Tower of Buddhist Incense, Buddhist temple tower at Summer Palace in Beijing, China.
The Tower of Buddhist Incense rises 41 meters high with three levels and four eaves, supported by eight pillars on Longevity Hill.
Emperor Qianlong initiated the construction, but Empress Dowager Cixi later reconstructed the tower in the 1800s with 780,000 taels of silver.
A five-meter gilded statue of the thousand-handed Kwan-yin Buddha from the Ming Dynasty stands inside the octagonal structure.
Access to the tower requires a separate entrance fee of 10 RMB in addition to the Summer Palace admission ticket of 30 RMB.
The tower houses inscriptions by Emperor Qianlong detailing the excavation of Kunming Lake, providing direct historical documentation of the site.
GPS coordinates: 39.99896,116.27396
Latest update: March 5, 2025 02:53
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