1、.大雁塔英文介紹as the symbol of the old-line xian, big wild goose pagoda is a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for buddhists. it is located in the southern suburb of xian city, about 4 kilometers (2.49 miles) from the downtown of the city. standing in the da cien temple complex, it attracts

2、 numerous visitors for its fame in the buddhist religion, its simple but appealing style of construction, and its new square in front of the temple. it is rated as a national key cultural relic preserve as well as an aaaa tourist attraction.this attraction can be divided into three parts: the big wi

3、ld goose pagoda, the da cien temple, and the north square of big wild goose pagoda.big wild goose pagodaoriginally built in 652 during the reign of emperor gaozong of the tang dynasty (618-907), it functioned to collect buddhist materials that were taken from india by the hierarch xuanzang.xuanzang

4、started off from changan (the ancient xian), along the silk road and through deserts, finally arriving in india, the cradle of buddhism. enduring 17 years and traversing 100 countries, he obtained buddha figures, 657 kinds of sutras, and several buddha relics. having gotten the permission of emperor

5、 gaozong (628-683), xuanzang, as the first abbot of da cien temple, supervised the building of a pagoda inside it. with the support of royalty, he asked 50 hierarchs into the temple to translate;.sanskrit in sutras into chinese, totaling 1,335 volumes, which heralded a new era in the history of tran

6、slation. based on the journey to india, he also wrote a book entitled pilgrimage to the west in the tang dynasty, to which scholars attached great importance.first built to a height of 60 meters (197 feet) with five stories, it is now64.5 meters (211.6 feet) high with an additional two stories. it w

7、as said that after that addition came the saying-saving a life exceeds building a seven-storied pagoda. externally it looks like a square cone, simple but grand and it is a masterpiece of buddhist construction. built of brick, its structure is very firm. inside the pagoda, stairs twist up so that vi

8、sitors can climb and overlook the panorama of xian city from the arch-shaped doors on four sides of each storey. on the walls are engraved fine statues of buddha by the renowned artist yan liben of the tang dynasty. steles by noted calligraphers also grace the pagoda.as for the reason why it is call

9、ed big wild goose pagoda, there is a legend. according to ancient stories of buddhists, there were two branches, for one of which eating meat was not a taboo. one day, they couldnt find meat to buy. upon seeing a group of big wild geese flying by, a monk said to himself: today we have no meat. i hop

10、e the merciful bodhisattva will give us some. at that very moment, the leading wild goose broke its wings and fell to the ground. all the monks were startled;.and believed that bodhisattva showed his spirit to order them to be more pious. they established a pagoda where the wild goose fell and stopp

11、ed eating meat. hence it got the name big wild goose pagoda.da cien templeda cien temple is the home of big wild goose pagoda. in 648, to commemorate the dead virtuous queen, royalty ordered the building of a temple named cien (mercy and kindness), for which the status and scale far exceeded all oth

12、ers. today, with an area of 32,314 square meters (38,648.5 square yards), one seventh of the original area, it still retains its grandeur.before the temple, there stands a statue of hierarch xuanzang, the meritorious hierarch. walking on and across a small bridge, visitors will see the gates of the

13、temple. with guarding lions, the temple seems stately for lions were said to function as talismans.entering the temple you will see two buildings-bell tower in the east and drum tower in the west. inside the bell tower hangs an iron bell 15 tons (14.76 gross tons) in weight. it was molded in 1548 in

14、 the ming dynasty (1368-1644). along the central axis are arranged the hall of mahavira, sermon hall, big wild goose pagoda, and the hall of xuanzang sanzang. in the hall of mahavira are three carved statues of sakyamuni, and 18 arhats as well as xuanzang. the sermon hall is where buddhist disciples

15、 would listen to a sermon. a bronze statue of amitabha is dedicated and a buddha statue is collected by;.xuanzang as oblation. the hall of xuanzang sanzang is north of big wild goose pagoda. in this hall are xuanzangs relic and a bronze statue of a seated xuanzang. the inner wall is chiseled with mu

16、rals depicting this hierarchs story. renowned as the contemporary dunhuang buddhist storehouse praised by unesco, it is the biggest memorial of xuanzang.north square of big wild goose pagodasurrounding big wild goose pagoda, the scenery is also quite charming, especially the square north of the da c

17、ien temple. covering about 110,000 square meters (131563 square yards) plus 20,000 square meters (23920.6 square yards) of water area, it holds many records: in asia, it is the biggest tang-culture square, the biggest fountain and waterscape square, and the largest-scale sculptures area. in the worl

18、d, it has the most benches, the longest light-belt, and the largest-scale acoustic complex.the entire square is composed of waterscape fountains, a cultural square, gardens and tourist paths. there you can taste real chinese culture and traditions and fully enjoy the truly attractive views. with rel

19、iefs on the theme of the prosperous tang dynasty, 200-meter-long (656-foot-long) sculpture groups, 8 groups of sculpted figures, 40 relievos on the land, and 22 styles of musical fountains, it has become a must-see when you visit big wild goose pagoda.;.2 西安旅游景點(diǎn)介 -中英文 西是 夏文明最重要、最集中的 源地之一，早在 100 萬(wàn)年前就

