The Tianning Temple Pagoda stands outside Guang’anmen in Xicheng District, Beijing. It is a Liao-dynasty octagonal brick pagoda of thirteen close-set eaves, about 57 metres high. It rises from a tall Sumeru base carved with bracket sets, niches and lotus petals; the tall first storey is carved with Buddhas, doors and windows, and above it the thirteen eaves each carry small bracket sets and bells at the corners. Liang Sicheng took it as the model of the Liao and Jin close-eaved brick pagoda.
