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North Pagoda, Yunju Temple (雲居寺) Liu, Qiuchan; Du, Jingting; Zhang, Haoran; Ma, Mingyue; Xu, Guofu

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The North pagoda (Beita 北塔) of Yunju Temple 雲居寺 is painted with red paint, so it is also called "Red Pagoda". The pagoda was first built in the Sui 隋 (581-618) and Tang 唐 (618-907) Dynasties, and after continuous maintenance in Liao 遼 (916-1125), Yuan 元 (1271-1368) and Ming 明 (1368-1644) dynasties, it eventually became the Bell and Drum Tower pagoda it is known as today. The interior of the tower has steps to climb up. The relief of the tower is rich and exquisite with inscriptions.

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