Architecture
Songyue Pagoda
Located at the southern foot of Mount Taishi in Songshan, Dengfeng, Henan, the Songyue Pagoda has weathered 1500 years of wind and rain and is a brilliant star of early Chinese Buddhist architecture. This article not only examines the construction history of this Northern Wei twelve-sided brick pagoda in detail but also compiles important historical documents such as the 'Guang Hong Ming Ji' and the 'Stele of Songyue Temple'. Combining precious historical images from 1920 with modern research, we present a comprehensive view of this ancient pagoda's millennium-long transformation from a Northern Wei imperial palace to a Buddhist holy site.