Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a monumental Buddhist pagoda located in southern , , China. It was built c. AD 652 during the Tang dynasty, when Xi'an was the imperial capital.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: pagoda
  • Also known as: “Dayan Pagoda”, “Dayan Ta”, and “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Da Ci’en Temple and Shaanxi History Museum.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Emcc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Daci'en Temple is a located in Yanta District, , . The temple is the cradle of East Asian Yogācāra in China. It is notable for the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda.

Park
Photo: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, which is located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city , in the province of , is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China and one of the largest. is situated 1 km northwest of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Museum
Photo: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 790 metres south of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chang’anlu and Wenyilu.

Suburb
Chang'anlu Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, . is situated 2½ km northwest of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, . is situated 3 km north of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Suburb
Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Beilin District, . is situated 3 km north of Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Latitude
34.2198° or 34° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
108.95943° or 108° 57′ 34″ east
Height
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
8P6C6X95+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q1047061
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Big Wild Goose Pagoda” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد الإوز البري العملاق”
  • Basque: “Antzar Basatiaren Pagoda Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая пагада дзікіх гусей”
  • Bengali: “বৃহদ্বন্যহংস বুদ্ধমন্দির”
  • Breton: “Pagodenn veur ar Waz Ouez”
  • Burmese: “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda”
  • Chinese: “dàyàn tǎ”
  • Chinese: “大雁塔”
  • Chinese: “西安大雁塔”
  • Czech: “Velká pagoda divoké husy”
  • Dutch: “Giant Wild Goose Pagoda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باجودا الاوز البريه العملاقه”
  • Esperanto: “Giganta sovaĝansera pagodo”
  • Esperanto: “Pagodo Da Yan”
  • Estonian: “Suur Metshanede pagood”
  • Finnish: “Iso villihanhipagodi”
  • French: “grande pagode de l’oie sauvage”
  • French: “Grande pagode de l’oie sauvage”
  • German: “Dayanta”
  • German: “Große Wildgans-Pagode”
  • German: “Grosse Wildganspagode”
  • German: “Große Wildganspagode”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλη παγόδα της άγριας χήνας”
  • Hebrew: “פגודת האווז הברבורי הענק”
  • Hindi: “बृहद्वन्यहंस बुद्धमंदिर”
  • Hungarian: “Óriás vadlúd pagoda”
  • Indonesian: “Pagoda Angsa Liar Raksasa”
  • Italian: “DaYanTa”
  • Italian: “Pagoda della grande Oca Selvaggia”
  • Italian: “Pagoda della grande oca selvatica”
  • Italian: “Pagoda della Grande Oca Selvatica”
  • Japanese: “大雁塔”
  • Korean: “대안탑”
  • Literary Chinese: “大雁塔”
  • Malayalam: “ജയന്റ് വൈൽഡ് ഗൂസ് പഗോഡ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store villgåspagode”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den store villgåspagoden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Store villgåspagode”
  • Norwegian: “Den store villgåspagoden”
  • Persian: “غاز غول وحشی پاگودا”
  • Polish: “Wielka Pagoda Dzikich Gęsi”
  • Portuguese: “Pagode do Grande Ganso Selvagem”
  • Portuguese: “Pagode do Grande Ganso”
  • Russian: “Большая пагода диких гусей”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Divovska pagoda divlje guske”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velika pagoda divlje guske”
  • Sinhala: “මහා වල් පාත්ත ස්තූපය”
  • Slovak: “Veľká pagoda divej husi”
  • Slovenian: “Velika pagoda divje gosi”
  • Spanish: “Gran pagoda del ganso salvaje”
  • Thai: “เจดีย์ต้าย่าน”
  • Thai: “เจดีย์ห่านป่าใหญ่”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Kaz Pagodası”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Vahşi Kaz Pagodası”
  • Turkish: “Da Yan Pagoda”
  • Turkish: “Dev Vahşi Kaz Pagodası”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика пагода диких гусей”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp Đại Nhạn”
  • Wu Chinese: “大雁塔”
  • Yue Chinese: “大雁塔”

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