Because the words ‘Zhaoguan’ are engraved on the pagoda, it is named ‘Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda’. Also, because its shape is like a bottle, it is also called ‘bottle pagoda’. According to legend, it was built when Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance during the Three Kingdoms period and was called ‘stone bottle’ back then. In fact, it was built in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. The Zhaoguan Stone Pagoda is a Lamaist stone pagoda. The lower half of the pagoda is built with rubble stones to form four stone pillars. The top is covered with slab stones to build a frame-shaped pedestal, through which people and horses can pass. It lies horizontally in the middle of the small street, adding a lot of primitive elegance to this riverside town. The stone pagoda is built on this pedestal. The pagoda is 4.69 meters high. The pedestal, body, and top of the pagoda are all built with bluestone carvings. The pedestal is made up of two identical pedestals stacked on top of each other. On the pedestals are a round seat with overlapping lotus petals and a flat drum-shaped body. Above it are 13 rings of relief carvings in the shape of a belt, symbolizing 13 layers of heaven. On top is a dharma wheel and a small round seat with upward lotus petals. The ‘Eight Treasures’ are engraved on the wheel, and above it is the top of the pagoda. There are the same inscriptions on the horizontal plaques on the east and west sides of the pedestal of the stone pagoda. The inscriptions on the left and right respectively record the signatures of the county magistrates and prefects of Dantu and Zhenjiang. Open all year round and all day.
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