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Wansong Temple Pagoda Grove
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The Stone Pagoda Grove of Wansong Temple boasts ninety-nine pagodas. Nestled against the mountain and adjacent to the temple, the grove rises with dignified grandeur, its solemnity and imposing scale serving as the crowning touch to this profound cultural landscape—a sacred sanctuary dedicated to the salvation of all beings.
With the exception of the Pagoda of Master Taiping, most of the other pagodas in the Pagoda Grove of Wansong Temple were originally scattered across various monasteries on Panshan Mountain. Over time, torrential floods and historical vicissitudes wrought extensive damage, leaving the foundations and individual components of these structures strewn throughout the mountain’s rugged terrain. In 2006, the Panshan Administration mobilized substantial manpower and resources to painstakingly recover the fragmented remains of these pagodas, reassembling them before Wansong Temple for restoration. Following repairs and new construction, a total of ninety-nine stone pagodas now stand in the grove. These structures come in square, hexagonal, or Lamasery‑style forms; some feature eaves, while others do not. Their scale is grand, their designs diverse, arranged in a lively, haphazard array that rises and falls in an ever‑changing panorama. Here one finds towering, imposing six‑story pagodas reaching thirteen meters in height, alongside delicate single‑storey edifices less than two meters tall. The richly varied stone carvings that adorn their bodies lend the Pagoda Grove an added measure of enchanting charm. Standing amidst this remarkable ensemble, one’s eyes are dazzled by the sheer splendor of the scene.
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