Up Close the Entrance of the Leifeng Pagoda 雷峰塔

I was quite excited to visit the Leifeng Pagoda. It was quite prominent when I was at the shores of West Lake that I immediately headed to it. This probably one of the more important places here in the West Lake as it accepts an entrance fee to see the pagoda. I was a bit dumbfounded to find out about this, I would later realize why they were charging a fee to begin with. The usual tourist crowd was there but not really that bad. After going through the entrance gate, I was surprised to see flight of escalators at the foot of the pagoda.
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