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1、TheDaYanPagodaandQujiangAreaGoodmorning,ladiesandgentlemen.I’myourlocalguide.Adela.TodaywearegoingtovisitDaYanPagoda,alsocalledTheBigWildGoosePagoda.ItislocatedinQujiangArea,andinDaCi'enTempleinthesouthofXi'an.HerewearriveatthefamousBuddhistspot–DaCi’entempleandDaYanPagoda.
2、FirstIwillgiveyousomeintroductiontothistemple.OriginallybuiltintheSuiDynasty,thetemplewasnamedWulouTemple.DuringTangdynasty,inordertohonorthememoryofhismother,TangEmperorGaoZong,LiZhi,orderedarepairprojectonthetempleandnameditDaCi’enTemple(thetempleofthanksgiving).Thistempl
3、ewasoneofthelargestinChang’anintheTangDynasty.ItwasatypicalMahayanatemplefortheroyalfamily.TheDaCi’entemplewasdestroyedinawarattheendoftheTangDynasty.Onlythepagodawasleftintact.ThepresentbuildingsinthetemplewerebuiltsuccessivelyintheMingDynasty.Butnowitcoversonlyoneseventho
4、ftheoriginalfloorareaitdidintheTangDynasty.Nowpleaseturnbacktolookatthe3mainentrancegates.InChinese,wecallit“Shanmen”meansmountaingate.ItisbecauseintheancienttimestheBuddhisttempleswereusuallybuiltamongthemountains.Walkingnorthforwards,therearetwosmallbuildings.Theoneonthee
5、astsidehousesabell,andtheoneonthewestsidehousesadrum.Thebellanddrumtowersaretwocorrespondingbuildings.Theyarethetypicallandmarksofatemple.Thedrumandthebellwereusedtomarktimeforthemonksinthetemple.Thebellisrunginthemorningandthedrumisstruckatdusk.TheGreatHallofBuddhaisonthep
6、latforminthecenterofthetempleinfrontofus.InsidethegreatHall,therearethreeincarnationsofSakyamuni,whowasthefounderofBuddhism.TheoneinthemiddleiscalledFashenBuddha,whichmeansanembodiment[im'bɔdimənt]oftruthandlaw.TheoneonthewestsideiscalledBaoshenBuddha,whichmeansaperfectBudd
7、haafterself-cultivation,andtheoneontheeastsideiscalledYingshenBuddha,whichmeansachangeableandguidingBuddha.Beforewemovetothepagoda,let’sknowsomethingaboutafamousmonkinChinesehistory,XuanZang.Hewasbothagreattranslatorandtraveler.Hehadspent17yearsinIndiatostudyBuddhism.Andwhe
8、nhecamebacktoChang’an,hehadtakenbackmorethan600volumes['vɔlju:m]ofBuddhistscriptur
