Tall timber Pagoda was very popular at one time in ancient China.  The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda is an example of such building which survived close to 1000 years of exposure to the elements and forces of nature, wars, and human usage as well as misuse.  This paper discusses many unique structural features of this Pagoda building by relating its special structural form and structural elements to its ability to resist large seismic forces.

Keywords: wooden Pagoda, symmetrical multistory building, Dou Gong bracket system, earthquake, reinforcement techniques.