Introduction to the Golden Pagoda Hall: The Golden Pagoda Hall was first built in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. A gold pagoda was cast on top of it in the Tang Dynasty. There was a secret chamber for relics under the platform, which was called the "Old Golden Pagoda Platform" at that time. The current building is in the style of the Qing Dynasty and is three rooms wide. , four rooms deep, with composite roofs of various types, and a rolling shed in front. The hall is about eight meters high and is still built on a 1.8-meter-high square platform. The hall displays the third Buddha cast in the sixth year of Zhengtong and the new statues of Kassapa, There are five statues of Anan, Manjusri, Samantabhadra and the founder of the Great Buddha Temple, the Great Master. They are painted with "Sakyamuni Propagates Dharma", "Wang Gui Ji Shi Creates Sutras", "Buddha's Own Story", "Bodhisattva Saves Eight Difficulties" Wait for Jiutong's colorful and rich murals.

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