There is a scenic spot in Xi'an that is often overlooked. It is near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It has few people and beautiful scenery.
People who come to Xi'an to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, in addition to visiting the North and South Squares of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Da Ci'en Temple and the Tang Dynasty Evernight City, often overlook the scenic spots on the east and west sides of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Scenic Area. Although the Tang Da Ci'en Temple Ruins Park is relatively There will be more tourists at the several folk cultural attractions on both sides, but it is also a place that is easily ignored.
The Tang Da Ci'en Temple Ruins Park is not large, only more than 35,000 square meters. It is located east of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda East Pedestrian Street, north of Ci'en Road, southwest of Furong East Road, adjacent to Da Ci'en Temple in the west and north. It is connected to the Shaanxi Opera Grand View Garden. As part of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Leisure and Cultural Scenic Area, it is a tourist attraction strongly related to the theme of the large scenic area. This was originally Qujiang Chunxiao Garden. In 2007, it was renovated and renamed Tangda Ci'en Temple Heritage Park. It was upgraded and renovated in 2020 and reopened on May Day.
What we are seeing now is the Tang Daci’en Temple Ruins Park, a Buddhist culture theme park with royal gardens and Buddhist temple architectural styles, conveying Chinese characteristics of Buddhism such as “Zen Enlightenment” and “Unity of Man and Nature”. cultural implications.
The park was established on the site of the main hall of Tang Da Ci'en Temple. Tang Da Ci'en Temple was built by Crown Prince Li Zhi (Tang Gaozong) in the 22nd year of Tang Zhenguan (648) in memory of his mother, Queen Wende. , and was given the title of "Da Ci'en Temple". According to records, the temple area at that time was very large. It was the largest temple in the Tang Dynasty and seven times the size of the existing temple. The eminent monk Xuanzang was the first abbot. In the third year of Yonghui of the Tang Dynasty (652), Xuanzang returned from India to obtain Buddhist scriptures and brought Buddhist scriptures with him. After returning a large number of scriptures and relics, he asked Emperor Gaozong to build the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the temple, which became the most important translation site at that time. Because the Buddhist sect taught by Xuanzang was the Faxiang Consciousness-only Sect, also known as Ci'en Sect and Faxiang Sect, Ci'en Temple became the ancestral home of the Faxiang Consciousness-Wei Sect. It was the royal temple and the National Sutra Translation Institute at that time and belonged to Jinchangfang in the south of Chang'an City. It faces the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace in the south, faces the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace in the north, faces the beautiful Qujiang River in the southeast, and is adjacent to the beautiful apricot garden in the southwest. It is a geomantic treasure in Chang'an City.
After more than 1,300 years of vicissitudes, Daci'en Temple was destroyed in many wars since the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt many times. Only the Big Wild Goose Pagoda has been completely preserved. The only existing temple is the West Pagoda at that time. hospital. In 1988, Funabashi City, Japan, established sister cities with Xi'an and funded the construction of Chunxiao Garden on the site of the original Tang Da Ci'en Temple. There is also a monument to the Buddhist cultural exchanges between China and Japan in the Tang Da Ci'en Temple Ruins Park.
The scenic spots in the Daci'en Temple Ruins Park of the Tang Dynasty were built based on the legends and historical records of the Daci'en Temple. They inherited the grand style of the royal gardens at that time and had the dual functions of ruins protection and living park. There are many stone carvings of famous landscape and pastoral poems from the Tang Dynasty in the park, which are composed of poems and have endless charm, fully displaying the poetic style of the Tang Dynasty, thus reproducing the social style of the Tang Dynasty Empire when the economy was prosperous and poetry was at its peak.
The Tang Daci'en Temple Ruins Park is not as crowded as the North and South Squares of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, nor is it noisy as the Sleepless City of the Tang Dynasty. The scenery is different throughout the year and the scenery is pleasant. You can enjoy peonies in the spring and enjoy the cool weather in the summer, and ginkgo trees in the autumn and walk in the snow in the winter. . Especially when you come to the park's peony garden to enjoy flowers in April, you will definitely think of the popular poem by Liu Yuxi, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, "Only peonies are the true national color, and they move the capital when they bloom." You will travel to Chang'an, the capital of the country, where peonies are in full bloom. In mid-to-early November, the large grove of ginkgo trees inside and outside the South Gate further enhances the charm of the Tang Dynasty and becomes a good place for people in Xi'an to enjoy ginkgo.
If you enter the Shaanxi Opera Grand View Garden from the north gate, you can see a row of stone pillars, Tang poetry stone carvings all over the park, and an ancient tree. Then there are the Yingcang Monument, Stone Buddha, Infinite Friendship Stone Stele, Qujiang Chunxiao, Shixia, Gaozong's Temple, Xuanzang's Pagoda, Tathagata Buddha Statue, Tang Da Ci'en Temple Relics, White Rock Beach, Ancient Pavilion and Waterfall, and Dancing Horse Royal Palace. Cup, Liulang Pavilion, Birdsong Stream, Zhuli Pavilion, Stone Tower and other attractions.
In the Tathagata Buddha Square and the Main Hall Ruins Square, you can overlook the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. One Buddha and one pagoda form a perfect picture of Buddhist culture. Going out from Qujiang Chunxiao, to the south are the Qujiang Qin Opera Pavilion and the sculptures of Jianzhen and Kukai.
In the ruins park, no matter which direction you look, you can see the iconic building of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda Scenic Area - the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Bus: Take buses 5, 19, 21, 22, 23, and 24 and get off at Dayan Pagoda North Square Station.
Subway: Take Line 3 or Line 4 and get off at Dayan Pagoda Station.
Self-driving: Just search "Tangda Ci'en Temple Ruins Park" in the navigation. There are limited parking spaces here, so self-driving is not recommended.
Others: The park is open 24 hours a day and no tickets are charged.