The Songyue Temple Pagoda is the oldest extant large pagoda in China. Its structure and style are consummate among ancient pagodas. It was constructed in 520 during the Northern Dynasties.
A three-storied pagoda is illuminated in artificial fog at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo during an event to mark the centenary of the pagoda’s relocation to the garden in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, from a temple in ...
The thousand-year- old temple collapsed in the flood, but the towering pagoda survived and stood firm. The thirteen-storey brick structure, modeled after wooden counterparts, is 54.66 meters high.