大雁塔英文介绍 双语介绍

大雁塔英文介绍

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

Ci'en

Temple

complex,

it

attracts

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

can

be

divided

into

three

parts:

the

Big

Wild

Goose

Pagoda,

the

Da

Ci'en

Temple,

and

the

North

Square

of

Big

Wild

Goose 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 ng started off

from

Chang'an (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

Gaozong

(628-683),

Xuanzang,

as

the

first

abbot

of

Da

Ci'en 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 translation. Based on the journey

to India, he also wrote a book entitled 'Pilgrimage to the W

est' in the

Tang

Dynasty,

to

which

scholars

attached

great

built to a

height of 60

meters (197 feet) with

five stories, it is now

64.5

meters (211.6 feet)

high with an additional two stories. It was

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

visitors

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

Y

an

Liben

of

the

Tang

Dynasty.

Steles

by

noted

calligraphers also grace the for the reason why it is called

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 couldn't 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

hope

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

stopped

eating

meat.

Hence

it

got

the

name

'Big

Wild

Goose

Pagoda'.Da Ci'en TempleDa Ci'en 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

'Ci'en'

(Mercy

and

Kindness),

for

which

the

status

and

scale

far

exceeded

all

others.

Today, with an area of 32,314 square meters (38,648.5 square yards),

one seventh of the original area, it still retains its the

temple, there stands a statue of

hierarch Xuanzang,

the

meritorious

hierarch. W

alking on and across a small bridge, visitors will see the

gates of the temple. With guarding lions, the temple seems stately for

lions were said to function as ng 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

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

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

Xuanzang's

relic

and

a

bronze statue of a seated Xuanzang. The inner wall is chiseled with

murals

depicting

this

hierarch's

story.

Renowned

as

the

contemporary Dunhuang Buddhist storehouse praised by UNESCO,

it

is

the

biggest

memorial

of

Square

of

Big

Wild

Goose

PagodaSurrounding

Big

Wild

Goose

Pagoda,

the

scenery

is

also

quite

charming,

especially

the

square

north

of

the

Da

Ci'en

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 world, it has the

most benches,

the

longest

light-belt,

and

the

largest- scale

acoustic

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 reliefs

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

西安旅游景点介绍

---

中英文

陕西是华夏文明最重要、

最集中的发 源地之一，

早在

100

万年前

就有蓝田人在此生息劳作，从公元前

11

世纪起 ，历史上先后有

13

个朝代在此建都。陕西省是我国文物古迹荟 萃之地，有

“

天然

历史博物馆

”

之称：古长安城的遗迹、号称世界第八大奇迹的秦

始皇兵马俑、壮观雄伟的大小

72

座帝陵

< br>……

博大悠远的华夏文

明使每一个初到陕西的人都不自觉 地挖掘内心深处的怀古悠思。

陕西不仅文物古迹众多，

而且自然 风光绮丽：

有灵秀险峻的西岳

华山和临潼骊山；

有激流澎湃的黄河壶口瀑布；

还有以保护大熊

猫等珍稀 动物为主的生态旅游区。

陕北高原不仅是中国革命的根

据地，更 是陕西民俗风情的发源地：高亢的秦腔、激昂的锣鼓、

精湛的剪纸和极富生活气息的农民 画等，

无不以其厚重的文化底

韵和独特的黄土风情吸引了越来越 多关注的目光。大雁塔全称

“

慈恩寺大雁塔

”

，位于距西安市区

4

公里的慈恩 寺内，始建于公

元

652

年，相传是慈 恩寺的第一任主持方丈玄奘法师（唐三藏）

自天竺国归来后，

为 了供奉和储藏梵文经典和佛像舍利等物亲自

设计并督造建成。

华 清池位于西安市临潼区骊山北侧，

东距西安

30

公里。华清池因为有唐玄宗和杨贵妃的传说而名声远播，其

实华清池的历史非常 悠久，

相传早在西周时期，

周幽王就曾在此

建骊宫；后世的秦始皇、汉武帝也都在这里建立行宫；唐代更是

大兴土木，