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Built in 1056, the world's extant oldest
and highest wooden Buddhist Pagoda is located in Yingxian
County. The Pagoda consumed at least 3,500 cubic metres
of wood. The pagoda is octagonal in shape, presenting an
outward appearance of a five-storey and six-eave building,
but actually it is nine-storeyed. Not even a single nail
was used and the whole structure is weathered over 900 years
of wind and storm and remained intact despite many strong
earthquakes. It is indeed a masterpiece of ancient Chinese
architecture.
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