ChinaScape - Xian, Shaanxi

Big Goose Pagoda

Dayan Ta (Big Goose Pagoda) stands just outside downtown Xian, capital of Shaanxi Province. Xuan Zang, the famous Tang Dynasty monk, had spent 15 years in India collecting Sanskrit sutras before translating them into Chinese here. At his request for a safe place to keep the precious sutras, Dayan Ta was built. The pagoda has been restored several times, but the existing design remains close to the original.




				Dayan Ta (Big Goose Pagoda) stands just outside downtown Xian, capital of Shaanxi Province. Xuan Zang, the famous Tang Dynasty monk, had spent 15 years in India collecting Sanskrit sutras before translating them into Chinese here. At his request for a safe place to keep the precious sutras, Dayan Ta was built. The pagoda has been restored several times, but the existing design remains close to the original.