The Three Pagodas are well known for their resilience ; they have endured several man-made and natural catastrophes over more than one thousand years . Their mother building was known as Chong Shen Monastery ( pinyin '' Chong Sheng Si '' , also known as '' SanTa Si '' , '' Tianlong Si '' ) and was once the royal temple of the Kingdom of Dali . It was originally built at the same time as the first pagoda , but was destroyed in a fire during the rule of the Qing Dynasty . The temple was later rebuilt in 2005 . It was recorded that Qianxun Pagoda had been split in an earthquake on May 6 , 1515 AD ( Ming Dynasty ) . However , it miraculously recovered ten days later in an aftershock . The most recent record of severe earthquake in the Dali area occurred in 1925 . Only one in one hundred buildings in Dali survived , but the Three Pagodas were undamaged
occurred in 1925
1925 Dali earthquake
Three Pagodas