Pagoda of Chengtian Temple
Coordinates: 38°27′47″N 106°15′55″E / 38.46306°N 106.26528°E
The Pagoda of Chengtian Temple (Chinese: 承天寺塔; pinyin: Chéngtiānsì Tǎ), meaning 'Bearing Heaven Pagoda', is an eleven-storeyed brick pagoda located on the site of a previous Buddhist temple in Yinchuan city, Ningxia, China. The pagoda was originally built during the Western Xia, but the current structure dates to the Qing dynasty. At 64.5 metres (212 ft) in height it is the tallest pagoda in Ningxia. In contrast to the Haibao Pagoda in Yinchuan, which is known as the Northern Pagoda, Chengtian Temple Pagoda is also informally referred to as the Western Pagoda (Chinese: 西塔; pinyin: Xī Tǎ).
The first pagoda was built during the infancy of Emperor Yizong of Western Xia (r. 1048–1068). The text of a commemorative stele marking its construction has been preserved, from which it is known that the Empress Dowager ordered the construction of a pagoda to protect the reign of her infant son, and as a reliquary for housing pieces of head bone of the Buddha. The construction of the pagoda was completed in 1050, on the 25th day of the 3rd month of 1st year of the Tianyou Chuisheng era. In 1055 a set of the Tripiṭaka given by Emperor Renzong of Song was deposited at the Chengtian Temple.
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