Master Minghui Pagoda

　　Master Minghui Pagoda (Fifth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units)

　　Era: Five Dynasties

　　Address: Hongni Village, Hulan岩 Township, 25.5 km east of Pingshun County

　　Originally part of the structures within Haihui Temple, which was destroyed long ago, leaving only the pagoda standing. It is a square stone pagoda and the only surviving stone pagoda from the Five Dynasties period in China.

　　According to an inscribed stone tablet from the third year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty (932 AD), embedded on the back wall of the pagoda, in the fourth year of Qianfu in the Tang Dynasty (877 AD), Master Minghui presided over Haihui Temple. On the 18th day of the first lunar month, he was suddenly assassinated. Later, his disciple Chongzhao, acting under the order of the Luzhou military governor, brought the relics and built this pagoda for the master. The existing stone pagoda is the original structure from the Tang Dynasty.

　　The pagoda is about 6 meters high, with a square base. The foundation is built with bluestone, standing approximately 1.5 meters tall. The body of the pagoda has a single-eave, four-pillar design, with a door on the southern side that opens into the hollow interior. The top has four sloping sides with complete tile ridges, and in the center is a staggered design featuring carved mountain flowers and banana leaves. The finial is belted and the base features carvings such as a lotus pedestal, upward-facing lotus petals, and a precious bead. On both sides of the doorway are carved images of Vajra guardians, while the section above the door supporting the eaves is adorned with carvings of musicians—some playing instruments, others dancing—with lively expressions. The sides feature flowing line engravings of entwined floral patterns. A stone tablet from the third year of Changxing in the Later Tang Dynasty (932 AD), embedded in the back wall of the pagoda, provides evidence of the pagoda’s carving date.