This impressive base is all that remains of the Zhaoxian Pagoda at Lingguang Temple, Beijing (in today's Badachu Park), built in 1071 for a Buddha's Tooth Relic. It had a figure of the Buddha carved on every brick. In 1900 it was bombarded by the "Eight-Nation Alliance" (Germany, Japan, Russia, U.K., France, U.S., Italy, and Austria-Hungary) who had invaded allegedly to free foreign legates held by the Boxers. The 1957 replacement containing the relic (found in an inscribed box in the rubble by monks in 1901) stands behind it.
Posted to Reddit et al, February 28, 2025
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