The pagoda is also known as the Iron Pagoda in Kaifeng. Actually it is not made of iron, but of red, brown, blue and green glazed bricks. As the main hue is reddish brown, the pagoda looks like iron ...

Since metals were strong but expensive, they were rarely used in ancient buildings. During the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian built a 50-metre pagoda of cast bronze and iron, called a tianshu, a ...

Tourists visit the Pagoda of the Songyue Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, June 26, 2018. The pagoda was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty (369-534). Pagodas built in ancient ...

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