Liaodi Pagoda

The Liaodi Pagoda Wade–Giles: Liaoti Ta of Kaiyuan Monastery, Dingzhou, Hebei Province, China is the tallest present pre-present day Chinese pagoda and tallest brick pagoda in the world, constructed inside the 11^th century at some point of the Song dynasty 960–1279. The pagoda stands at a height of eighty four metres 276 toes, resting on a massive platform with an octagonal base. Upon completion in 1055, the Liaodi Pagoda exceeded the peak of China's previously tallest pagoda nevertheless status, the important pagoda of the Three Pagodas, which stands at 16.13 m. The tallest pagoda in pre-current Chinese history became a 100-metre-tall wood pagoda tower in Chang'an constructed in 611 by using Emperor Yang of Sui, yet this shape no longer stands.

Construction on this stone and brick pagoda started out in the year 1001 AD throughout the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song, and become finished in 1055 AD all through the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song. Emperor Zhenzong supposed to have Buddhist scriptures collected by way of the Chinese monk Huineng from India stored on the pagoda's web page. Due to its area at a strategic military region, the height of the pagoda made it useful as a watchtower, which could be used to identify enemy moves coming from the northern Liao dynasty headed by way of the Song's Khitan competitors.