The Chung Tai World Museum has collected a variety of Buddhist sculptures. (Photo: World Museum// Chung Tai )
The Dengyu stone tower composed of a base, a body, a tower eave and spire. The pagoda was given provincial-level protection in 1965. While the tower's base and eave are still in Dengyu village, its spire was stolen in 1996 and still missing today.
Now many are concerned that the body of the pagoda might be stolen again if it goes back to its original site in the village. Zhang Huiguo says the Dengyu Stone Tower can't stay in the museum all the time because it's listed as an immovable cultural relic. But the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau says considering the poor state of the village, the pagoda won't be sent back until the conditions there improve.
