Old County Pagoda

Old County Pagoda

The Old County Pagoda is a cultural relic protection unit of Jiangxi Province.

The Old County Pagoda is located 300 meters west of the Di Gong Temple. It was the site of the Pengze County government office during the Tang Dynasty and also served as a waterway dock. According to the "Jiangxi General Gazetteer," the Old County Pagoda was "built in the Tang Dynasty and renovated in the Ming Dynasty." The Pengze County Annals, edition of the Guiyou year of the Tongzhi reign in the Qing Dynasty, records that the Dadui (Old County) Pagoda is a "seven-story, six-sided structure made of brick and stone, with a regular hexagonal base measuring 3.726 meters on each side. The ground floor has a door facing north-south. Next to the Old County Pagoda stands the Baohua Temple, which was originally built in the Tang Dynasty. By the Ming Dynasty's Tian Shun year of the Ji Mao year (1459 AD), it was renovated by the county magistrate Li Ji but was later burned down by Cantonese bandits, leaving only the ruins. In front of the pagoda, there is a stone slab bridge known colloquially as the "Fairy Bridge." After research and verification by provincial, municipal, and county authorities, the provincial and county governments allocated a total of 55,000 yuan between 1990 and 1991 for timely restoration of this ancient structure. During the restoration process, patterned bricks from the Jin Dynasty and bricks inscribed with the words "Da Sheng Pagoda" were discovered. Additionally, relief carvings of four heavenly guardians on the central pagoda stone were found, with styles similar to those of Tang Dynasty temple stone carvings. Therefore, it has been confirmed that the Da Sheng (Old County) Pagoda was initially built in the Tang Dynasty and renovated in the Ming Dynasty. It has now been submitted for recognition as a key provincial cultural relic protection unit, renamed as the Da Sheng Pagoda, and is open to tourists.