Pagoda of Monk Wansong

After Wansong's death his disciples built a pagoda for his remains in the west of the former central capital of the Jin dynasty, then called Yanjing (modern Beijing).

[2] The pagoda was octagonal in shape, with a flat top, and constructed from thin bricks.

On its front there was a stone plaque engraved with the words "Pagoda of the Old Man of Wansong" (萬松老人塔).

[2] By the late Ming dynasty the pagoda had become hidden amongst the streets and buildings of the flourishing commercial city of Beijing, and it was not until a 1606 that a monk called Le'an (樂庵) noticed the overgrown pagoda, and raised money to repair it.

[2] In 1927 Ye Gongchuo 葉恭綽 (1881–1968), deputy minister of communications, led a campaign to restore the pagoda and the wall surrounding the grounds it stood in.