānxī: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ Gorvett, Zaria. "'Plyscrapers': The rise of the wooden skyscraper". Retrieved 2017-10-31.