Duobao Pagoda

Zhejiang


Putuoshan's oldest structure is this five-storey, 18m-high stone pagoda, with alcoves carved from the rock sheltering Buddhist statues. Built in 1335, its name literally means the 'Many Treasures Pagoda'.


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