Baochu Pagoda
30°15′48″N 120°8′37″E / 30.26333°N 120.14361°E
Baochu Pagoda (Chinese:
The name Baochu, translated directly, means "protect Chu", which, legend has it, refers to Qian Chu, the last king of Wuyue. As the story goes, one of Qian Chu's ministers had the temple constructed for prayers to be said for his safe return from a trip he had taken to Kaifeng, then under the rule of the Northern Song dynasty, in central China. He had been summoned there by the Emperor Taizu of Song and had been gone many days with no news of his return.[2]
It was originally constructed in 963 and stood nine storeys tall. Its most recent reconstruction, in 1933, left it slightly shorter, seven storeys, and it has most recently had its lantern replaced on its top, though its previous one is on display near the pagoda. It is constructed of brick and stone and contains no internal staircase. The tower lies next to a path that runs the length of West Lake's northern mountain range and is accessible by both dirt paths and cement stairs from nearly every side of the mountain.
References
[edit]- ^ "Baochu Pagoda in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ^ Gang., Chen (2004). Hangzhou (1st ed.). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 7119032836. OCLC 76941440.
See also
[edit]- Prip-Møller, Johannes; On the Building History of the Pao Shu T'a; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, North-China Branch, Vol LXVII (1936), p. 50-8 (Online Volumes of Journal)