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Leaning Tower of Zuojiang River

Publication time:2020-04-15 18:00:46

Leaning Tower of Zuojiang River, as known as Guilong Leaning Tower, is one of the eight leaning towers in the world. It was built on the Aotou Peak, a stone in the middle of Zuojiang River, 2 km far away from the northeast of downtown of Chongzuo. The tower was built in the year of 1621 by Li Youmei, a governor in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and in the 35th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1696), a governor Xu Yue added two floors. Thus, it became a brick tower with five floors, 5 meters bottom diameter, and 18.28 meters high, and the tower body is octagonal.