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The Big Wild Goose Pagoda, also known as the Great Ci 'en Temple 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 Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a landmark and famous historic site of Xi, and also a symbol of the ancient city of Xi. This famous ancient pagoda is painted in the center of the emblem of Xi. [Edit this paragraph] The Ji 'en Temple, where the Wild Goose Pagoda is located, is the place where Xuanzang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, specially translated and collected scriptures. Master Xuanzang retrieved Buddhist scriptures from Tianzhu and once presided over the temple affairs in Ji 'en Temple. He planned to build a stone tower outside the main entrance of Ji 'an Temple in March of the third year of Tang Yonghui (AD 652) on the grounds of "fearing that the people would not be diligent, the scriptures would be lost, and fire prevention would be difficult", and played it on the attached drawings. Because Xuanzang's floating pictures are always 30 feet high, Tang Gaozong approved the court to build a five-story brick tower in the west courtyard of the temple on the grounds that the project was huge and difficult to realize, and he didn't want the mage to work hard. This pagoda is called Big Wild Goose Pagoda, because a smaller one was built in Jianfu Temple in Chang 'an. Jionji Pagoda is called Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and Jianfu Temple Pagoda is called Little Wild Goose Pagoda, which has been passed down to this day. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is modeled after the Western Regions, with brick surface and soil core, which is unattainable, and there are relics on each floor. Master Xuanzang personally presided over the construction of this tower, which took two years to complete. After more than 50 years, the tower gradually collapsed due to the change of topsoil core and wind and rain erosion.

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 is equipped with stairs for people to climb and overlook the ancient city Xi 'an.