Introduce
The west tower, also call the temple of west tower, lie in Jing town of semi-annular jade pendant of Taicang. The former address is the big emperor s temple when the Ming Dynasty, and then destroyed in a fire.
People raise funds, rebuild in the Qianlong Year of Qing Dynasty, clean the street all to build back hall again the early years, support Bodhisattva Wang Li. The light of the avenue is 30 years (1850) Having built the west tower, there are two halls from beginning to end, there are side rooms in the west, chase and rename as the west tower temple.
The west tower is five storeys for six faces, brick timber structure, fly to the eaves to stick up the horn, the calabash is formed and carried, emerge in the level land, antique, each outer wall of ground floor of the tower is 2.25 meters wide, girth is 1.35 meters, area is about 30 square meters, the tower is 15.5 meters high, reason ladder can mount the top floor, lean upon a balustrade and look far into the distance, have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery along the river, it is best excursion center of Jing area of semi-annular jade pendant at present.