Since it was built completely of timber, it has been known popularly as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County. Standing 67.31 meters high, it is the only extant large wooden pagoda in China and ...

Carpentry, roofing and masonry restoration of the five-story pagoda was performed by the park department’s structural maintenance crew from 2020 to 2022. Rotted wood in the pagoda’s interior ...

The pagoda is about 50 meters tall, making it the second-tallest wooden pagoda in Japan after the one at Toji temple in Kyoto. It was originally built in 730 by order of Empress Komyo, and has ...