The Pagoda is located within a small village called Baima Village, (White Horse Village) about two kilometers away from Dunhuang. The White Horse Pagoda (baima ta) was originally built in 386 AD and measures twelve meters tall, boasts nine stories, and is seven meters in diameter. Legend has it that roughly 1,350 years ago, a prominent monk was riding to Japan to spread Buddhism. On the way, his horse dropped dead at Dunhuang. He was so inconsolable that he buried his horse and built a pagoda in memory of it. After numerous renovations, this pagoda has become one of the main points of interest in Dunhuang.
