Do u know why the original 雷峰塔 collapsed ?

In Hangzhou there is this famous tourist place call 雷峰塔 , Thunder peak pagoda (translated literally) . Behind this place there is this famous folk lore which i think most of us would had heard or seen the movie. The story is 白蛇传。 In the story, lady white snake 白娘娘 was once trapped in the thunder peak pagoda.

Silk production is a major industry in Hangzhou and Suzhou, so a lot of farmers in the region grow mulberry trees and harvest silkworm for their silk. Stories goes that one of the farmer tired of the snakes eating up their precious silkworm, went to the temple, took a piece of stone from the wall and placed it in his plantation. The next year he had a bountiful harvest while others are suffering from the snakes. Other stories include bricks from the tower could repel illness or prevent miscarriage, many people stole bricks from the tower to grind into powder.

The story gets passed around and farmers started to grab stones/bricks/tiles from the pagoda. The pagoda finally collapse in the 1924 sep 25...

In October 1999, the city of Hangzhou decided to rebuild the pagoda anew to enhance the scenery of the lake. On 25th October 2002, the rebuilt pagoda opened, built above the ruins of the old one and with documents and exhibits on show for visitors.