20、有 田人在此生息 作，從公元前11 世 起， 史上先后有13 個(gè)朝代在此建都。 西省是我國(guó)文物古跡 萃之地，有 “天然 史博物 ”之稱(chēng)：古 安城的 跡、號(hào)稱(chēng)世界第八大奇跡的秦始皇兵 俑、壯 雄 的大小 72 座帝陵 博大悠 的 夏文明使每一個(gè)初到 西的人都不自 地挖掘內(nèi)心深 的 古悠思。 西不 文物古跡眾多， 而且自然 光 ： 有靈秀 峻的西岳 山和 潼 山； 有激流澎湃的黃河 口瀑布； 有以保 大熊貓等珍稀 物 主的生 旅游區(qū)。 北高原不 是中國(guó)革命的根據(jù)地，更是 西民俗 情的 源地：高亢的秦腔、激昂的 鼓、精湛的剪 和極富生活氣息的 民畫(huà)等， 無(wú)不以其厚重的文化底韻和獨(dú)特的黃土 情吸引了越

21、來(lái)越多關(guān)注的目光。大雁塔全稱(chēng)“慈恩寺大雁塔 ”，位于距西安市區(qū) 4 公里的慈恩寺內(nèi)，始建于公元 652 年，相 是慈恩寺的第一任主持方丈玄奘法 （唐三藏）自天竺國(guó) 來(lái)后， 了供奉和 藏梵文 典和佛像舍利等物 自 并督造建成。 清池位于西安市 潼區(qū) 山北 ， 距西安30 公里。 清池因 有唐玄宗和 妃的 而名聲 播，其 清池的 史非常悠久， 相 早在西周 期， 周幽王就曾在此建 ；后世的秦始皇、 武帝也都在 里建立行 ；唐代更是大 土木， 特 是唐玄宗天寶年 修建的 殿樓 更 豪 ，并;.正式改名為 “華清宮 ”。兵馬俑是始皇陵的從葬坑，位于秦始皇陵?yáng)|側(cè)約 1 公里半處，發(fā)現(xiàn)于 1974 年，是

22、當(dāng)代最重要的考古發(fā)現(xiàn)之一。一號(hào)坑是當(dāng)?shù)剞r(nóng)民打井時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)的， 后經(jīng)鉆探又先后發(fā)現(xiàn)二、三號(hào)坑，其中一號(hào)坑最大，面積達(dá) 14260 平方米。三個(gè)坑共發(fā)掘出 700 多件陶俑、 100 多乘戰(zhàn)車(chē)、 400 多匹陶馬、 10 萬(wàn)多件兵器。陶俑身高在 1 米 75 至 1 米 85 之間，根據(jù)裝束、神態(tài)、發(fā)式的不同，可以分為將軍俑， 武士俑，車(chē)士俑等。 坑內(nèi)還出土有劍、 矛、戟、彎刀等青銅兵器，雖然埋在土里兩千多年，依然刀鋒銳利，閃閃發(fā)光， 可以視為世界冶金史上的奇跡。 秦始皇兵馬俑規(guī)模宏大，場(chǎng)面威武，具有很高的藝術(shù)價(jià)值。鐘樓位于西安城內(nèi)東西南北四條大街的交匯處。 始建于明洪武十七年， 原址在今西安市廣濟(jì)街

23、口，明萬(wàn)歷十年移于現(xiàn)址，清乾隆五年曾經(jīng)重修。鐘樓上懸掛銅鐘，用以報(bào)時(shí)，故名鐘樓。鼓樓位于西安市西大街與北院門(mén)交匯處，東于鐘樓隔廣場(chǎng)相望，鼓樓建于明洪武十三年，清代曾兩次重修。樓上原有巨鼓一面， 傍晚?yè)艄膱?bào)時(shí)， 故名鼓樓。shaanxi is one of civilized important , all together china headstream, as farback as havinglantian man to grow work here right away in the front for 1000000 years, starting from the 11thcent

24、ury b.c., successively have 13 in history dynasty found a capital here. shaanxi province fieldof being that our country cultural relics and historic sites gathers together , name of having thenatural history museum : acient chang an county city historical remains, are;.known as eighthshaanxi not onl

25、y cultural relics and historic sites is a lot of , but also natural scene isbeautiful: have precipitous west hua mountain and lin tong mt. black horse intelligent and elegant;huanghe river kettle mouth waterfall having rapids to surge; still have the organisms habitstourist area giving first place t

26、o protecting a giant panda waiting for a rare animal. not onlynorthern shaanxi highland be chinese revolution base area , but also be shaanxi folk custom localmanners and feelings headstream: shaanxi opera loud and sonorous , vehement gong and drum ,consummate paper-cut and extremely rich life breat

27、h peasant painting etc. , the sight havingattracted more and more many attentions all with its culture thick and heavy bottom rhyme anddistinctive loess amorous feeling.largest in the world miracle qin shi huangs buried sculpture legion , grand grand sight 72emperors mausoleum big or small, . distan

28、t vast china civilization makes everyone first thepeople who arrives at shaanxi not excavate heart profundity meditating on the past conscientiouslyswinging thought.西安小吃名稱(chēng)中英文常用地名鐘樓 bell tower 大雁塔big wild goose pagoda 兵馬俑 emperor qins terra-cotta warriors and horses 回民街 hui minority street 經(jīng)典小吃 羊肉泡饃

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