Haotian Pagoda () or Liangxiang Pagoda () is an octagonal brick

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situated in Haotian park in the

Fangshan District Fangshan District () is situated in the southwest of Beijing, away from downtown Beijing. It has an area of and a population of 814,367 (2000 Census). The district is divided into 8 subdistricts, 14 towns, and 6 townships. The district administ ...

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. It has 5 octahedral shaped hollow tiers and is 36m high. Originally constructed during Sui dynasty, the pagoda has been rebuilt a few times in the last few centuries. The brick tower standing today was built during the

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(907–1125). In 1984 and 1997, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage donated a total of over 16 million

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for restoration works. Haotian park is closed for renovations of the pagoda.

Features

Haotian is the only hollow

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pagoda standing in Beijing. Each of the 5 tiers has 4 doors (辟券门), facing the north, south, east and west. Zhiling windows (直棂窗) are present in the north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west directions. Originally, there were 4 buddha sculptures on each floor, but most of them have been damaged by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1901. A spiral staircase inside the tower can be used to climb to the top, which gave a view of the capital in the 12th century. Each floor also has little orifices (瞭望孔) and might have been used for military purposes in the war between Liao and Song dynasty. The Haotian Pagoda is now a part of Haotian Park (昊天公园) that opened in 1998. In addition to the pagoda, Haotian Park features a lake (昊天湖) and several

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. The entrance fee is 5 yuan.

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Haotian Pagoda is situated in

Liangxiang Liangxiang () is a township and an area of Beijing, Fangshan District, located 25km southwest of the city center. It borders Gongchen Subdistrict to its north, Changyang Town to its east, Doudian Town to its south, and Yancun Town to its west. I ...

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can be used to access the pagoda. The bus stop Liangxiangdongguan (良乡东关) of line 646, 832, 834, 835, 951, 971, 993, Fang 1 (Nei), Fang 1 (Wai), Fang 27 and Fang 39 is within walking distance of the entrance of Haotian Park.

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