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1、西安小雁塔英文导游词导语：大雁塔景区是一处佛教圣地，与唐代高僧玄奘法师有密切的关系，唐僧取经译经的故事就发生在这里。大雁塔位于唐长安城晋昌坊(今陕西省西安市南)的大慈恩寺内，又名“慈恩寺塔”。唐永徽三年(652年)，玄奘为保存由天竺经丝绸之路带回长安的经卷佛像主持修建了大雁塔，最初五层，后加盖至九层，再后层数和高度又有数次变更，最后固定为今天所看到的七层塔身，通高64.517米，底层边长25.5米。大雁塔作为现存最早、规模最大的唐代四方楼阁式砖塔，是佛塔这种古印度佛寺的建筑形式随佛教传入中原地区
2、，并融入华夏文化的典型物证，是凝聚了中国古代劳动人民智慧结晶的标志性建筑。大雁塔英文导游词 Asthesymboloftheold-lineXian,BigWildGoosePagodaisawell-preservedancientbuildingandaholyplaceforBuddhists.ItislocatedinthesouthernsuburbofXianCity,about4kilometers(2.49miles)fromthedowntownofthecity.Stand
3、ingintheDaCi'enTemplecomplex,itattractsnumerousvisitorsforitsfameintheBuddhistreligion,itssi-mp-lebutappealingstyleofconstruction,anditsnewsquareinfrontofthetemple.ItisratedasaNationalKeyCulturalRelicPreserveaswellasanAAAATouristAttraction.Thisat
4、tractioncanbedividedintothreeparts:theBigWildGoosePagoda,theDaCi'enTemple,andtheNorthSquareofBigWildGoosePagoda.BigWildGoosePagodaOriginallybuiltin652duringthereignofEmperorGaozongoftheTangDynasty(618-907),itfunctionedtocollectBuddhistmaterialsth
5、atweretakenfromIndiabythehierarchXuanzang.http://www.oh100.com/a/201112/41475.htmlXuanzangstartedofffromChang'an(theancientXian),alongtheSilkRoadandthroughdeserts,finallyarrivinginIndia,thecradleofBuddhism.Enduring17yearsandtraversing100countries
6、,heobtainedBuddhafigures,657kindsofsutras,andseveralBuddharelics.HavinggottenthepermissionofEmperorGaozong(628-683),Xuanzang,asthefirstabbotofDaCi'enTemple,supervisedthebuildingofapagodainsideit.Withthesupportofroyalty,heasked50hierarchsintothete
7、mpletotranslateSanskritinsutrasintoChinese,totaling1,335volumes,whichheraldedanewerainthehistoryoftranslation.BasedonthejourneytoIndia,healsowroteabookentitled'PilgrimagetotheWest'intheTangDynasty,towhichscholarsattachedgreatimportance.Firstb
8、uilttoaheightof60meters(197feet)withfivestories,itisnow64.5meters(211.6feet)highwithanadditionaltwostories.Itwassaidthatafterthatadditioncamethesaying-'Savingalifeexceedsbuildingaseven-storiedpagoda'.Externallyitlookslikeasquarecone,si-mp-leb
