Xī'ān's most famous landmark, the Big Goose Pagoda, was completed in AD 652 to house the Buddhist sutras brought back from India by the monk Xuan Zang. Xuan Zang spent the last 19 years of his life translating scriptures with a crack team of linguist monks; many of these translations are still used today. His travels also inspired one of the most well-known works of Chinese literature, Journey to the West. You can read more about the pagoda by clicking here.
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