Thursday, May 05, 2005
Our first morning in Xian, we headed to the Big Goose Pagoda. The Big Goose Pagoda was originally built-in 589 but was subsequently rebuilt in 647 and added to. In 652, the Pagoda was built to store the sutras and the figurines of Buddha brought from India by monk Xuan Zang. Xuan Zang’s journey was portrayed in the book “Journey to the west” which described in detail the customs of different places he visited on his journey.
Why was this pagoda called the Big Goose Pagoda?
The monks living at the temple had no meat to eat. One of the monks started to pray to the gods to bless them and at that moment, a flock of wild geese flying over the temple dropped to the ground. A pagoda was ordered to be built-in the place.
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