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The Origin of Xi Big Wild Goose Pagoda —— Introduction to the Origin of Xi Big Wild Goose Pagoda
1 year, in the third year of Tang Yonghui (652), Xuanzang presided over the construction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in order to preserve the scroll Buddha statue brought back to Chang 'an by Tianzhu via the Silk Road. There were five floors at first, then nine floors were built, and then the number and height of floors were changed several times. Finally, it was fixed as the seven-story pagoda seen today, with a total height of 64.517m and a base length of 25.

2. The name of Big Wild Goose Pagoda comes from Indian legend. Buddhism is divided into Mahayana and Hinayana. Mahayana is a vegetarian and eats meat. One day, in a Hinayana Buddhist temple, the monk who was cooking sighed because he didn't find meat for the abbot. It happened that a flock of geese were flying in the sky. So the monk thought, if only there were geese for the abbot to eat.

Suddenly, a wild goose fell from the air to the ground. Monk Mi was very surprised and told the abbot. The abbot said in surprise, "This is not a wild goose, but a bodhisattva who gives herself up for others." The monks in the temple were greatly moved, and the Hinayana Sect stopped eating meat. In order to commemorate the wild goose incarnated by Bodhisattva, a five-story tower named Wild Goose Pagoda was built where the wild goose fell.

The tower of Jean Temple is modeled after the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in India, so it is also called the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. In order to distinguish it from a smaller Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Jianfu Temple, it is also called Big Wild Goose Pagoda.