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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.
The Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple ( simplified Chinese: 佛宫寺释迦塔; traditional Chinese: 佛宮寺釋迦塔; pinyin: Fógōng Sì Shìjiā Tǎ) of Ying County, Shanxi province, China, is a wooden Chinese pagoda. It is also known as the Wooden Pagoda of Ying County (Chinese: 应县木塔, pinyin: yìngxiàn mùtǎ).
Wooden Pagoda at Ying County. This pagoda is also called Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple. Located in the Buddha Temple in northwest Ying County, Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, it was built in 1056 CE, and is the highest and oldest existing wooden pagoda in China.
Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is an outstanding architectural masterpiece in Ying County, Shanxi, China. This high Pagoda, built in 1056 of the Liao Dynasty at 67 meters in height (220 feet), is regarded as the most ancient and highest wooden pagoda in China.
Since it was built completely of timber, it has been known popularly as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County. Standing 67.31 meters high, it is the only extant large wooden pagoda in China and also the tallest among ancient wooden buildings of the world.
Ying County Buddhist Pagoda, situated in Shanxi Province in northern China's Yellow Plateau, is the oldest surviving timber-frame pagoda in the world.
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Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Yingzhou pagoda, or Sakya Wooden Pagoda, is the main architecture of Fogong Temple in the northwest of Ying County. Originally built in 1056 during Liao Dynasty (947-1125) and restructured in 1195 during Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), the pagoda is the existing oldest and tallest timberwork pavilion architecture in China.
