The pagoda's floor plan is an equilateral octagon in which all of the eight side walls are curved inwards.

This design may have been chosen to reflect the Chinese saying derived from a story of the Warring States period which reads: One word, nine ding vessels (Chinese: 一言, 九鼎; pinyin: yī yán, jiǔ dǐng).

Each of the roof pagodas has a square cross-section, three eaved storeys, and features a small door.

Eight of the nine roof pagodas are positioned over the eight corners of the main body's octagon with their doors oriented outwards.

It leads to a chamber which houses a 1.2-meter tall Buddha statue made from stone and executed the style of the Tang dynasty.