The Sarira Pagoda stands in the Qixia Temple on Mount Qixia, Nanjing. An octagonal, five-storey dense-eaved stone pagoda about fifteen metres high, it was rebuilt under the Southern Tang of the Five Dynasties and is the largest surviving relic pagoda in China. It rests on a Sumeru base carved with sea waves, dragons and phoenixes and scenes from the life of the Buddha, cut with great skill, and its body carries Buddha figures and heavenly kings. Liang Sicheng lists it as an example of Five Dynasties stone pagodas.
