Da Ci'en Temple

Da Ci'en Temple, located inTang Chang'an City

Jinchangfang (now south of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province), China

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, one of the three major translation halls in Tang Changan, has

Years of history.

Da Ci'en Temple is TangChang'an City

The famous and magnificent Buddhist temple in the temple was built by the Li and Tang royal family.

Zhenguan twenty-two years (

years), Prince

in memory of mother

The Changsun family founded the Ci'en Temple.

Presided over the temple affairs here, led the translation of Buddhist scriptures, and founded one of the eight major sects of Chinese Buddhism.

, became the ancestral family of the Consciousness-only clan. Inside Daci'en Temple

It was also supervised by Xuanzang himself, so Da Ci'en Temple has a very prominent position in the history of Chinese Buddhism, and has always been valued by Buddhist circles at home and abroad.

1961

Year

moon

Day, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of Da Ci'en Temple was announced by the State Council as

2001

At the beginning of the year, Da Ci'en Temple was rated as one of the first batch of national

level tourist attractions.

2014

Year

moon

day, in

Doha

No.

session

At the meeting, the

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The joint application of the three countries

One of the ruins was successfully included in the "

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2016

Year

moon

Today, there is a rare plant in the world that is hand-planted by Xuanzang.

After years of cultivation, the subtree was successfully transplanted to Daci'en Temple in Xi'an.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the Da Ci'en Temple.Tang Gaozong

Yonghui three years (

Year),

It was built with the permission of Emperor Gaozong to support the Buddhist scriptures and relics brought back from India. tower height

meters, seven floors in total, the bottom of the tower is square and conical, and each side of the bottom floor is long

meters, there are stairs in the tower for visitors to climb up and overlook

the whole picture.

There are exquisite line-carved Buddha statues on the pagoda, and the famous "Preface to the Holy Teachings of the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty

", "The Preface to the Tripitaka of the Great Tang Dynasty", there are photo exhibitions of famous Chinese pagodas, Buddhist relics, stone carvings of Buddha's feet, stone carvings of Tang monks' footprints, etc. Now the Big Wild Goose Pagoda has been restored, the ancient pagoda is majestic, the temple is full of incense, and the garden is full of flowers. It is a tourist attraction that especially attracts tourists from home and abroad. Bells and drums: they are the orders of the monastery.

Morning bell and evening drum

said. An iron bell of the Ming Dynasty is hung in the bell tower on the east side.

October twenty-seven (

Years) cast, weighing 30,000 jin, and more than three meters high. A student of the Tang Dynasty, after passing the Jinshi examination, came to

title, call it

, and then followed into a habit.