A Chinese term for pagoda did not exist until the first century ... a work of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581), and a small stone sculpture preserved in Chongfu Temple in Shuoxian County ...

According to many books and records since the Hah and Wei dynasties, most pagodas were wooden multistoreyed structures, which were later replaced by brick and stone pagodas of the same style.

Steles are stone ... Chinese texts dating back to 900 CE. Here, visitors can buy ink rubbings of the most prominent examples to take home. Located north-west of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda ...