 The oldest extant brick-built pagoda in China is the Songyue Pagoda of 523 AD.The Four Gates Pagoda is located at the foot of Qinglong Mountain, near Liubu Village, in Licheng District, under the administration of Jinan City, about 33 kilometers southeast of the city of Jinan proper.The pagoda is located to the east of the site of the Shentong Temple (), which was one of the most important temples in northern China at the time the pagoda was built but is now in ruins.