White Horse Pagoda

The White Horse Pagoda (baima ta) was originally built in 386 AD. Legend has it that some 1350 years ago, a prominent monk was riding to japan to spread Beddhism. On route, his horse dropped dead at Dunhaung. He was so disconsolate that he buried the horse and built a pagoda in memory of it. After numerous renovations, this nine-story, 12-meter-tall and sevem-meter-in-diameter pagoda has become one of the major tourist magnets in Dunhuang.