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Big Wild Goose Pagoda
A 652 AD Tang dynasty pagoda that anchored China's greatest Buddhist translation project
About Big Wild Goose Pagoda
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Ta) was built in 652 AD to house the Buddhist scriptures and relics brought from India by the monk Xuanzang, whose 17-year journey inspired the classic novel Journey to the West. The seven-storey, 64-metre brick pagoda is one of the best-preserved examples of early Tang dynasty Buddhist architecture and stands in the Da Ci'en Monastery complex with a vast public plaza.