Cloud-Embracing Temple Pagoda

　　   The pagoda is a square, thirteen-story, dense-eave solid brick structure, standing 37 meters tall. It is divided into four parts: the base, the body, the eaves, and the top. The base is built in the Sumeru style, with false doors on each of its four sides, three niches on each side adorned with carved Buddhas and bodhisattvas, accompanied by musicians, and corner guardians. Above the base, lotus petals support the pagoda body.

　　   The four corners of the pagoda body feature round-shaped pillars. At the center of each of the four sides is a seated Buddha, positioned on a lotus throne, flanked by two attendants wearing crowns and draped in silk, with reverent expressions. Beside each attendant is a small stupa, resembling a miniature version of the main pagoda. Above the pagoda body are thirteen tiers of eaves that gradually narrow from bottom to top. Copper mirrors are embedded between each tier of eaves, and wind bells hang from the four corners. The pagoda top features an inverted lotus bowl supporting a steeple adorned with four precious beads.

　　   Cloud-Embracing Temple is a masterpiece of ancient architecture. In May 2006, the Cloud-Embracing Temple Pagoda, as an architectural relic from the Liao Dynasty, was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth group of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.