The Small Wild Goose Pagoda(Xiao Yan Ta Pagoda) Tours – China, Shaanxi Province, Xian
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda(Xiao Yan Ta Pagoda)
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About this place
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is also named Xiaoyan Pagoda which is located inside the famous
Buddhist temple "Jianfu Temple". The two Chinese characters "Jian, Fu" mean happiness or
felicity. Because this temple was built by the Tang Emperor Lidan for showing homage to his
father upon his father's a hundred days of death in 684AD.
The pagoda was built to store the Sanskrit books brought by monk Yi Jing from India in 691AD.
This pagoda is multieave pagoda that was originally built in 15 floors. However, the top two layers
ruined in an earthquake in 1556. So now, there 13 floors left whose height is 43 metres.
Bus No.224.
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