釋氏稽古略 2.192

2.192

Emperor Xuanwu, the Ancestor Shizong of the Northern Wei, built Yaoguang Monastery, but it was not yet finished. That year, Empress Dowager Hu built Yongning Monastery; both were situated beside the palace. She also built Shiku Monastery at the mouth of Yique, featuring one sixteen-foot golden statue, ten statues of average human height, and two jade statues. She erected a nine-tiered pagoda ninety zhang tall, with a spire on top rising another ten zhang. On quiet nights, the sound of its bells and chimes was heard for ten li. Since the entry of the Buddha Dharma into China, the grandeur of stupas and temples had never seen the like. (History of the Northern Dynasties).