The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built in the Great Ci'en Temple of the Tang Dynasty in 652A .D. It is 64 meters high with seven storeys. It was used for storing the scriptures and Buddha's statues brought back from India by Monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty. This pagoda is simple but of high architectural art. Above the stone doors at the bottom of the pagoda, there remain the exquisite line-etched pictures from the Tang Dynasty. Visitors can spiral up the pagoda to view the whole city. It is the symbol of Xi'an .

Other tourist attractions in Xi'an:

The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses The Big Wild Goose Pagoda Xi'an Old City Wall The Bell Tower Huaqing Hot Spring Banpo Village Museum Shanxi History Museum Forest of Steles The Great Mosque Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum