Daci'en Temple - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Daci'en Temple - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Daci'en Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Yanta District, Xi'an, Shaanxi. The temple is the cradle of East Asian Yogācāra in China. It is notable for the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The pagoda was originally built by the monk Xuanzang, whose pilgrimage to India inspired the novel Journey to the West. Alongside Daxingshan Temple and Jianfu Temple, it was one of the three sutras translation sites () in the Tang dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia
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