Xi'an >> Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The 7 story Great Wild Goose Pagoda was built in AD 652. It is a striking elegant building and is the symbol of Xian. The famous Buddhist monk Xuan Zang returned from a 17 year pilgrimage and the square pagoda was built to house the 600 or so Buddhist texts that he had collected in India.
The pagoda - built within the compound of the Benevolence Temple - has high architectural value considering it is already 1,300 years old. Above the stone doors at the bottom of the tower, there remain the exquisite line-etched pictures from the Tang Dynasty. The bottom of the pagoda resembles a wild goose, hence the name, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Xuan Zang is a household name in China. The famous novel "A Journey to the West" is based on his long journey to India.