Shanxi Niche | Picking up pearls in Hunyuan Yuanjue Temple Pagoda

· 🤎 Location: Located in the ancient city of Hunyuan County, Datong City, right next to Yong'an Zen Temple. Easy to find with navigation. Yuanjue Temple Brick Pagoda · 🤎 Ticket: Free. Yuanjue Temple Pagoda is the seventh batch of national protection, not a commercial scenic area, there is no formal scenic gate, and the gate is not open all year round, you can push open the small door next to it to go in. The temple keeper grandma will ask you for ten yuan, which can be paid by scanning a code or in cash, and if you really don't want to give, you can choose not to. · 🤎 Detailed introduction: The brick pagoda is not majestic, but very durable to look at, built in the third year of Jinchenglong (1158), every detail is finely crafted by artisans, the base of the pagoda has two levels of Sumeru seats, the middle brick carving is very exquisite, with strongmen, flowers, lions, and musicians, from the second to the eighth floor is solid, not climbable, the top of the pagoda spire is a well-preserved bird-shaped weathervane that rotates with the wind, the only existing example. The iron phoenix above the pagoda spire can rotate with the wind, serving as a wind vane and also as a lightning rod. When we went, the pagoda door was not open, not sure if it can be opened usually, the temple keeper spoke with a heavy accent, did not understand. · 🤎 Visiting time: Set aside about half an hour, first walk around the pagoda three times to pray for peace, then take a close look and appreciate. · 🤎 Cars can be parked at the entrance of Yong'an Zen Temple, a three-minute walk away, after eating try the Hunyuan specialty Hunyuan Liangfen.