Painted completely with lime outside, the octagonal, seven-storeyed, brick pagoda stands conspicuously at the mouth of Qutang Gorge. The time of its construction is unknown, but judging from its ...

For instance, the pagoda at the White Horse Temple near Luoyang, built in 68, the pagoda in Xuzhou, built between 188 and 193, and the one at Yongmng Temple in Luoyang, constructed in 516 ...