Zhangbasì Pagoda

　　Zhangbasì Pagoda (Second Batch Provincial Protected Site)

　　Era: Tang Dynasty

　　Address: Sangzi Village, Yincheng Town, Zhangzi County

　　The main hall of the temple contains a standing stone Buddha statue over one zhang and eight chi tall (approximately 5.6 meters), hence the temple is called Zhangbasì (One Zhang Eight Chi Temple), and the pagoda is also named Zhangbasì Pagoda. The existing structures include the mountain gate, main hall, wing rooms, and east and west side halls, all built during the Qing Dynasty. Only the Zhangbasì Pagoda in the southwest corner of the temple complex is an original Tang Dynasty structure.

　　The pagoda has a square floor plan, with nine levels and is about 16 meters high. It lacks a base platform, featuring only a 0.30-meter-high pedestal. Above the pedestal is the first level of the pagoda body, constructed from four layers of stone blocks, with a arched doorway facing south. From the second level upward, the pagoda body is built with three layers of bricks per level, and each level’s eaves are constructed using corbelled brickwork that tapers slightly as it rises, making the floor plan gradually smaller. The interior is a hollow square shaft extending vertically from top to bottom. On the western side of the first level of the pagoda body is inlaid a stone stele from April 1705 (the 44th year of the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty), inscribed with “Record of the Renovation of Zhangbasì Pagoda.” Based on the inscription and the architectural style of the pagoda, aside from the base which was repaired in the Qing Dynasty, the rest of the structure is original to the Tang Dynasty.