JINSHAN PAGODA - CHINA
Jinshan (Gold Hill) Pagoda, standing 3 kilometers northwest of Zhenjiang on the southern bank of the Yangtze River,
was originally built during the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420) on the slope of the mountain Jinshan.
On top of the mountain is the Cisi Pagoda and Liuyun Pavilion .
There is a legend about this pagoda. A white snake turned into a girl and married a young scholar named Xu Xian.
Abbot Fa Hai tried again and again to undermine their marriage. Out of indignation,
the white snake summoned a deluge and flooded Gold Hill Pagoda.
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