Built by the Bohai Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the Lingguang Pagoda is the earliest known pagoda of the northeastern area. Sitting in the north and facing south, the pagoda is located near the Yalu River. The square-shaped, brick pagoda was originally designed like a pavilion, with multi-layered eaves. The present pagoda has five stories and stands at 13 meters in height. Its body rises from the bottom to meet the top, layer by layer; the ground floor is the highest layer at about 2.8 meters. Eaves protruding from each layer tilt up at the corners. A 1.65-by-0.9-meter arched door leads to the center of the ground floor where the four walls are paved with big, brown bricks that have decorative patterns. A square mullion window opens on each sides from the second to the fifth floors. A calabash-shaped top was added to the pagoda by builders of modern times. The pagoda originally had no base and its present base was constructed in 1953. The Lingguang Pagoda witnessed the prevalence of Buddhism in the Bohai area during the Tang Dynasty and contained high buildings from that period. As a result, it has great historical and cultural value.