The White Stupa at Miao Ying Temple, built in the 8th year of Zhi Yuan (1271 A.D.) of the Yuan dynasty, the white stupa was designed by a well-known Nepalese architect and technologist Arniger to commemorate the Buddhist relics of Sakyamuni and to symbolize the magical powers of deity as well as emperor.
This 50.9-meter-high stupa, a typically Buddhist structure built with bricks and stones. It is known by its popular name 'the white stupa'. The stupa occupies 810 square meters and contains three sections: the base, the body and the head. The body is like a huge upside-down alms bowl bound with seven huge iron hoops with seven huge iron hoops.
The conical head of the stupa is composed of the 13 concentric rings of the vault of heaven, at the zenith, these rings are topped with a plate-shaped canopy, there are 36 strings of engraved copper tassels and bells hanging around the edge of the canopy. In the center of the canopy stands the crown of the stupa.
The white stupa at Miaoying Temple is the biggest and oldest Tibet style Buddhist stupa ever discovered and preserved in China. As an important project of the great capital of Yuan dynasty, it is a symbol of the well- established and longstanding friendship of the peoples of China and Nepal. On March 4th, 1961 the white stupa was made known officially by the State Council as one of the historical relics deserving focal preservation.