The value of the Sarira Pagoda at Qixia Temple lies not only in that it is one of a few multi-eared pagodas from the Five Dynasties in south China, but also, and more important, in that it is ...

Its predecessor was the Sakya Tathagata sarira stupa in the temple, the first Buddhist temple in China. A stone tablet beside Qiyun Pagoda has an inscription, made in 1175 in the Kin Dynasty ...