Jusha Pagoda (or Sand Accumulation Pagoda) is located beside Xupu Pond, Eastern Street, Meili Town, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, China. In 2013 the pagoda was listed as national key cultural relics protection site.
According to "the Annals of Changshu City", the pagoda was built during the Reign of Emperor Shaoxing of the Southern Song Dynasty after a gentlemen named Qian Dao advocated the fund raising for the pagoda and then the masses followed, penny and penny laid up to be many. In 1986 the pagoda was repaired and reinforced and in 1993, new technology was adopted to restore the tilting tower back the upright state. From 1996 to 1998, an overhaul was conducted to the pagoda to reproduce the Song Dynasty architectural style.
Jusha Pagoda is a seven-story pagoda, with the chamber being square and without a tower core. On the ground floor, a square door is opened, while on the upper stories, 4 doors are opened. From the second floor on, wooden eaves and balconies project out, is a brick and wood hybrid structure tower. After repair, the pagoda is 32.83 meters high; the bottom part is 4.12 meters from side to side. Each level tower room is dislocated 45 degrees, so do doors and Windows. Tower eaves are the typical construction method of song tower in south of Yangtze River. The secondary angle beam epithelium and the main angle beam epithelial are bent upward. Lower part of the outer wall is made into brick carving sumeru pedestal. Beneath the balcony are Yongding columns, which is a rare structure of Song Dynasty architectures, provides another example for the study of Southern Song Dynasty pagoda in South of Yangtze River.