The Kuiguang Pagoda () of

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province,

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, is a pagoda built in 1831 during the

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Structure

The pagoda is 50 meters tall, hexagonal, and is the pagoda with the greatest number of floors in China, with 17. The pagoda is built on a low stone foundation, with the first floor being the largest, containing an arched doorway. The second floor marks the first set of eaves, and false doors, which are present on each subsequent floor. Some floors also have real doors.Xu (2007), 109.

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References

*Xu Xiaoying, ed. ''Zhongguo Guta Zaoxing''. Beijing: Chinese Forest Press, 2007. {{coord missing, Sichuan Architecture in China Pagodas in China Buildings and structures in Sichuan