Chinese pagoda is strongly influenced by the Buddhism and evolved from the stupa from the Indian subcontinent.

As the Buddhist missionaries, pilgrims, rulers, and ordinary devoted to seek out, distribute, and extol Buddhist relics, the original purpose of the pagoda was to house relics and sacred writings.

The earliest base-structure types for pagodas were square-base and circular-base. By the 10th century the Chinese began to build octagonal-base pagoda towers. The structure can be divided into three parts: the top, the body and the base.

Most pagodas contain relics of the Buddha or at least a statue of the Enlightened. Inside pagodas, there may be a dome-like room or can be climbed by stairs to take care for the decorations or the jewels that are fixed atop of the lotus flower bud.

Yingxian Wooden Pagoda , built in 1056 .( the oldest wooden Buddhist pagoda in existence)

The Xumi Pagoda, built in 636 AD during the Tang Dynasty.