佛宫寺释迦塔，俗称应县木塔，位于中华人民共和国山西省朔州市应县，是中国现存最古老、最高的木塔。其确切建造年代无从考证，但可从其建筑风格和相关文物信息确认其建造时间在辽代，并且在金代、元代、明代和清代被多次修葺。该塔曾经历过数次大地震，并于1926年在军阀混战中被炮击，但塔身从未倾倒。
该塔通高67.31米，主体结构全部为木质结构，塔身外看为五层，其中第一层至第四层内各建有一层作为上一层基座的暗层，塔顶为铁制塔刹。每层塔室内的内槽均安置有佛像，其中第一层的内槽安置有一尊高约10米的释迦造像，内壁还绘有壁画。由于应县木塔塔身结构过于复杂，全塔共计出现54种不同的斗拱类型，关于该塔的维修方案自20世纪70年代起一直处于争议状态，直至2013年相关方案才得以最终确定。1961年，佛宫寺释迦塔被列为全国重点文物保护单位。
The Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple (simplified Chinese: 佛宫寺释迦塔） of Ying County, Shanxi province, China, is a wooden Chinese pagoda. It is also known as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County (Chinese: 应县木塔, pinyin: yìngxiàn mùtǎ). It was constructed in 1056, during the second year of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty and was renovated and expended in 1195 during the sixth year of the Jin Dynasty. The pagoda was built by Emperor Daozong of Liao (Hongji) at the site of his grandmother's family home. The pagoda, which has survived several large earthquakes throughout the centuries, reached a level of such fame within China that it was given the generic nickname of the "Muta" (Chinese: 木塔; pinyin: mùtǎ; lit. 'Timber Pagoda')
The pagoda stands on a 4 m (13 ft) tall stone platform, has a 10 m (33 ft) tall steeple, and reaches a total height of 67.31 m (220.83 ft) tall; it is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing in China. Although it is the oldest fully wooden pagoda in China, the oldest existent densely-eaved pagoda is the 6th century Songyue Pagoda (made of bricks) and many much older stone pagodas exists in the entire North China Plain (e.g. the Zushi Pagoda of the Foguang Temple and the Four Gates Pagoda of Jinan); the oldest existent wooden buildings in China are the Buddhist temple halls found in Wutai County on the westside of the Mount Wutai, which date back to the mid Tang dynasty (618–907).
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