The white pagoda was built in 1784 with 28.5 meters high. It is a perfect duplicate of the White Pagoda of Beihai Park in Beijing but more elegant and graceful. The story about its construction goes that this pagoda was built overnight to welcome the inspection tour of Emperor Qianlong .This is merely a legend, as a matter of fact, the pagoda was already there in Kangxi’s reign ,and was rebuilt in the Qianlong’s reign .The White Pagoda adds an exotic charm of Buddhism to the Slender West Lake .