The Douban Tower is located in Qixingling, northeast of Lingnei Village, Puqian Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province. It was built in the fifth year of Qi tomorrow (1625). The Douban Tower is an octagonal seven-story hollow pavilion-style brick tower with a total height of 21 meters. The gate of the pagoda faces west, and the name of the pagoda and the year of its original construction and reconstruction are engraved on the door plaque. The eaves are made of stacked linear bricks and angular bricks. Each floor is equipped with an arch and a spiral staircase leading up to it. The pagoda brake has been destroyed. The Douban Pagoda is a representative Feng Shui tower with Taoist culture built in Hainan during the Ming Dynasty. It reflects ancient Hainan’s admiration and desire for Taoist culture. It is not only a special navigation beacon for maritime shipping and fishing boat operations, but also a useful tool for studying the development history of Hainan’s ancient pagodas. Valuable information.
Douban Tower in Wenchang, Hainan