Small Wild Goose Pagoda
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Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the inner part of the temple Tszyanfu, which is located one kilometer south of the city of Xi'an. Big and Small Wild Goose Pagoda was built in the era of the imperial Tang Dynasty, ruling for 907 to 618 years, that is more than 1,300 years ago.

Pagodas were symbols of the city of Eternal Peace, Tran Anh. The very phrase "Xian" is translated as "Western world", Tran Anh and called it the city before the epoch of Ming dynasty, ruling from 1368 to 1644. Beijing at the time was the capital of China, and Xi'an (Chang'an) was the capital of the ten dynasties.

The temple was built in 684 Tszyanfu year, he was dedicated to Emperor Li Zhi, it is the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. For the hundredth day of the opening of the temple, it was renamed and became known as Fu Xian, meaning "devotional blessing." And then the temple was renamed for the third time, at the behest of the Empress Wu Zetian, and he became a temple Tszyanfu.

The Empress was the mistress of Emperor Li Zhi, then became his favorite, and after the death of Emperor gained great power and authority. The reign of Empress Wu Zetian was very cruel, but it interrupted the Tang Dynasty, the former in power for 15 years.

Famous pilgrim Yijing, a great teacher of Buddhism at the time, lived for some time at the temple and translated Buddhist scriptures vintage brought from India.

Small Wild Goose Pagoda was built in 707-709 years. It was named so because of the close proximity to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The original pagoda looked like a building with a multi-layer roof, with 15 floors and a height of about 45 meters. But after the strong earthquake that struck in 1556, the building collapsed two floors, as well as a crack from the top to the bottom of the pagoda.

After the earthquake, the pagoda was repaired, the crack slipped, but to restore the destroyed two floors did not. Since then, the 13-story pagodas more than once suffered from natural disasters, but still looks very dignified Pagoda. Inside the building runs a wide staircase that allows to climb to the top of the pagoda.

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