Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi’an, Shaanxi 陕西西安小雁塔
The Small Wild Goose Pagoda stands in Jianfu Temple in Xi’an and takes its name from its counterpart, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda of Ci’en Temple; it is also called the Jianfu Temple Pagoda and was built in the Jinglong era of the Tang. A square brick pagoda with close-set eaves, it originally had fifteen storeys; an earthquake in the Ming broke off its top, leaving thirteen storeys and a height of about 43 metres. The first storey is taller and the eaves above draw in gradually to a softly curving outline; Liang Sicheng grouped it with the Fawang Temple Pagoda at Dengfeng. It is a component of the World Heritage Site “Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang’an-Tianshan Corridor”.
