According to historic accounts, the pagodas, once called Sarira Stupa and the other Sarira Stupa ... the architectural style typical of southern China. The balconies encircling each storey were ...
Its predecessor was the Sakya Tathagata sarira stupa in the temple, the first Buddhist temple in China. A stone tablet beside Qiyun Pagoda has an inscription, made in 1175 in the Kin Dynasty ...