This pagoda is on the southwestern outskirts of Ruili on the main road. An attractive stupa set in a temple courtyard, it was established to mark the arrival of a pair of golden ducks that brought good fortune to what was previously an uninhabited marshy area.
Golden Duck Pagoda
Yunnan
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