Dongshan Pagoda

　　Located at Taipingding, the main peak of Dongbao Mountain in Dongbao District, Jingmen City. Originally built in the 12th year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui Dynasty (592) and renovated during the Ming Dynasty. An eight-sided, seven-story hollow brick and stone pavilion-style pagoda, it stands 33.3 meters tall overall. The stone base measures 3.83 meters on each side and is 0.6 meters high. Each of the eight sides features a carved figure of a tower-supporting warrior. The northwest side of the ground floor has a doorway, 1.95 meters high and 1 meter wide, with the inscription “Changlin Toujiao” (Head of Changlin) above the lintel, leading to an inner chamber via a semicircular arched passageway. The first floor has no windows and is 3.45 meters high. The second and third floors are each 3.25 meters high, while the fourth through seventh floors are each 3.15 meters high, with arched windows on alternating sides. The eaves are formed by five layers of projecting flat stones, topped by four layers of large blue bricks that create a tapering effect. A spiral staircase of 100 bluestone steps leads from the ground floor to the top. The pagoda is crowned with a gourd-shaped finial. The interior walls of the first and second floors contain stone tablets inscribed with records of Ming Dynasty renovations. (First Batch)

　　Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau