According to ancient records: "Ye Xian lives on it and lights up it from time to time." But no one has ever seen "Ye Xian", and when the lights are turned on, some people witness it with their own eyes. In the old days, during the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, some faithful men and women near the foot of the mountain would go to the temple in front of the pagoda to burn incense and make offerings. Some people would also hang some small red lanterns at the entrance of the temple or on the corners of the pagoda. At night, after lighting candles, the lights would Looking from the bottom of the mountain, it looks like red stars shining in the sky. The scenery is wonderful and extraordinary, so it is known as the "Pagoda Fairy Lantern".
The Yexian Pagoda was built in the eighth year of Chongxi reign of the Liao Dynasty (1039 AD). There was a temple in front of the pagoda, named Puzhao Temple. During the Jiajing and Gengxu periods of the Ming Dynasty, the Hulu invaded and the temple was destroyed. After being destroyed by fire, it was renamed Puji Temple after reconstruction. In the forty-third year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1778), the Yexian Pagoda was rebuilt and the couplets of the Nanhai Dashi Buddhist Hall were built. In the fifteenth year of the Guangxu reign (1889), the top of the tower was struck by lightning (see "Miyun County Chronicles" in the third year of the Republic of China, Vol. 1-4) and later rebuilt. Although this tower has been rebuilt many times, its structure has always maintained the architectural style of the Liao Dynasty. The tower is 12 meters high, 6 meters in diameter, octagonal in plan, with three hollow eaves. The tower has two floors, each with an arched door. , can be entered and exited, the door opening faces south, surrounded by brick-carved false windows and various brick-carved decorations. The base, body and top of the tower are all brick-carved imitation wood structures. There is a Qing Dynasty calligraphy on both sides of the lower door. The deputy couplet says: "The pen of the Yun-Han literati is placed high, and the warrior crown of Tanying is restored." The three characters written horizontally are "Puji Temple". During the ten years of turmoil, this precious Liao Pagoda was blown up in 1967 in the name of "Destroying the Four Olds".