The "Monster-Taming Pagoda" on Hunan Huai-Xin Expressway is actually a traditional Dong ethnic group building - the Drum Tower.

by sisi1212 on 2009-04-23 09:49:51

On April 22, a news article titled "Hunan Huai Xin Expressway Management Office Spends Millions to Build a 'Demon Suppressing Pagoda'" appeared in prominent positions on major websites. The report stated that the Hunan Huai Xin Expressway Management Office had spent over a million yuan to build a 'Demon Suppressing Pagoda'. The pagoda faces south and is quite spectacular, named "Zhen Qu Lou". Many netizens commented on this matter. In order to uncover the truth, on the afternoon of April 22, a reporter from Rednet went to Huaihua for an investigation.

Dozens of websites reprinted the story about the 'Demon Suppressing Pagoda', as the reporter went to Huaihua for an investigation.

This morning, the reporter conducted an online search and discovered that the earliest and most detailed report about the 'Demon Suppressing Pagoda' was from a website called 'Xin Xiang Bao'.