Pagoda of Fogong Temple

(1056 CE )
Sakyamuni Pagoda
of Fogong Temple, is
located in the
northwest corner
of the county,
Shuozhou City,
Shanxi Province,
People's Republic
of China.

The first Wooden Pagoda

Completed in 1056, it was known as the first pagoda during the
Ming and Qing Dynasties. It also the oldest and tallest wooden
multi-storey building of the world.
The pagoda is a stereoscopic temple which is built along the
vertical space. The pagoda takes the shape of an octagon in the
The external peripheral columnis surrounded by corridor
columns, a layout known as Jinxiang doudi cao
surrounded by a corridor in Yingzhao fashi (Treatise on
Architectural Methods). The whole wooden pagoda has nine
stories in all.

The pagoda is a double-barrel wooden structure

constructed with tenon-and-mortise work. It is composed of
three parts: pagoda base, the mainbody and Tasha. The
whole pagoda is as high as 67.31 meters from the ground
to the top.
Xiangguo Temple The Hall of Supreme Harmony,
Forbidden City