Dating from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), Suzhou??? Twin Pagodas (Shuang Ta, Shuangta) are tall, narrow identical, seven-storey octagonal brick structures. One is named ???larity Dispensing Pagoda?? and the other ???eneficence Pagoda??

Suzhou, the city of canals and gardens, was called the ???enice of the East??by Marco Polo. An ancient Chinese proverb states: ???n Heaven there is Paradise