Songyue Temple Pagoda
The Pagoda of the Songyue Temple ( Chinese 嵩岳 寺塔 , Pinyin Sōngyuè sì tǎ ) is a Buddhist pagoda in Song Shan in the area of the city of Dengfeng in the Chinese province of Henan . It dates from the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty . It is the earliest Miyan-style brick pagoda ( miyan shi zhuanta ) with numerous eaves arranged close together on a tall tower. The forty-meter-high, twelve-sided pagoda has fifteen eaves.
The Songyue Temple Pagoda has been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-61) since 1961 .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 30 ′ 5.8 " N , 113 ° 0 ′ 57.3" E