Brief introduction of baoguang tower

Baoguang Pagoda is located on the Jianjiang River in the southwest of Gaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It was built in the fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1576). The tower is an octagonal nine-story pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 65.8 meters and a bottom length of 5.72 meters. The tower is built entirely of blue bricks. Sumitomo is the foundation of the tower, and three granite relief patterns are embedded on both sides of the waist, each of which is 1.45 m long and 0.55 m high. The contents of the relief are auspicious and rich, with the unique banana pictures of Shuangfeng Chaoyang, Pengcheng Wan Li, Yuyue Longmen and Gaozhou. Between the two reliefs, there is a bamboo stone reliefs. The width of the slub relief is 0.55m and 0.28m.. Every corner of the pedestal is inlaid with a Totalix relief, which is 0.55 meters high and 0.38 meters wide. Totalix holds the tower high with both hands, giving people a sense of security and stability. Baoguang Tower is the second tallest tower in China in Ming Dynasty and the tallest pavilion tower in Guangdong Province, which has high historical and artistic value. 1989 is listed as a provincial cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong province.