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It is a 30m high, seven-storey octagonal brick and stone pagoda that was built to imitate Cishou Pagoda of Jiangtian Temple, Golden Hill, near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Its was designed to appear similar to wooden structures. All eight sides on every level feature doors and windows. The walls are thick, and the interior features a wide spiral stone staircase. Niches in the walls of each storey include carved couplets by the Qianlong Emperor, and once held a set of bronze Buddhas. China-stub asia-struct-stub Category:Chinese pagodas Category:Chinese Buddhism Category:Beijing This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Jade Peak Pagoda".
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