Yanta, formerly known as Ci 'en Temple Pagoda, is located in Ji 'an City, Xi City, Shaanxi Province. World cultural heritage, national key cultural relics protection unit, national AAAAA-level tourist attractions. The Wild Goose Pagoda is the earliest and largest square pavilion-style brick pagoda in the Tang Dynasty, and it is a symbol of the ancient capital Xi and Shaanxi. In the third year of Tang Yonghui (AD 652), Master Xuanzang, a monk, wrote a letter to Emperor Gaozong and built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Jeju West Courtyard to sort out the scriptures, Buddha statues and cultural relics brought back from the Western Regions. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is 64.5 meters high, with a square cone, simple shape and magnificent momentum. It is a rare masterpiece of Buddhist architectural art in China.

Name source:

Big Wild Goose Pagoda, is it really related to geese? Xuanzang's "Records of the Western Regions of Datang" recorded the legend that he heard in India that monks buried the Wild Goose Pagoda, and explained the most credible theory of the origin of the Wild Goose Pagoda. "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" (Volume 9): There is a wild goose pagoda in the mountains of Indra House in Maha. It is said that the wild goose is a believer in Hinayana and wants to be enlightened. Perhaps this record is the origin of the name of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Architecture overview:

The Wild Goose Pagoda was built in 652 AD (the third year of Yonghui in Tang Gaozong). Master Xuanzang built a five-story brick tower in the West Tower of Jionji, dedicated to the Buddha statues, Buddhist relics and Sanskrit classics brought back from India. Reconstruction of Wu Zetian in Chang 'an period. Later, it was trimmed many times. The Wild Goose Pagoda is a famous tourist attraction in the Tang Dynasty, so there are a large number of inscriptions by literati, including more than 200 inscriptions in the Ming and Qing Dynasties alone.

The Wild Goose Pagoda is a pavilion-style brick pagoda with a height of 64.5 meters. The tower has seven floors, square cone, wood-like structure, and the proportion decreases from bottom to top. There is a wooden ladder in the tower to climb up. There is an arched ticket gate on both sides of each floor, which can be overlooked through the railing. The whole building is magnificent, simple and steady in shape, moderate in proportion, solemn and simple in style, and it is a well-preserved pavilion tower. This tower overlooks the ancient city Xi 'an.