The Zhidu Temple Pagoda (Chinese: 智度寺塔; pinyin: Zhidu Sìtǎ) of Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China, is a pagoda dating from the Liao dynasty.
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“And if blood of Martyrs is to flow on the steps
We must first build the steps;
And if the Temple is to be cast down
We must first build the Temple.”
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