Yanzhou City Museum

　　      Yanzhou City Museum is situated on Wenhua East Road in the urban area of the city. It is just a 3-minute drive from the train station square. The museum boasts a rich collection, including more than 3,500 cultural relics from the Dawenkou Culture to the Ming and Qing dynasties, among which nearly 100 are first- and second-class national relics.
　　The Xinglong Pagoda is located within Yanzhou City Museum. Built in the second year of the Renshou era of the Sui Dynasty (602 AD), it was renovated in the seventh year of the Taiping Xingguo era of the Song Dynasty (982 AD) and converted into a direct-eave tower. The pagoda is a brick-and-wood structure, consisting of 13 stories and standing 54 meters tall. It is an octagonal pavilion-style hollow brick pagoda with overlapping brick eaves and simple bracket arms. The lower seven stories have a sturdy structure, with staircases between each level and corridors connecting them, allowing visitors to ascend step by step. The upper six stories taper sharply, forming a 2-meter-wide balcony surrounded by carved stone railings. Leaning on the railings, visitors can enjoy panoramic views of Yanzhou. In the earthquake of the 27th year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1688 AD), the upper section collapsed, and the pagoda developed multiple cracks. It was restored over the following two decades. It is now a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit.

　　 Jining City, Shandong Province