Then a nine-storey wooden pagoda was built in the temple ... during the early period of Buddhist development in China from Japanese temples. According to research by Japanese scholars, the ...

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 ...

This transformation led to the construction of monumental wooden towers, such as the 155-meter (509-foot) pagoda at Yongning ...

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 ...