Three Pagodas Of Dali

Standing below Lanfeng peak, slightly to the northwest of Dali Old Town, are three elegant pagodas, known as Chongsheng Santa, the Three Pagodas of saintly Worship. The outstanding landmarks of the region, they were once part of the greatest templex on the Dali plain. The Chongsheng Temple itself has long since disappeared and now only the towers remain. The tallest pagoda, measures nearly 70 meters. It was constructed about 850 under the guidance of engineers from Chang¡¯an, capital of the Tng Dynasty, and is similar in many ways to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in that city. The two smaller pagodas, each with ten tiers and standing 42 meters high, were built 200 years later and have characteristics of architecture from the Chinese South (1127-1279 ).