Longhua Pagoda is an octagonal wood and brick pagoda located in Xuhui District, Shanghai, East China. It is thought to have been first built during the Three Kingdoms period, but the existing tower st
Longhua Pagoda in Xuhui, Shanghai, China
Photographer unknown, "Longhua Pagoda, Shanghai," n.d., Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Longhua Pagoda (1875 or 1876)
Qian Chu, courtesy name Wende, known as Qian Hongchu before 960, also known by his posthumous name as the King Zhongyi of Wuyue, was the last king of Wuyue during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms p
Longhua Pagoda
…Chao peasant uprising in the first year of the Guangming era (880). The main structure of the existing pagoda was constructed under the direction of King Qian Chu of Wuyue in the Taiping Xingguo era (977) of the Northern Song dynasty. The pagoda was located in Longhua Temple when it was first built, and underwent…
Portrait of Qian Hongchu King Zhongyi of Wuyue
Shrine to the Qian Kings at West Lake, Hangzhou.