China: Xisi Ta (West Pagoda), built during the Tang Dynasty, Kunming, Yunnan Province. The Bai-style Xisi Ta or West Pagoda dates originally from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), but at this time Kunming was part of the Nanzhao Kingdom. Nanzhao (also Nanchao and Nan Chao) was a Buddhist kingdom that flourished in what is now southern China and Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries.

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