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[2025 Xi'an Attraction] Travel Guide for Jianfu Temple (Updated Jul)

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The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is located in Jianfu Temple. The Small Wild Goose Pagoda and the Jianfu Temple ruins area where it is located together constitute the core component and outdoor park of the Xi'an Museum. The Small Wild Goose Pagoda is named because it is similar in shape to the Dayan Pagoda Dayan Pagoda but smaller than it. Compared with the hustle and bustle of the Dayan Pagoda, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda is much quieter. Under the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, there are many exquisite stone sculptures of past dynasties, such as stone Buddhas, stone lions, stone horses, horse hitching posts, etc. placed in the open air. Tourists who like folk cultural relics should not miss it. The tower is a dense eaves brick tower. It was originally 15 stories high, but now has 13 stories and is about 43.4 meters high. Its beautiful and upright shape and smooth outline lines make it a typical representative of the dense eaves square towers of the Tang Dynasty. It is also one of the important symbols of Xi'an as an ancient capital. It enjoys the reputation of "Yanta Morning Bell", one of the "Eight Scenic Spots of Guanzhong". Jianfu Temple was first built in the first year of Emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty (684 AD). It was originally built to offer blessings to Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. Later, during the Jinglong period of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty (707-710 AD), a pagoda was built in the temple to store Buddhist scriptures and statues brought back from India by the eminent monk Yijing. This pagoda is the Small Wild Goose Pagoda. Therefore, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda is inseparable from Jianfu Temple. It is a physical witness and landmark of the temple's former glory. After many vicissitudes, most of the temple buildings of Jianfu Temple no longer exist, but the Small Wild Goose Pagoda has been preserved as a precious Tang Dynasty architectural relic.

Jianfu Temple Address:

No. 72 Youyi West Road, Beilin District, Xi'an

Jianfu Temple Recommended sightseeing time:

1-2 hours

Jianfu Temple Phone:

029-87803591

Jianfu Temple Ticket Price

Free admission
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