Built in 652, Dayan Pagoda famously known as the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in southern Xian in the Shaanxi province of China. One of the Tang Dynasty’s treasured Buddhist relics it is one of Xian’s main tourist attractions. If you wish to explore this fascinating city in-depth consider booking a serviced apartment Xian while for the best in apartment hotels you may want to consider the Citadines Xingqing Palace.
Enjoy the best of Xian from this well located hotel with shopping arcades, restaurants and cultural attractions within easy reach. Offering the business or leisure traveller all the comforts of home this apartment complex offers full business-services together with recreational facilities of gym, sauna, table tennis and yoga room. Enjoy a family stay or busy business schedule from the comforts of the well-serviced apartments. Choose accommodation from studio type to 2 bedroom apartments offering a fully equipped kitchen and services such as laundry and dry cleaning, grocery shopping, car hire, secretarial services and conference rooms. Enjoy walking to Xingqing Palace Park and Oriental Cherry Resort – Qinglong Temple from this hotel.
Dayan Pagoda is one the stops you should make for a dose of ancient Chinese splendour, the original structure built in 652 by the Tang Dynasty had 5 stories but was renovated in 704 by Empress Wu Zetian. The pagoda was erected in order to accommodate the figurines and sutras of Lord Buddha brought down from India by famed traveller Xuanzang.
During a massive earthquake in 1556 the pagoda suffered damage reducing its floors to the current 7 and as a result leans at a slight angle to the west. The 210ft structure is well worth the visit for sweeping vistas of Xian city.
Surrounded by verdant bamboo forests and inhabited by mild natured monks the Pagoda and its surroundings offer a tranquil ambiance in which to soothe mind body and soul while enjoying a taste of Chinese history.
Uditha Dharmawardhane is a travel writer who writes under the pen name Roland Lefevre. He specializes in creating features on leisure as well as business travel destinations across the globe.