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The famous Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an is located inside the Da Ci'en Temple in the southern part of the city, also known as the Da Ci'en Pagoda. Da Ci'en Temple, the most magnificent royal temple in the city of Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty, was built in the 22nd year of Emperor Taizong's reign (648 AD) by Prince Li Zhi to commemorate his mother, Empress Wen De. After the temple was completed, Xuanzang, who had returned from his pilgrimage to the west, was invited to serve as the "first abbot". Master Xuanzang spent 11 years translating Buddhist scriptures and promoting Buddhism at the Great Ci'en Temple. Together with his disciple Kuiji, he founded a major Buddhist sect called the Faxiang (Dharma Characteristics) School, making the Great Ci'en Temple the ancestral home of the Yogacara (Consciousness-Only) School, also known as the Faxiang School. During his tenure as the abbot, Master Xuanzang personally supervised the construction of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda to house the sutras and relics brought back from India. He also obtained permission from Emperor Gaozong of Tang (Li Zhi) to enshrine them in the temple. The present-day Daci'en Temple was built on the basis of the original "Xita Temple" in the Ming Dynasty, and the existing halls in the temple are mostly buildings from the Qing Dynasty. After entering the mountain gate of the temple (at the north end of the South Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda), tourists can see the bell and drum towers confronting each other on the left and right, and the main buildings on the central axis of the temple are the Great Buddha Hall, the Dharma Hall, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and the Xuanzang Sanzang Hall in turn. Among them, the Buddha's relics and the top bone relics of Xuanzang, which are enshrined respectively in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Xuanzang Sanzang Hall, are the "treasures of the town" of Daci'en Temple. To the east of the central axis of the temple is the Pagoda Garden, where the pine and cypress trees are lush. To the south of the Pagoda Garden is the Tower Forest of the Daci'en Temple, which houses nine stupas containing the relics of nine eminent monks of the temple since the Qing Dynasty. At the south and north of the Great Ci'en Temple, there are squares. The north square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda has the largest music fountain in Asia. Except for equipment maintenance on Tuesdays, there are fountain performances every day. On the pedestrian streets on both sides of the east and west walls of the temple, there are a series of sculptures reflecting the scenes of Tang Dynasty people's daily life, vividly describing the common life of the Tang Dynasty people. 🎫Ticket: Enter the Great Ci'en Temple for 40 RMB (from March 1st to the end of November, an additional 25 RMB is required to climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and an additional 20 RMB is required in the off-season to climb the Big Wild Goose Pagoda). 🚌Arrival method: 🚇Subway: Take Line 3 or Line 4 of Xi'an Metro, get off at Dayanta Station, and walk to the Daci'en Temple Scenic Area. 🚍Take bus routes 21, 22, 23, 24, 41, 44, 189, 242, 271, 408, 500, 601, 606, 609, Qujiang Tourist Loop Bus, Tourist Bus 6, Tourist Bus 8/610, etc. Get off at Dayanta South Square Station and walk to the Daci'en Temple Scenic Area. 📸Best photo spot: Take the escalator next to Qujiang Joy City to the 4th floor, the glass wall of the observation deck is too high, and the fake flowers don't look good. Stand on the stairs in the last picture instead of the observation deck next to the edge. Lower the camera to capture the foreground of the flowers.
*Created by local travelers and translated by AI.
Posted: May 7, 2023
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