Sharon's Big Goose Pagoda Photos

Welcome to Sharon's Big Goose Pagoda photos

The Big Goose Pagoda is a Buddist temple, one still used today. The history is that the monks were starving, and asked Buddah for some meat. A goose suddenly fell from the sky at their feet, dead. While it ate well, the monks felt really bad and became vegetarians from that time on at this temple. Only the temple is original, the other buildings were re-built between twenty and two years ago. The gardens were beautiful, even in late winter. You can climb the stairs, many of them, to the top if so inclined. Our tour did not have time, so I missed those photos of Xian from the top.


The carved gate outside the Pagoda entrance
You could buy Joss sticks (incence) and offer prayers
One of the gilded Buddahs in the Temple area
The gnarled trees and manicured gardens were reall gorgeous. I'd love to see the place in late spring, full bloom.
I assume this is Kuan Yin rather than the Virgin Mary...
Xian is famous for the red lanterns; the gnarly trees were neat
A carved concrete relief on one of the new buildings

A good photo of the Pagoda in the smog	A face on view
Me in front of the lantern in the entry way	Gnarly trees and Joss sticks for sale
Female lion with cub, on the left of stairs	Male lion with ball, on the right of stairs
One of the newer temple buildings	A side wall of one of the newer buildings
The lantern, looking towards entrance	Bird cages hanging in the gardens
A view up the Pagoda	A view along one side of the Pagoda

Beijing	Forbidden City	Great Wall	Peking Opera	Summer Palace	Tiennamen Square
Shanghai		Shanghai Acrobats	Shanghai Bund	Yuyang Garden
Xian	Big Goose Pagoda	City Wall	Shaanxi Museum	Tang Dynasty Show	Terra Cotta Warriors