1.Mangfeilong pagoda in Damenglaong town of Jinghong city resembles a bamboo shoot in spring, hence its alternate name "bamboo shoot pagoda", with a long history of some 800 years. Damenglong used to be a holy land for dissemination of Buddhism in history. Apart from the "bamboo shoot pagoda", the town also has many other pagoda including Bula, Mangna (white pagoda), Manglong (fastened pagoda), Mangnai Xiangmeng, Mangguanghan, Mangna Zhuangna, and Mangsai, and several monasteries such as Mangjinglong, Mangguanghan, Mangnaixiang, and Mangdahe. Of all the monasteries, Xishuangbanna general monastery in Mangting park near one suburb of Jinghong is the center for Hinayana in the prefecture.
    2.Jingzhen octagonal pagoda is one of key Buddhist architectures, a refined and quaintly structured pagoda dating back some 300 years. Set off with jade green bamboo groves and century-old banyans, the monastery near the pagoda is frequented by pious Buddhist followers coming to chant sutras.
    3.Built in 583, Mangsun monastery at Ganlanba is the oldest one in Xishuangbanna, in which a 4-meter-high statue of the Buddha Sakyamuni was enshrined. On one side of the monastery is a prismatic pagoda, reflected golden in the sunshine.

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