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    The Big Wild Goose Pagoda

    Posted by PhilSen 8 October 2005

    Why Big Wild Goose? Nothing to do with the 1978 action film Wild Geese, legend states that Xuan Zang (Monk Tripitaka) and the Monkey King were saved by a big wild goose during their epic journey to the west. Built during the Tang dynasty, as pagodas go this is one of the country's best.

    AKA Dayan Ta, located in the south of the city

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