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White Horse Pagoda

White Horse Pagoda (baima ta) originally built in 386 AD. A legend went like this: A prominent monk about 1350 years ago rode a horse to Fusan, which is now Japan, to help spread Buddhism. White Horse Pagoda,dunhuang

On his way, his cherished white horse died in Dunhuang. He was so disconsolate that he buried the horse and built a pagoda in memory of it. After numerous renovations, the 9-story, 12-meter-tall and 7-meter-in-diameter pagoda has become one of the tourist magnets in Dunhuang.

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