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The real name of the pagoda is Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County. Since it was built completely of timber, it has been known as the '''Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County''' ('''应县木塔'''). Standing 67.31 m high, it is the only extant large wooden pagoda in [[China]] and also the tallest of all ancient wooden structures of the world. The pagoda was built in 1056 during the [[Liao Dynasty]].([[Wooden Pagoda in Yingxian County|More...]])
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For thousands of years, there was an ancient road treaded by human feet and horse hoofs in the mountains of Southwest [[China]], bridging the Chinese hinterland and the [[Qinghai-Tibet Plateau]]. Along the unpaved and often rugged road, tea, salt and sugar flowed into [[Tibet]], while horses, cows, furs, musk and other local products came out. The ancient commercial passage, dubbed the "Ancient Tea-Horse Road", first appeared during the [[Tang Dynasty]] (618-907), and lasted until the 1960s when Tibetan highways were constructed. Meanwhile, the road also promoted exchanges in culture, religion and ethnic migration, resembling the refulgence of the [[Silk Road]]. ([[Ancient Tea-Horse Road|More...]])
 

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Yingxian Wooden Pagoda

The real name of the pagoda is Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County. Since it was built completely of timber, it has been known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County (应县木塔). Standing 67.31 m high, it is the only extant large wooden pagoda in China and also the tallest of all ancient wooden structures of the world. The pagoda was built in 1056 during the Liao Dynasty.(More...)

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