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Fogong Temple: timber pagoda wood-and-stucco pagoda at the Hōryū Temple complex Pagoda of Jeongrimsa Temple in Buyeo, South Korea Shwe Dagon (Golden Pagoda), Yangon, Myanmar, c. 15th century. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Sian, Shensi province, China. The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, a multi-tiered brick Buddhist pagoda, stands behind a traditional Chinese temple building with visitors on the steps in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China. Boya Pagoda, a tall, multi-tiered traditional Chinese tower with upturned eaves, rises above green trees on the campus of Peking University in Beijing. Three pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Dali, Yunnan, China, with their reflections in a calm lake and a traditional Chinese pavilion in the foreground. Dashan (“Great Mercy”) Pagoda, Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China. Five-storied pagoda of the Daigo-ji, Kyoto, 951, Late Heian period.
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A square pagoda of the Daigo Temple, Kyōto, Japan.
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Modified link of Web site: University of Michigan - Digital Collections - Performing Center in a Vertical Rise: Multilevel Pagodas in China�s Middle Period. Apr 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Mukogawa Women's University - Tracing the Origin of Japanese Pagodas along the Silk Road. Oct 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Pagoda. Sep 03, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Digital Collections - Performing Center in a Vertical Rise: Multilevel Pagodas in China�s Middle Period. Jul 10, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Idaho - Pagoda. Oct 24, 2019
Add new Web site: China Internet Information Center - The Origin of Pagodas. Jul 06, 2012
Article revised and updated. Jan 26, 2012
Media added. Oct 17, 2007
Article revised. Nov 26, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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