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问题：【西安旅游景点英文介绍】
答案：↓↓↓ 杜佳的回答： 网友采纳 BigWildGoosePagoda Originallybuiltin652duringthereignofEmperorGaozongoftheTangDynasty(618-907),itfunctionedtocollectBuddhistmaterialsthatweretakenfromIndiabythehierarchXuanzang. XuanzangstartedofffromChang'an(theancientXian),alongtheSilkRoadandthroughdeserts,finallyarrivinginIndia,thecradleofBuddhism.Enduring17yearsandtraversing100countries,heobtainedBuddhafigures,657kindsofsutras,andseveralBuddharelics.HavinggottenthepermissionofEmperorGaozong(628-683),Xuanzang,asthefirstabbotofDaCi'enTemple,supervisedthebuildingofapagodainsideit.Withthesupportofroyalty,heasked50hierarchsintothetempletotranslateSanskritinsutrasintoChinese,totaling1,335volumes,whichheraldedanewerainthehistoryoftranslation.BasedonthejourneytoIndia,healsowroteabookentitled'PilgrimagetotheWest'intheTangDynasty,towhichscholarsattachedgreatimportance. Firstbuilttoaheightof60meters(197feet)withfivestories,itisnow64.5meters(211.6feet)highwithanadditionaltwostories.Itwassaidthatafterthatadditioncamethesaying-'Savingalifeexceedsbuildingaseven-storiedpagoda'.Externallyitlookslikeasquarecone,simplebutgrandanditisamasterpieceofBuddhistconstruction.Builtofbrick,itsstructureisveryfirm.Insidethepagoda,stairstwistupsothatvisitorscanclimbandoverlookthepanoramaofXianCityfromthearch-shapeddoorsonfoursidesofeachstorey.OnthewallsareengravedfinestatuesofBuddhabytherenownedartistYanLibenoftheTangDynasty.Stelesbynotedcalligraphersalsogracethepagoda. AsforthereasonwhyitiscalledBigWildGoosePagoda,thereisalegend.AccordingtoancientstoriesofBuddhists,thereweretwobranches,foroneofwhicheatingmeatwasnotataboo.Oneday,theycouldn'tfindmeattobuy.Uponseeingagroupofbigwildgeeseflyingby,amonksaidtohimself:'Todaywehavenomeat.IhopethemercifulBodhisattvawillgiveussome.'Atthatverymoment,theleadingwildgoosebrokeitswingsandfelltotheground.AllthemonkswerestartledandbelievedthatBodhisattvashowedhisspirittoorderthemtobemorepious.Theyestablishedapagodawherethewildgoosefellandstoppedeatingmeat.Henceitgotthename'BigWildGoosePagoda'. TheTerracottaArmy(Chinese:兵马俑;Pinyin:BīngMǎYǒng;literally"militaryservants")orTerra-cottaWarriorsandHorsesisacollectionof8,099life-sizeterracottafiguresofwarriorsandhorseslocatedintheMausoleumoftheFirstQinEmperor(秦始皇陵;QínShǐHuángLíng).Thefigureswerediscoveredin1974nearXi'an,Shaanxiprovince, TheterracottafigureswereburiedwiththefirstEmperorofQin(QinShiHuang)in210-209BC.Consequently,theyarealsosometimesreferredtoas"Qin'sArmy." TheTerracottaArmyofChinawasdiscoveredinMarch1974bylocalfarmersdrillingawelltotheeastofMountLi.MountLiisthenameoftheman-madenecropolisandtomboftheFirstEmperorofQin;QinShiHuang.Constructionofthismausoleumbeganin246B.C.andisbelievedtohavetaken700,000workersandcraftsmen36yearstocomplete.QinShiHuangwasinterredinsidethetombcomplexuponhisdeathin210B.C.AccordingtotheGrandHistorianSimaQian,TheFirstEmperorwasburiedalongsidegreatamountsoftreasureandobjectsofcraftsmanship,aswellasascalereplicaoftheuniversecompletewithgemmedce | 
