Nanxiang Twin Pagodas is the only one of the oldest brick pagoda in the structure of Chinese pavilions.

The twin pagodas located by the side of the main street in Nanxiang Town of Jiading District, were built in the Five Dynasties period (907-960).

A beautiful story is about Nanxiang Temple. When a farmer was digging the land he suddenly exposed a piece of stone. And ever after it he often saw two cranes standing on it. At that time Buddhism was on vogue and so it was deemed something wonderful as some monks said. They set out for almsgiving in order to build a temple on the spot. When the temple came to completion the two cranes flew southwards with no more return, hence the temple is called "Nanxiang", which means "fly to south" in Chinese.

Though the temple was burnt in Qing Dynasty , the twin pagodas are still there standing opposite each other in the east and west.