Ying County | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Image Map1: | Location of Shuozhou Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png |
Map Caption1: | Shuozhou in Shanxi |
Coordinates: | 39.5542°N 113.191°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Shanxi |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Shuozhou |
Area Total Km2: | 1688 |
Population: | 243,970 |
Population As Of: | 2020[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Ying County or Yingxian is a county in the north of Shanxi province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Shuozhou.
Ying County is best known for the Pagoda of Fogong Temple, which is built in 1056 and was the tallest timber building in the world built before the rise of modern timber skyscrapers in the 2010s.[2]