[2025 Liaoyang Attraction] Travel Guide for Baita Park (Updated Apr)

🏙️ "Half of the history of Northeast China is in Liaoyang." This saying inspired me to visit Liaoyang... 🌇 Liaoyang is the oldest city in Northeast China and a national historical and cultural city. It is known as the "First City in Northeast China." The city is home to many national cultural relics, including Han and Wei mural tombs, the Liao Dynasty White Pagoda, and the ruins of the Later Jin Tokyo City. The sixth tallest tower in China and the tallest tower in Northeast China is located in Liaoyang's White Pagoda Park, near Liaoyang Railway Station. ☑️ Liaoyang White Pagoda is a national key cultural relic protection unit, the best-preserved ancient pagoda in Northeast China, and a landmark building in Liaoyang. It was built during the Liao Dynasty and is 70.4 meters tall. It is a classic work that combines Buddhist culture, Han culture, and Khitan culture. It is called the White Pagoda because its body is covered with white lime, but after years of weathering, it no longer appears white. 🙋 Highlights of the White Pagoda: The White Pagoda is an octagonal, thirteen-story, solid brick pagoda with dense eaves and a stupa. It consists of five parts: the base, the seat, the body, the eaves, and the finial. The brick carvings on the pagoda are very beautiful, with designs such as dragons playing with pearls, animal faces, and peonies. The lower part of the pagoda has a tall Sumeru seat, which is decorated with magnificent statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, attendants, and Vajra warriors. The entire White Pagoda is very impressive and is a genuine ancient relic. ⛲ Below the White Pagoda is the famous Heart Lake, as well as ancient-style Buddhist pavilions, pagoda springs, and various imitation ancient buildings. Today, it is a popular place for Liaoyang residents to walk, relax, and exercise. The park also has many historical sites that are worth visiting. ✅ Other attractions: 1️⃣ The former site of the South Manchuria Railway Library, now the September 18 Incident Conspiracy Museum. This was one of the places where the September 18 Incident was planned. The museum displays historical photos and artifacts related to the conspiracy and the outbreak of the incident. 2️⃣ Guangyou Temple, which has the world's largest bluestone archway, the largest Mahavira Hall, the largest camphor wood statue of Shakyamuni, the largest bronze incense burner, and the largest palace lantern. 3️⃣ Yuantong Zen Temple, an affiliated hall of Guangyou Temple. The plaque on the main hall was inscribed by the calligrapher Qi Gong. 🎫 Tickets: Free. White Pagoda Park and Guangyou Temple Scenic Area are part of the White Pagoda Historical and Cultural District. 📍 Address: No. 60, Section 1, Zhonghua Street, Baita District, Liaoyang City. There are small parking lots at each entrance, with a parking fee of CNY 2 per hour.

The White Pagoda Historical and Cultural Block is a historical and cultural block in Liaoning Province. The White Pagoda Historical and Cultural Block is adjacent to Liaoyang Railway Station, east to Shuguang Road, south to Zhonghua Street, west to Shengli Road, and north to the intersection of Binhe Road and Shengli Road. The core protected area of the district covers an area of 6.74 hectares, the construction control zone covers an area of 19 hectares, and the total area is 25.74 hectares. It is divided into Guangyou Temple Scenic Area (National 4A Scenic Area), White Pagoda Park (open), Qingnian Lake Park (open), Xiangyuan, Cultural Relics Protection Area, Industrial Area, and Residential Area. It is built into a historical and cultural block integrating historical and cultural heritage, tourism, leisure and sightseeing, and has become the historical and cultural living room of the ancient city of Liaoyang. As an important cultural relic in the White Pagoda Historical and Cultural Block, Guangyou Temple witnessed the vicissitudes of history in Liaoyang and even the Northeast from the late Eastern Han Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty for nearly 1,800 years. Guangyou Temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the White Pagoda was built in the Liao Dynasty. It is one of the earliest temples that appeared after Buddhism was introduced to China. Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has always been an important Buddhist activity center in Liaoyang and even the Northeast. It is also the largest Buddhist activity dojo in the Northeast and the most influential Buddhist propagation center in history. In 1900, Guangyou Temple was a place for the Boxer Rebellion. In the same year, Tsarist Russia burned down Guangyou Temple in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, leaving only the White Pagoda. After the Russo-Japanese War, in 1905, Japan carried out new urban construction in the Manchurian Railway affiliated area, and Liaoyang gradually formed an overall pattern of appearance characterized by the coexistence of the Manchurian Railway affiliated area and the ancient city of Liaoyang. The White Pagoda Historical and Cultural Block is located within the scope of the Manchurian Railway affiliated area. The Japanese successively built the White Pagoda Park, the shrine, and the residential area in the northeast corner here. Since then, the White Pagoda Park has become a forbidden area for Chinese people, dedicated to the place where Japanese people worship and walk. After the liberation, the White Pagoda Park was opened to the public and became the best place for citizens to relax and entertain on weekends. In the 1970s, the 93123 troops took over the residential group formed in the north of the White Pagoda Park during the Japanese pseudo-period, and built single-story, red brick, sloping roof, and row-type layout houses on its east side. By the 1980s, the area gradually formed a unique pattern of urban living areas with the White Pagoda Park as the core and modern urban buildings scattered among them. It was renamed Xiangyuan in 2021. In 2002, Liaoyang City carried out environmental renovation of the White Pagoda Park, rebuilt Guangyou Temple, and built it into a national 4A scenic spot.

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