The Big Wild Goose Pagoda Guide

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, built in 652 A.D. in the Tang Dynasty, is one of the most famous Buddhist pagodas in China. The Pagoda is 64.5 meters high with 7 stories, which is now the symbol of ancient city Xi'an and famous tourist attraction. At its prime during the Tang Dynasty, there were 13 courtyards and nearly 2,000 rooms; now after centuries' weathered ruining, wars and reconstructions, the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda still stands tall at its original location. The present Big Wild Goose Pagoda is now a part of the Daci'en Temple which was built to comemorate Jinghui Emperor's mother. The temple

was built under the supervition of the hierarch Xuanzang who traveled to India, the cradle of Buddhism, and took back many Buddhist sutras. It functioned to collect the Buddhist Scriptures taken from India by Xuanzang. He started from Chang'an (the ancient Xian), along the Silk Road and through deserts, finally arriving in India,. Enduring 17 years and traversing 100 countries, he obtained Buddha figures, 657 kinds of sutras and several Buddha relics. With the support of royalty, he asked 50 hierarchs into the temple to translate Sanskrit in sutras into Chinese, in total 1,335 volumes, which heralded a new era in

the history of translation.The Big Wild Goose Pogoda was rebuilt many times and had been a glamorous place so there are lots of inscriptions of famous scholars. Even merely the inscriptions from Ming and Qing Dynasties could add up to more than 200. The Big Wild Goose Pogada is brick-wood structure with stairs whirling up to the top. You could climb up and have a brid's view of the old town part of Xi'an. The Big Wild Goose Pogoda is the image in the center of the emblem of Xi'an City. Some guide information of the Big Wild Goose Pogoda.
Location: Within the Daci'en Temple, Xi'an              Contact number: +86 29-85551586; 85551587　        Tickets: RMB25/Person               Opening hours: 8:00 - 18:00

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