BIG WILD-GOOSE PAGODA (Dayan Ta), Xi'an, China.

The pagoda was first built in 652 when Xi'an (then known as Chang'an) 
was capital for the Tang Dynasty.  Originally called the Pagoda of 
the Classics, it was constructed by the pilgrim monk Xuanzang to 
house Sanskrit Buddhist texts brought from India.  It collapsed and 
was rebuilt between 701 and 704 on the orders of Empress Wu Ze Tian.  
At 64 meters high, the pagoda offers splendid views of Xi'an.  Its 
formal name is the Ci'en Temple Pagoda, but since the temple no 
longer exists, the pagoda is now known by its other name.  

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Created by Lee Sojot.
