Yanghe Pagoda, Stone pagoda in Dali Town, Yunnan, China
The Yanghe Pagoda is an eleven-storey square hollow stone tower about 19 metres tall, built in 1814. Its lower eight storeys keep nearly the same width, then the shaft tapers from the ninth. The square base measures 5.7 metres wide and 1.9 metres high, and each storey has arched windows on all four sides, alternating fully and partly open.
Yanghe Pagoda was first built in 1814, the 19th year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing dynasty, as a feng shui tower. It was rebuilt in 1920, the 9th year of the Republic of China. It was listed as a Dali City cultural relic on 20 September 1985 and as a Dali Prefecture cultural relic on 23 October 2023.
The pagoda is also called Julong Baota, "Pagoda of the Gathered Dragons". A marble plaque with this name is set into the west face of the lowest storey, while the east face carries the stele recording its founding; the south and north faces hold inscriptions from the 1920 restoration.
The pagoda stands east of Zhongyanghe Village in Yanghe, Dali Town, and is reached by road from the old town area. The hollow tower has wooden cross-beams at each level for climbing, but the stairs are narrow and the original spire is gone, so the top is not open. The square base measures 5.7 m wide and 1.9 m high.
The tower is hollow, with a cross-shaped wooden beam frame on each level that ties the walls together and once let people climb inside. The original finial on top is gone. Marble plaques set into the base include a "Julong Baota" name board on the west side and a 1920 restoration record on the north.
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