Jiuzhou Pagoda

CHINA, Sichuan, Yibin

The date of the pagoda’s construction is unknown but it was repaired between 1102 and 1109 during the Northern Song dynasty. It is listed as a Provincial Cultural Heritage Site.
The 13-tier, square, hollow, brick pagoda is 29.5 m high. The eaves are in the form of corbeling. The first tier is much taller than the remaining tiers, which gradually become smaller. The entrance to the pagoda is on the south side and leads to a chamber with a spiral staircase at the center. There are five stories inside the pagoda with a chamber on each story. There is a caisson ceiling supported by simple bracket sets at each corner in each chamber. The niches in the chambers once housed Buddha statues but they no longer exist. This is a superb example of a multi-tier pagoda from the Song dynasty.