Jizhou Baitasi

Baitasi, located in Jizhou District, Tianjin City, is a temple that became famous because of its pagoda and is a significant Buddhist cultural heritage. The White Pagoda is ingeniously structured and exquisitely shaped, making it a rare piece of religious art. Baitasi was originally part of the early Dule Temple and was rebuilt in the fourth year of the Qingning era of the Liao Dynasty. The Jizhou White Pagoda is 30.6 meters tall, with an octagonal plan and a snow-white body, featuring a distinctive shape. It consists of a stone base, a pavilion-style imitation wood structure of the Sumeru base, the pagoda body, the covering bowl, the thirteen rings, and the stupa, representing a fusion of Indian Buddhist relics and Chinese national cultural heritage. The White Pagoda Temple has three main halls with three sets of colored Buddha statues, representing Sakyamuni with Ananda and Kasyapa; Avalokitesvara with the Dragon Girl and Sudhana; and Ksitigarbha with Zhang Ming and his son. Jizhou White Pagoda Temple was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2013. Address: No. 8, Baitasi Street. Opening hours: 8:00—18:00 (Entry stops at 17:30)