第1页共9页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第1页共9页西安旅游景点英文介绍http://www.52uxa.com来源：发布日期：2009年02月10日关注：1679次BigWildGoosePagodaOriginallybuiltin652duringthereignofEmperorGaozongoftheTangDynasty(618-907),itfunctionedtocollectBuddhistmaterialsthatweretakenfromIndiabythehierarchXuanzang.XuanzangstartedofffromChang'an(theancientXian),alongtheSilkRoadandthroughdeserts,finallyarrivinginIndia,thecradleofBuddhism.Enduring17yearsandtraversing100countries,heobtainedBuddhafigures,657kindsofsutras,andseveralBuddharelics.HavinggottenthepermissionofEmperorGaozong(628-683),Xuanzang,asthefirstabbotofDaCi'enTemple,supervisedthebuildingofapagodainsideit.Withthesupportofroyalty,heasked50hierarchsintothetempletotranslateSanskritinsutrasintoChinese,totaling1,335volumes,whichheraldedanewerainthehistoryoftranslation.BasedonthejourneytoIndia,healsowroteabookentitled'PilgrimagetotheWest'intheTangDynasty,towhichscholarsattachedgreatimportance.Firstbuilttoaheightof60meters(197feet)withfivestories,itisnow64.5meters(211.6feet)highwithanadditionaltwostories.Itwassaidthatafterthatadditioncamethesaying-'Savingalifeexceedsbuildingaseven-storiedpagoda'.Externallyitlookslikeasquarecone,simplebutgrandanditisamasterpieceofBuddhistconstruction.Builtofbrick,itsstructureisveryfirm.Insidethepagoda,stairstwistupsothatvisitorscanclimbandoverlookthepanoramaofXianCityfromthearch-shapeddoorsonfoursidesofeachstorey.Onthe第2页共9页第1页共9页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第2页共9页wallsareengravedfinestatuesofBuddhabytherenownedartistYanLibenoftheTangDynasty.Stelesbynotedcalligraphersalsogracethepagoda.AsforthereasonwhyitiscalledBigWildGoosePagoda,thereisalegend.AccordingtoancientstoriesofBuddhists,thereweretwobranches,foroneofwhicheatingmeatwasnotataboo.Oneday,theycouldn'tfindmeattobuy.Uponseeingagroupofbigwildgeeseflyingby,amonksaidtohimself:'Todaywehavenomeat.IhopethemercifulBodhisattvawillgiveussome.'Atthatverymoment,theleadingwildgoosebrokeitswingsandfelltotheground.AllthemonkswerestartledandbelievedthatBodhisattvashowedhisspirittoorderthemtobemorepious.Theyestablishedapagodawherethewildgoosefellandstoppedeatingmeat.Henceitgotthename'BigWildGoosePagoda'.TheTerracottaArmy(Chinese:兵马俑;Pinyin:BīngMǎYǒng;literally"militaryservants")orTerra-cottaWarriorsandHorsesisacollectionof8,099life-sizeterracottafiguresofwarriorsandhorseslocatedintheMausoleumoftheFirstQinEmperor(秦始皇陵;QínShǐHuángLíng).Thefigureswerediscoveredin1974nearXi'an,Shaanxiprovince,TheterracottafigureswereburiedwiththefirstEmperorofQin(QinShiHuang)in210-209BC.Consequently,theyarealsosometimesreferredtoas"Qin'sArmy."TheTerracottaArmyofChinawasdiscoveredinMarch1974bylocalfarmersdrillingawelltotheeastofMountLi.MountLiisthenameoftheman-madenecropolisandtomboftheFirstEmperorofQin;QinShiHuang.Constructionofthismausoleumbeganin246B.C.andisbelievedtohavetaken700,000workersandcraftsmen36yearstocomplete.Qin第3页共9页第2页共9页编号：时间：2021年x月x日书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟页码：第3页共9页ShiHuangwasinterredinsidethetombcomplexuponhisdeathin210B.C.AccordingtotheGrandHistorianSimaQian,TheFirstEmperorwasburiedalongsidegreatamountsoftreasureandobjectsofcraftsmanship,aswellasascalereplicaoftheuniversecompletewithgemmedceilingsrepresentingthecosmos,andflowingmercury.rep...
