Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of the famous Buddhist pagodas in China about 4 kilometers from center of xi'an. It was built in 652 during the Tang dynasty. The pagoda has a 5m-high square base and reaches 64.5m in height. It was used for the safekeeping of the scriptures and Buddha's statues brought back by the famous monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty from india. Above the stone doors at the bottom of the tower, there remain the exquisite line-etched pictures from the Tang Dynasty. The bottom of the pagoda resembles a wild goose, hence the name, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is regarded by many as a symbol of the city.