From what dynasty did pagodas begin to appear, and what are their functions and uses?

The pagoda is a kind of traditional Chinese architecture with specific form and style which is common in Asia. Originally, it was a towering point-like structure that enshrined or collected the bones of the Buddha, statues of the Buddha, Buddhist scriptures, and the remains of monks, etc. After the 14th century, the pagoda was gradually secularized.

A Buddhist building in ancient India buried Buddha Shakyamuni cremated relics left behind by the Rustic Pope Han Dynasty when introduced to China and China's indigenous architecture combined to form the Chinese tower this form of architecture. With the spread of Buddhism in the East, Rutabaga this form of architecture in the East is also widely spread, the development of the tower of this very oriental characteristics of traditional architectural forms.

According to "Wei Shu - Shi Lao Zhi", Buddhism was introduced to Luoyang during the reign of Emperor Ming of Han Dynasty, and the White Horse Temple was built outside the West Gate. After the death of Emperor Ming, buried in the northwest of the mausoleum, built an Indian-style tower, which is recorded in the canonical records of China's earliest pagoda. Tower into China at the beginning of the initial period, with a clear Indian or Indian influence of Southeast Asia stupa modeling style, but soon combined with Chinese architecture, especially with China's early wooden buildings, platforms or stone queues and other high-rise buildings combined, fully embodies the national interest.