Randeng Pagoda, Tongzhou, Beijing 北京通州燃灯塔

Location: China, Beijing, Tongzhou District Google Maps Amap
Part of: Stamps: The Grand Canal
Nearby: Universal Beijing Resort ↓︎7km, The Temple of Heaven, Beijing ←︎22km, Beijing ←︎22km, The Forbidden City (Palace Museum), Beijing ←︎23km, Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital ←︎23km, 798 Art District, Beijing ↖︎16km, The Summer Palace, Beijing ←︎35km, National Art Museum of China ←︎22km, National Natural History Museum, Beijing ←︎23km, Jingshan Park, Beijing ←︎23km

The Randeng Pagoda stands at the north end of old Tongzhou, on the west bank of the North Canal. An octagonal brick pagoda with thirteen tiers of close-set eaves, it was first built under the Liao and has been repaired many times since. It marks the northern end of the Grand Canal: an old line of verse says one knows Tongzhou by the shadow of its pagoda, and boatmen bringing grain knew from it that the capital was near.