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Yanzhou Dragon King Pagoda

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The Dragon King Pagoda is located in Shuanglong Village, Yanzhou Town, by the banks of the Chunling River. The pagoda has five stories and stands about 7 meters tall. Legend has it that there was a deep pool in the nearby river where accidents frequently occurred in the past, claiming many lives. Moved by these incidents, local villagers pooled funds to build this pagoda as a means of suppression. According to some locals, ancient tales say that ever since the pagoda was completed, there have been virtually no more accidents in the nearby river, and in the upstream town of Baisha, chickens stopped crowing and dogs stopped barking. It was only after the decorative hooks on the pagoda were knocked off that this situation changed. It is reported that this is a paper-burning pagoda, with the carved characters “纸字惜敬” (meaning “cherish and respect written words”) found on its body. In ancient times, handwritten words could not be discarded or stepped on casually, so a tower furnace was built specifically for burning used papers as a sign of respect to Confucius. This pagoda is believed to have been built over 100 years ago.

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Yanzhou Dragon King Pagoda is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Dragon King Pagoda is located in Shuanglong Village, Yanzhou Town, by the banks of the Chunling River. The pagoda has five stories and stands about 7 meters tall.

Legend has it that there was a deep pool in the nearby river where accidents frequently occurred in the past, claiming many lives. Moved by these incidents, local villagers pooled funds to build this pagoda as a means of suppression.

According to some locals, ancient tales say that ever since the pagoda was completed, there have been virtually no more accidents in the nearby river, and in the upstream town of Baisha, chickens stopped crowing and dogs stopped barking. It was only after the decorative hooks on the pagoda were knocked off that this situation changed. It is reported that this is a paper-burning pagoda, with the carved characters “纸字惜敬” (meaning “cherish and respect written words”) found on its body. In ancient times, handwritten words could not be discarded or stepped on casually, so a tower furnace was built specifically for burning used papers as a sign of respect to Confucius. This pagoda is believed to have been built over 100 years ago.