Shǎnxiàn

Shan County occupies the old Shanzhou region on the southern bank of the Yellow River, where hills approach a narrow stretch of the river valley. In the southeastern part of the old town stood Baolun Temple and its brick pagoda, built under the Jin in the twelfth century. A curious echo gave the tower its popular name, the Toad Pagoda: a clap or struck stone nearby was said to return a sound like a frog's call.