The Feihong Pagoda, a Tower of Coloured Glaze
A thirteen-storey pagoda raised between 1515 and 1527 in the upper court of Guangsheng Temple, its brick core wrapped in glazed figures, and two earthquakes survived.
Feihong Pagoda
The Feihong Pagoda stands inside the gate of the upper Guangsheng Temple, on the temple axis in front of the halls, on the slope of Mount Huoshan seventeen kilometres northeast of Hongtong. It was paid for by the monk Dalian, begun in the tenth year of the Zhengde era, 1515, and finished in the sixth year of Jiajing, 1527. The tower is octagonal in plan, thirteen storeys high and 47.6 metres tall, tapering as it rises; its core is brick and stone, and its outer walls, eaves and bracket sets are faced with glazed tiles and reliefs. It has stood through the Guanzhong earthquake of 1556 and the Pingyang earthquake of 1695.