Giant Wild Goose Pagoda China- an ancient pagoda built in 652 AD/唐风佛韵的大雁塔

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda enclosed within the Ci’en (Temple of Mercy) monastery in present-day Xi’an. It was erected in 652 to commemorate the return of the temple’s abbott, the celebrated monk Xuanzang. This heroic figure to Chinese Buddhist history traveled west across the Silk Road and throughout India for sixteen years, exploring the homeland of Buddhism before returning with hundreds of sutras (Buddhist texts).

First built to a height of 60 meters (197 feet) with five storeys, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda is now 64.5 meters (211.6 feet) high with an additional two storeys. It was said that after that addition came the saying-'Saving a life exceeds building a seven-storey pagoda'. Externally Big Wild Goose Pagoda looks like a square cone, simple but grand and it is a masterpiece of Buddhist construction. Built of brick, its structure is very firm. Inside the pagoda, stairs twist up so that visitors can climb and overlook the panorama of the city from the arch-shaped doors on four sides of each storey.

🎬Itinerary(行程表)
0:00 Ci'en Temple(大慈恩寺)
10:54 Giant Wild Goose Pagoda(大雁塔近景)
14:31 Interior view of Giant Wild Goose Pagoda(大雁塔內景)
41:15 Giant Wild Goose Pagoda Culture & Leisure Scenic Area(大雁塔文化休闲景区)
45:37 Tang Da Ci'en Temple Heritage Park(唐大慈恩寺遗址公园)