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1、1Good morning,ladies and gentlemen.As a 4A attraction,the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is always a popular traveldestination.Today we are going to appreciate its charm.Now please come to the introduction.Dacien TempleThe Big Wild Goose Pagoda stands in Dacien Temple in the south of Xian city.It is one of t

2、he most famous pagodas inChina.Dacien Temple was originally built in 589 AD in the Sui Dynasty,and was named Wulou Temple.In 648AD,Emperor LiZhi(Gao Zong),then still a crown prince,ordered to repair the temple.Emperor Li Zhi was a filial son.He had this templerenovated in memory of his mother who di

3、ed when he was quite young.Then named it Dacien temple which means the Templeof Great Maternal Grace.It is said that Emperor Gao Zong paid homage to the temple twice a day(in the morning and at dusk)by looking in its direction from the Han Yuan Palace.The temple consists of 1,879 magnificent rooms.T

4、he buildings we seetoday date from either the Ming or the Qing dynasties.2Brief Introduction to Xuan ZangBefore we get more information of the Pagoda,lets learn an important man in China-Xuan Zang.Xuan Zang was both agreat translator and traveler.At the age of 29 in 628 AD,he went to study Buddhism

5、in India.He lived in India and studiedBuddhism there for 17 years.In 645AD,three years before the temple was renovated,Xuan Zang returned from India through hislong trip across Central Asia.Back in Changan,Xuan Zang was welcomed at the imperial palace.Because of his uniqueknowledge of India and Cent

6、ral Asia and his deep understanding of Buddhist doctrines,he spent the next 12 years translating atotal of 1,335 volumes of Buddhist scriptures.Building of the PagodaIn 652AD,Xuan Zang made a proposal to the court for a pagoda to be built inside the temple to store the scriptures andstatues he had b

7、rought back from India.The Emperor agreed without hesitation.Xuan Zang was very pleased.He personallytook an active part in the process of its construction,form designing,supervision to actually carrying bricks and stones on hisback to the construction site.The design of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda co

8、mbined the traditional style of Chinese tower and theart of pagoda building from the western regions.The pagoda was first built with only five storeys,60 meters high.Later,thepagoda increased to 10 storeys when it was reconstructed from 701 to 704.Because of destroy of wars,the pagoda now rises64 me

9、ters with 7 storeys.It was built with layers of bricks but without any cement in between.The Origin of the Name of the PagodaThere has been an interesting story about the name of the pagoda.It was said that Xuan Zang used to stay in a Mahayanatemple in India.There are two sects in Buddhism:the Mahay

10、ana and the Hinayana.Believers of the Mahayana sect werevegetarians,while believers of the Hinayana sect were non-vegetarians.Near the temple where Xuan Zang was staying,therestood a Hinayana temple.One day,a monk was worried about the shortage of meat in his temple.However,it happened to bethe Gene

11、ral Alms Day of Buddha;another monk looked up at the sky and sighed“the merciful Buddha will never forget what daytoday is.”At that time,a flock of wild geese were flying over the temple.At these words,the head goose dropped dead on theground right in front of the monk.The monks were all puzzled and

12、 astonished.They thought that this must be the result ofBuddhas spirit at work to satisfy them with the wild goose.Ever since then,the monks of the temple became vegetarians andbegan to believe in Mahayana.They also set up a pagoda at the place where the wild goose dropped dead,and called it theWild

13、 Goose Pagoda.The Wild Goose Pagoda we see here is a structure modeling after the one in India,and given the name in memory of XuanZang and in praise of Buddhism.After about half a century,the pagoda in Jian Fu Temple was built.The two pagodas face eachother from the distance,but at the same time re

14、vealed different styles.Since the one in Jian Fu Temple is smaller than the WildGoose Pagoda,people started to call it the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and this one the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.The Bell Tower and the Drum TowerInside the Cien temple,there are two small buildings.The one on the east side hou

15、ses a bell,and the one on the west sidehouses a drum.The bell is an iron cast from the Ming Dynasty,weighing 15 tons.The bell and the drum were used to strike timefor the monks in the temple.Now lets come to Da Xiong Bao Dian.Da Xiong Bao Dian is the most important hall in a Buddhist temple,because

16、it isdedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha.It is often called Da Dian or the Great Hall.The Hall of Xuan Zang San ZangThe Hall of Xuan Zang San Zang is north of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.Inside the Hall are Xuan Zangs relic and a bronzestatue of a seated Xuan Zang.The inner wall is chiseled with murals depi

17、cting this hierarchs story.The Tablets with the Inscriptions of Emperor Tai Zong and Gao ZongHere on both sides of the south door of the Pagoda we can see two tablets inserted into the walls,one on each side.XuanZang stayed in the temple for 12 years and translated 1,335 volumes of Buddhist scriptur

18、es.In praise of the masters dedicationto Buddhism,Emperor Tai Zong Wrote“A Foreword on the Holy Religion”,followed by crown prince Li Zhis“a Preface to theForeword on his Holy Religion”.The two compositions were written by the famous calligrapher Chu Suiliang of the Tang Dynasty.Ok,ladies and gentlemen,so much for this part.3