Attraction in Xi'an: Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Big Wild Goose Pagoda - a must for the tourists

Big (or Great) Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Ci'en Temple 4km from the Xi'an downtown. It was built in 652 A.D. designed and supervised by the first master abbot Xuan Zang for keeping the Sanskrit classics and offering sacrifice to the Buddha's relics and other things that he had taken back from India. Besides, there are two steles with inscriptions by two emperors of Tang Dynasty. Now the epitaphs still can be seen clearly there.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a pavilion-like brick pagoda. It is totally 7 stories, 64.839m in height; the side length of the tower footing is 25m. The pagoda body is quadrate-pyramidal, which is rubbed bricks with tight joints, you can tell apart the bay between two walls by the prisms jutting out on the brick walls. The tower is a very traditional Chinese style architecture,if you spiral upwards from the staircases, the ancient city seen from the top of the pagoda is a tremendous spectacle. On the four sides of each story of the pagoda are the arched doors; There are many carving pictures can be seen on the lintels and doorframes of the stone gates on the first floor. They are very valuable, especially, the picture of the Scene of the Monk Preach on the Hall on the lintel of the west stone gate. Also its nearby attractions are very beautiful such as the Lotus Garden of Tang Dynasty, the Northern Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda, they have attracted many tourists to hand around. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of Landmark Constructions of Xi'an, and it is a must for the tourists.

Recommended Xian Tours including Big Wild Goose Pagoda:
COT-XAT-02 2 Nights / 3 Days Tour Program in Xian