the two Japanese temples can serve as good examples in studying Chinese pagodas in the early period. By the Song Dynasty (960-1279) Buddhist temples of the Chan Sect had developed a new ...

The later celebrated Chinese architect Liang Sicheng praised the design of the pagoda as having musical rhythm and as being a masterpiece of ancient architectural design.

The pagoda was built as a temporary indoor display in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition’s Palace of Food Products. It was moved to the Japanese Tea Garden in 1916.