大雁塔英文导游词

1、大雁塔英文导游词as the symbol of the old-line xian, big wild goose pagodais a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for buddhists. it is located in the southern suburb of xian city, about 4 kilometers (2.49 miles) from the downtown of the city. standing in the da cien temple complex, it attracts

2、numerousvisitors for its fame in the buddhist religion, its simple but appealing style of construction, and its new square in frontof the temple. it is rated as a national key cultural relicpreserve as well as an aaaa tourist attraction.this attraction can be divided into three parts: the bigwild go

3、ose pagoda, the da cien temple, and the north square of big wild goose pagoda.big wild goose pagodaoriginally built in 652 during thereign of emperor gaozong of the tang dynasty (618-907), it functioned to collect buddhist materials that were taken fromindia by the hierarch xuanzang.xuanzang started

4、 off from changan (the ancient xian), along the silk road and through deserts, finally arriving in india, the cradle of buddhism. enduring 17 years and traversing 100 countries, he obtained buddha figures, 657 kinds of sutras, and several buddha relics. having gotten the permission ofemperor gaozong

5、 (628-683), xuanzang, as the first abbot of da cien temple, supervised the building of a pagoda inside it.with the support of royalty, he asked 50 hierarchs into thetemple to translate sanskrit in sutras into chinese, totaling1,335 volumes, which heralded a new era in the history oftranslation. base

6、d on the journey to india, he also wrote a book entitled pilgrimage to the west in the tang dynasty, to which scholars attached great importance.first built to a height of 60 meters (197 feet) with fivestories, it is now 64.5 meters (211.6 feet) high with anadditional two stories. it was said that a

7、fter that additioncamethe saying-saving a life exceeds building a seven-storiedpagoda. externally it looks like a square cone, simple butgrand and it is a masterpiece of buddhist construction. builtof brick, its structure is very firm. inside the pagoda, stairstwist up so that visitors can climb and

8、 overlook the panoramaof xian city from the arch-shaped doors on four sides of eachstorey. on the walls are engraved fine statues of buddha by the renowned artist yan liben of the tang dynasty. steles by noted calligraphers also grace the pagoda.as for the reason why it is called big wild goose pago

9、da,there is a legend. according to ancient stories of buddhists, there were two branches, for one of which eating meat was not a taboo. one day, they couldnt find meat to buy. upon seeing a group of big wild geese flying by, a monk said to himself: today we have no meat. i hope the merciful bodhisat

10、tva willgive us some. at that very moment, the leading wild goose broke its wings and fell to the ground. all the monks were startledand believed that bodhisattva showed his spirit to order themto be more pious. they established a pagoda where the wild goose fell and stopped eating meat. hence it go

11、t the name big wild goose pagoda.da cien templeda cien temple is the home of big wild goose pagoda. in648, to commemorate the dead virtuous queen, royalty orderedthe building of a temple named cien (mercy and kindness),for which the status and scale far exceeded all others. today, with an area of 32

12、,314 square meters (38,648.5 square yards), one seventh of the original area, it still retains its grandeur.before the temple, there stands a statue of hierarchxuanzang, the meritorious hierarch. walking on and across a small bridge, visitors will see the gates of the temple. with guarding lions, th

13、e temple seems stately for lions were saidto function as talismans.entering the temple you will see two buildings-bell tower in the east and drum tower in the west. inside the bell towerhangs an iron bell 15 tons (14.76 gross tons) in weight. it was molded in 1548 in the ming dynasty (1368-1644). al

14、ong the central axis are arranged the hall of mahavira, sermon hall, big wild goose pagoda, and the hall of xuanzang sanzang. in the hall of mahavira are three carved statues of sakyamuni, and 18 arhats as well as xuanzang. the sermon hall is where buddhist disciples would listen to a sermon. a bron

15、ze statue of amitabha is dedicated and a buddha statue is collected by xuanzang as oblation. the hall of xuanzang sanzang is north of big wild goose pagoda. in this hall are xuanzangs relic and a bronze statue of a seated xuanzang. the inner wall is chiseled with murals depicting this hierarchs stor

16、y. renowned as the contemporary dunhuang buddhist storehouse praised by unesco, it is the biggest memorial of xuanzang.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

17、 square meters (131563 square yards) plus 20,000 square meters (23920.6 square yards) ofwater area, it holds many records: in asia, it is the biggest tang-culture square, the biggest fountain and waterscapesquare, and the largest-scale sculptures area. in the world,it has the most benches, the longest light-belt, and the largest-scale acoustic complex.the entire square is composed of waterscape fountains, acultural square, gardens and tourist paths. there you can taste real chinese culture and traditions and fully enjoy the trulyattract