Leifeng Pagoda

Leifeng Pagoda is a five tales tall tower with 8 facets, placed on Sunset Hill of the West Lake in Hangzhou, China. Originally built in the year AD 975, it collapsed in 1924 but was rebuilt in 2002. Since then it has been a famous vacationer appeal. The original pagoda turned into constructed in 975 AD, all through Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms length, on the order of King Qian Chu of Wuyue. The Leifeng Pagoda become an octagonal, 5-story shape constructed of brick and timber and with a base constructed out of bricks. During the Ming dynasty, Japanese pirates attacked Hangzhou.

Suspecting the pagoda contained guns, they burned its timber factors, leaving best the brick skeleton, as may be seen from Ming paintings of the West Lake. Leifeng Pagoda turned into one of the ten attractions of the West Lake due to the Legend of the White Snake. Later, because of a superstition that the bricks from the tower could repel infection or prevent miscarriage, many humans stole bricks from the tower to grind into powder. On the afternoon of September 25, 1924, the pagoda subsequently collapsed because of disrepair. As for whether there was a mausoleum under, this changed into debated for years until subsequently radar was used to investigate. On March 11, 2001, the mausoleum became excavated and plenty of artifacts have been found, most extensively a gold and silver lined hair of the Buddha.