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几大著名旅游景点介绍 几大著名旅游景点介绍（英文） xxGreat Wild Goose Pagoda xxSmall Wild Goose Pagoda 兵马俑博物馆 Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang ’s Tomb Figures of Soldiers and Horses 陵 The Tomb of Emperor Qinshihuang 鼓 楼 The Drum Tower xx 楼 The Bell Tower 城墙 The Xi ’an Circumvallation xxThe Huaqing Pond xxThe Famen Temple 黄河壶口瀑布 The Huanghe Hukou Waterfall 大唐芙蓉园 Lotus palace of Tang Dynasty Xian: Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta) 几大著名旅游景点介绍 The Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Ta),is a Buddhistpagoda built in 652 AD during the Tang Dynasty and originally had five stories.The original construction of rammedearth with a stone exterior facade eventually collapsed five decades later but was rebuilt by Empress Wu Zetian in 704AD who added five more stories. A massive earthquake in 1556 heavily damaged the pagoda and reduced it by three stories to its current height of seven stories One of the pagodas many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from Indiaby Xuanzang, a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator.Xuanzang is a prominent Buddhist figure mostly known for his seventeen year overland trip to India and back, which is recorded in detail in his autobiography and a biography, and which provided the inspiration for the epic novel “Journey to the West ”. The pagoda is built on the premises of the Temple of Great Maternal Grace (Da Cien), originally built in 589 AD and then rebuilt 647 AD by the Tang Emperor Gaozong in memory of his mother EmpressWende. Before the gates of the temple stands a statue of Xuanzang. 几大著名旅游景点介绍 North Square of Big Wild Goose PagodaSurrounding Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the scenery is also quite charming, especially the square north of the Da Cien Temple. Covering about 110,000 square meters (131563 square yards) plus 20,000 square meters (23920.6 square yards) of water area, it holds many records: in Asia, it is the biggest Tang-culture square, the biggest fountain and waterscape square, and the l