Introduction to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda:
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Da Ci'en Temple in the south of Xi'an City, Shanxi Province. It is also called the Ci'en Temple Pagoda. It was built in the third year of Yonghui in the Tang Dynasty, which was AD In 652, Xuanzang, a holy monk of the Tang Dynasty, ordered the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in order to protect himself when he reached Tianzhu from the Silk Road and retrieved the scriptures and Buddha statues from Chang'an.
When the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was first built, it had only five floors. Later, after gradual construction in the past dynasties, the tower gradually became seven stories high. The overall height of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is 64.517 meters. The side length is 25.5 meters.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the earliest and largest brick pagoda of the Tang Dynasty square pavilion-style building among the ancient pagodas discovered today. It is the pagoda, an ancient Indian Buddhist temple architectural form, that was introduced to the Central Plains and integrated into the Central Plains. A typical physical evidence of Chinese culture.
Extended information:
The name of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda comes from Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty. On his way westward, when he entered the hinterland of the desert, he was so hungry and thirsty that he accidentally knocked over his water bottle. At the critical moment, a group of wild geese took Tang Xuanzang to an oasis, and he survived.
After returning to China, in order to thank the wild geese and find a quiet place to store the scriptures, Tang Xuanzang asked Li Shimin to build the Wild Goose Pagoda.
At that time, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was also called Ci'en Pagoda because it was built in Da Ci'en Temple. There was a custom in the Tang Dynasty that the Jinshi and later scholars had to inscribe their names and leave poems under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
The famous poet Meng Jiao tried and failed many times, but after finally winning the exam, he wrote a wild poem about being proud of the spring breeze and seeing all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. This poem vividly expresses the scholar's pride after passing the exam.
A few years later, another poet also passed the Jinshi examination. When he inscribed his name under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, he originally wanted to do it in a formal way, but when he saw Mr. Meng’s poem, his whole heart changed. It's all bad. Mr. Meng's poems are so crazy. It seems that I shouldn't lag behind others.
That’s what he thought and did. He took the jug and drank heavily. After drinking the wine, he took up his pen and wrote the inscription under Ci’en Pagoda. The most among the seventeen people juvenile. It means that among these people who left poems, I am the youngest. This young and promising poet is Bai Juyi.
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