Wild Goose Pagoda

The pagoda lost its top two storeys in earthquakes. The first split the building in two. A few hundred years later a second quake healed the breach. (Or so we were told).

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Xi'an city sight seeing

May 4th 2014
Geo: 34.27, 108.9After a late start we saw the Museum and Wild Goose Buddhist pagoda, and the Old Mosque. Then stayed in the Muslim area and shopped in the fun market stalls. ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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