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Tien-Ning-Szu Pagoda
Tien-Ning-Szu Pagoda

No. 847, TIEN-NING-SZU PAGODA.

We have here selected a more distant view than the preceding two by of the same structure, with the object of introducing an accompanying tower of smaller size, the base less ornamental is composed of bricks intermixed with white marble. These ornamental columns are very numerous in the plains of Pekin, while further on the hills are enriched many of unique form, quite neglected by the natives, but very interesting to Foreigners.