Game turns tour into lessons in history

Several young people rushed to complete the task.

I continued walking around the courtyard because the task didn't apply to peacock tribe members. I then found another task in a pavilion. I was required to make a rubbing of a stone tablet. I was instructed to spread a layer of paper onto the ink model and gently hammer it to make images appear. What I made was crude, but the instructor encouraged me and stamped my scorecard to show that I completed this task.

Leaving the courtyard, I returned to the main road, which led to the iron pagoda where a tour guide introduced the building.

In ancient China, pagodas were often built with temples, and this was no exception. The original temple dates back to the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577), but the pagoda was initially built in the Northern Song period.

Seen from afar, it resembled an iron pagoda, though it was made of glazed tiles, earning it the nickname "iron pagoda" among the public as early as the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). After restorations throughout many following dynasties, the pagoda still maintains its Song Dynasty-era style.

On the way to the pagoda, I tried to complete many other tasks, such as making painted fans and burning incense, all popular activities during the Northern Song period.