| Twin Pagodas | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Buddhism |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:China_Jiangsu_adm_location_map.svg)  Location in Jiangsu &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:China_edcp_location_map.svg) Twin Pagodas (Suzhou) (China) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°18′32″N 120°37′47″E / 31.3089°N 120.6297°E |
The Twin Pagodas are the main remnant of the Dinghui Buddhist temple in Suzhou, China.
Twin pagodas are a rare feature of Chinese temples, which usually had a single pagoda.[1] Both are built of brick and they are similar in size, having eight sides and seven stories. Except for the octagonal room on the second floor, all rooms are square, each one staggered 45 degrees from the lower storey. The pagodas are about 30 metres high. Their steeples are made of iron and are long relative to the whole pagoda, which is also rare among ancient Chinese pagodas.[2][3] Their names are Reliquary (Śarīra) Pagoda and Beneficial Virtue Reliquary Pagoda[4] (or "Clarity Dispensing Pagoda" and "Beneficence Pagoda"[2][contradictory].)The pagodas were once[when?] called "Sarira Stupa" and "Sarira Stupa of Merits and Benevolence".[3])
Columns, plinths and decapitated statues belonging to the Tang-era temple can be seen near the pagodas.[5]
- ^ nicholasabateman. "Luohanyuan Shuangta (Twin Pagodas)". Atlas Obscura. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ a b "The Twin Pagodas". Chinadaily. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Twin Pagodas at Luohanyuan Temple in Suzhou of Jiangsu Province". China.org.cn. Archived from the original on 14 August 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ 舍利塔 and 功德舍利塔 respectively. Translations are given per Miller, Tracy; Benda, Yuh-Fen (10 April 2020). "Luohan Cloister 羅漢院". Architectura Sinica. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Courtauld, Caroline; Holdsworth, May (1988). Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou and Jiangsu Province : land of lakes and classical gardens. Lincolnwood, Ill., U.S.A. : Passport Books. p. 139.