Zhenfeng Pagoda

A river landmark whose interior inscriptions preserve traces of Ming and Qing visitors.

Beyond its silhouette on the river, Zhenfeng Pagoda holds a scattered record of people who climbed, worshipped and left carved writing inside its walls.

Visitors stand at the base of Zhenfeng Pagoda in Anqing during a religious service. — The base of Zhenfeng Pagoda in Anqing during a service, photographed by Angus Cepka in 2008.

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Zhenfeng Pagoda: visitor inscriptions inside a river landmark

More than fifty stone inscriptions turn the pagoda’s interior into a record of visitors and donors, while exposed carvings face wear.

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The base of Zhenfeng Pagoda in Anqing during a service, photographed by Angus Cepka in 2008.Angus Cepka · GNU Free Documentation License 1.2+ and Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (also older versions) Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Photograph by Angus Cepka (26 September 2008); licensed CC BY-SA 2.5; GFDL 1.2+. The saved file is the standard 1280px Wikimedia thumbnail (1280×960), not the upstream original (2,272 × 1,704, 860 KB); no enlargement, crop, or retouching.