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