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          <td valign="top" class="new3" colspan="4"><b><img src="images/shaolinsi-02.jpg" width="180" height="177" align="right">The 
            forest of Pagoda</b> The forest of Pagoda, located some 500 meters 
            west of Shaolin Temple, is the cemetery of the senior monks of different 
            dynasties. It boasts the largest complex of Buddhist pagodas in China, 
            with about 240 pagodas of the dynasties from Tang to Qing. The pagodas 
            vary in height, from 1 to 7 stories and with the geatest height being 
            15 meters; in building material, from stone to brick; and in shapes. 
            The structures, mostly with tablet inscriptions and carvings of Buddhist 
            images, are a great treasure of the ancient architecture and carving 
            arts of China.</td>
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