Jifang Pavilion (Pavilion of Gathering Fragrance)

Jifang Pavilion, one of the pavilions of five directions, was built symmetrically to Guanmiao Pavilion, the Wonder Appreciation Pavilion on the east of the hill and they are all alike in architectural structure and colored paintings. Put up in 1751 the Jifang Pavilion is a pavilion located on a site of an ancient building of the previous dynasty. Covered up with glazed tiles of jadeite color and yellow rims, it is an octagonal ancient pavilion of double-eaves with a cusped top. Standing 14.2 meters high, it covers a floor space of 110 square meters. Enshrined formerly in the pavilion was an Amitabha Buddha, one of the Buddhas of Five Directions cast of copper. However, it was robbed away by the Eight-power Allied Forces in 1900.