Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, China’s Shanxi
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This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2025 shows the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province. Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work. The 67.31-meter-high building is the tallest and oldest wooden multi-story structure in the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Xinhua/Yang Chenguang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 27, 2025 shows the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province. Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work. The 67.31-meter-high building is the tallest and oldest wooden multi-story structure in the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)
This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2025 shows the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province. Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work. The 67.31-meter-high building is the tallest and oldest wooden multi-story structure in the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Xinhua/Fu Tian)
This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2025 shows the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province. Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work. The 67.31-meter-high building is the tallest and oldest wooden multi-story structure in the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 27, 2025 shows the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province. Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work. The 67.31-meter-high building is the tallest and oldest wooden multi-story structure in the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
People play table tennis on a court near the Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Yingxian County, north China’s Shanxi Province, Feb. 27, 2025. Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, well known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, was built in the year 1056 AD with tenon-and-mortise work. The 67.31-meter-high building is the tallest and oldest wooden multi-story structure in the world, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
