Youguo Temple (Chinese: 佑國寺) is a Buddhist monastery complex located northeast of Kaifeng, in Henan province, China. It was built during the Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE). The design features the Iron Pagoda towering in the center of the complex, in a style that flourished in Chinese Buddhist temple architecture through the 11th century.
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“One sorry fret,
An anvill Sparke, rose higher,
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The house on fire.
Such fireballs dropping in the Temple Flame
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—Edward Taylor (1645–1729)