Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
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The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a seven-storey Buddhist pagoda in the Daci'en Temple complex in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It was first built in 652, when Xi'an was the Ta
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
Close-up view of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Night view photo of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Statue of Xuanzang at Night
Xuanzang
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Xuanzang, born Chen Hui or Chen Yi, also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making cont
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
…in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It was first built in 652, when Xi'an was the Tang capital Chang'an, under the direction of the monk and translator Xuanzang. The original five-storey structure was rebuilt during the reign of Wu Zetian and repaired in later dynasties; the present brick exterior reflects major…
14th-century painting of Xuanzang – Japan, Kamakura period
Liao dynasty statue of the Eleven Headed Guanyin in Dule Temple in Tianjin, China.
Xuanzang describes colossal Buddhas carved into the rocks of Bamiyan region (above: 19th-century sketch, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001).
Reconstructed route of Xuanzang over 629–645 CE through India. Along with Nalanda in Bihar, he visited locations that are now in Kashmir, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Bangladesh.