Linqing Sarira Pagoda, Shandong 山东临清舍利塔
The Linqing Sarira Pagoda stands on the east bank of the Wei Canal in the northern outskirts of Linqing, Liaocheng, Shandong: an octagonal nine-storey brick pagoda in the pavilion style, built in the Wanli reign of the Ming. With the Randeng Pagoda in Tongzhou, the Wenfeng Pagoda in Yangzhou and the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou it is one of the “four great pagodas of the Grand Canal”, and it appears behind the guild hall on one of the “Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal” stamps.
