Big Goose Pagoda, Xian, China

"The Tang emperor, Gaozong, supported Hieun Tsang's enterprise. He even built a pagoda -- now called the Big Goose Pagoda -- to house his translations, many still in use and displayed in a small museum on site. Outside the entrance stands an elegant modern statue of the man. It is said that the emperor canceled all audiences for three days when he heard of Hieun Tsang's death." (read more)

Hieun Tsang (1, 2)	Big Goose Pagoda (1, 2)	Passage up the pagoda	Fountain show
Climbing up			Big Goose pagoda complex
Fine sculpture			View from above (more)
Buddha's footprint?	Fountain show	Local boy	Complex building (more)
Rooftops			Loaded Buddha!
Hieun Tsang in India			On-site museum (more)
Wall carving	Sutras from India	Buddhist sutras (more)	Wall carving (1, 2, 3)
Big Goose Pagoda	Hieun Tsang	Hieun Tsang	Buddha statue (1, 2)