brief introduction to xi'an

Big Wild Goose Pagoda, also known as Greater Grace Temple, located in the southern suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China Great Mercy Temple. Grace Temple is located in the West due to the hospital, formerly known as Big Wild Goose Pagoda Jionji Saiin Buddha (Buddha tower that means), is the Chinese Tang Dynasty Buddhist architecture art.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a pavilion-style pagoda, tower-high 64.5 meters, the tower of seven storeys, the tower takes the shape of a square pyramid, wood structure formed by the bay, from the bottom up proportionally decreasing tower has wooden ladder can dish login and on each of the four sides have an arch openings, you can lean on a railing overlooking, in the tower overlooking the ancient city of Xi'an.

Founded in 652 AD, according to legend is the first chair Jionji abbot Xuanzang (Tripitaka) after returning from Tianzhu country, in order to worship and storage Sanskrit scriptures and statues and other objects relic personally designed and built Duzao.

Xi'an is located in Xi'an City Wall scenic central area, the existing walls built during the Hongwu years to eleven years (1374-1378), has been 600 years of history, is the late medieval China's most historic city wall is one of the Chinese the most complete ancient city wall of building. Rectangular walls 12 meters high, 18 meters wide at the bottom, top width of 15 meters, with a total perimeter of 13.74 km.

There are four gates: East Changle Gate, Andingmen West, South Yongning doors north Anyuan Gate. Rectangular walls 12 meters high, 18 meters wide at the bottom, top width of 15 meters, with a total perimeter of 13.74 km..