Shandao Pagoda, Xiangji Temple, Xi’an, Shaanxi 陕西西安香积寺善导塔
Xiangji Temple, in Chang’an District, Xi’an, is the ancestral temple of the Pure Land school of Buddhism. Its Shandao Pagoda commemorates the Pure Land master Shandao and is a square storeyed Tang brick pagoda, originally of thirteen storeys and now eleven, about 33 metres high, with columns, tie-beams and bracket sets in brick on its faces. Liang Sicheng placed the Xiangji Temple Pagoda among the timber-imitating storeyed Tang pagodas. It is a component of the World Heritage Site “Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor”.
