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Statue of Xuanzang in front of Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Chinese: 大雁塔; pinyin: Dàyàn tǎ, lit. ' big swan goose pagoda '), is a monumental Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It was built in c. 652 during the Tang dynasty and originally had five stories.
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, also called the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Great Wild Goose Pagoda and Dayan Pagoda. Was built by Xuanzang in 652. The 63.25-metre (207.5 ft) pagoda has the brick structure with seven stories and four sides of ancient Indian style. It has been renovated and redecorated several times since the Tang dynasty (618–907).
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda; Guanghua Temple (Putian) Guanghui Temple Huatai Pagoda; H. Haotian Pagoda; ... Small Wild Goose Pagoda; Songyue Pagoda; Songjiang Square Pagoda;
The other notable pagoda is the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, originally built in 652 and restored in 704. This pagoda, along with the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and other sites along the Silk Road, was inscribed in 2014 on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor World Heritage Site. [1]
Brick and stone went on to dominate Tang, Song, Liao and Jin dynasty pagoda construction. An example is the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (652 AD), built during the early Tang dynasty. The Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing has been one of the most famous brick and stone pagoda in China throughout history. The Zhou dynasty started making the ancient pagodas ...
Statue of Xuanzang in front of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Shaanxi. Caotang Temple; Daci'en Temple; Daxingshan Temple; Famen Temple; Giant Wild Goose Pagoda; Guangren Temple; Jianfu Temple; Jingye Temple; Qinglong Temple (Xi'an) Small Wild Goose Pagoda; Wolong Temple; Xiangji Temple (Shaanxi) Xingjiao Temple
The earliest brick pagoda that remains extant is the Songyue Pagoda, built in 523, and a typical example of a Tang-era stone pagoda is the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, constructed in 652. Although Buddhist influences on China waned after the late Tang period, numerous Buddhist pagoda towers were built during the Song dynasty.
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Small Wild Goose Pagoda are both spectacular towers and both are well over 1,000 years old and have survived great earthquakes. The Stele Forest is famous for its numerous historic inscriptions and stoneworks. [140] The Famen Temple and its towering pagoda located 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Xi'an.