A masterpiece of Chinese architecture, Ong Pagoda offers a glimpse into the deep spiritual and artistic traditions of the ...

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 ...

In Chinese it is called cha ... Originally, the great wooden pagoda at Yongning Temple ha Luoyang, for instance, had thirty tiers of discs. The Four-Door Pagoda has five and Songyue Temple ...

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 ...

From tilted Chinese pagodas to English church steeples ... its design echoes the traditional design of a wooden pagoda, a tower that is often associated with a Buddhist temple complex.