Quanzhou Dongxi Pagoda, Zhenguo Pagoda and Renshou Pagoda, collectively known as the tallest pair of stone pagodas in China, are located in Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou, the west street of Quanzhou.
The twin towers on both sides of Kaiyuan Temple, with the "Zhenguo Tower" in the east, are 48.27 meters high; To the west is the Renshou Tower, which is 45.06 meters high. The East West Pagoda is the tallest and largest stone pagoda in China.
The development of history
Zhenguo Pagoda was built in the sixth year of Tang Xiantong (AD 865) and is a wooden pagoda. In the third year of Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1227), Baoqing became a brick tower. From the second year of Jiaxi to the tenth year of Chunyou (A.D. 1238-1250), it was changed into an existing octagonal five-story pavilion-like granite tower. Renshou Pagoda is a wooden pagoda built in the second year of the Five Dynasties Liang Dynasty (AD 9 16).
During the Xichun period in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D.1174-1189), it was easy to be a brick tower; From the first year of Shaoding to the first year of Jiaxi (A.D. 1228-1237), it was changed to the existing octagonal five-story pavilion-like granite tower. Both towers are in the shape of Xumi Village, with four doors and four niches on each floor, and the positions of the door niches are interchanged layer by layer.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-East West Tower