A team of researchers found objects that the ancient workers had buried when they began construction of the temple. The artifacts included a wooden hammer, a wooden cast for making mud bricks ...

Temple in the northwestern corner of the county town of Yingxian, is Sakyamuni Pagoda. Since it was built completely of timber, it has been known popularly as the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County.

The thousand-year- old temple collapsed in the flood, but the towering pagoda survived and stood firm. The thirteen-storey brick structure, modeled after wooden counterparts, is 54.66 meters high.