It was originally called Tianning Temple, built in the later Zhou Dynasty. It has a history of over 1,000 years. Wenfeng Tower is different from ordinary towers. This tower is bigger in the upper part and smaller in the lower part, odd-shaped.
Wenfeng Pagoda is famous for its unique style of structure. Just on the contrary to the ususal form of common Pagodas, it is wider and wider from the bottom to the top, looking like an umbrella, unique in style both at home and abroad. Wenfeng Pagoda is 38.65 meters tall while the perimeter of the Pagoda foundation is 40 meters long. It has brick Pagoda body and wood eaves. The octagonal body of the Pagoda standing on the round lotus-like foundations of seven floors interlacing with each other and extending both to the left and right enhances the solidity and beauty of the Pagoda.
Wenfeng Pagoda, the highest building in
Anyang till the middle 1980s, has always been the simbol of
Anyang for all those dynasties.