The Wanrong Dry Spring Tower in Shanxi

The Wanrong Dry Spring Tower was originally one of the buildings of the Gushan Jiequan Temple. The temple was established in the second year of Song Xuanhe (1120), and the tower was built in the Jin Dynasty. Now the temple is destroyed but the tower remains. The tower is a square dense eave solid brick tower, with a total height of 30 meters and 11 levels. The base of the tower is square, the first layer is a Sumeru seat style, the south side of the tower body opens a brick arch niche, from the first to the fourth layer, imitation wood structure brick carvings are applied, each side of the fourth layer has a douqi, and from the fifth layer, the eaves are stacked and retracted. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in China.